เข้าสู่ระบบNaya’s POVThe first thing I noticed was the smell.Antiseptic.Medicine.Clean sheets.It was so different from the scent of the forest that for a moment, I wondered if everything that had happened had only been a nightmare.Then the pain hit.A sharp ache spread through my side, forcing a groan from my lips.My eyelids fluttered open.The ceiling above me was white.Sunlight filtered through the curtains, casting soft rays across the room.“…Arthur.”The name escaped my lips before I even realized it.My head snapped from side to side.The crib beside my bed was empty.Panic shot through me.“Arthur!”I tried to sit up.Pain immediately exploded through my stitches, but I ignored it.“My baby!”The door burst open.“Naya!”Nikolas hurried inside with Winnie close behind him.Both of them looked relieved.“Easy,” Nikolas said, gently helping me back against the pillows. “You’re going to reopen your wound.”“My son!”I grabbed his arm.“Where’s Arthur?”“Is he alright?”“Please tell m
Naya’s POVEverything stopped.The forest.The wind.Even my own breathing.My eyes locked onto the tiny silver blade pressed against Arthur’s fragile neck.He was crying.His tiny hands waved helplessly through the air as Valkyra held him like nothing more than a bargaining chip.My heart shattered.“Arthur…”His cries grew louder the moment he heard my voice.He knew I was here.He knew his mother had come.Tears burned my eyes.“Please…”My voice trembled despite every effort to steady it.“Don’t hurt him.”Valkyra laughed.It wasn’t the confident laugh I’d heard so many times before.This one was different.Broken.Desperate.“You finally know fear.”She tightened her grip on Arthur, causing him to cry even harder.“I’ve lost everything because of you!”I didn’t answer.I couldn’t.Every instinct inside me screamed to attack her.To rip her apart.To end this nightmare once and for all.But one careless move…One wrong step…And Arthur would pay the price.Behind me, I heard movem
Naya’s POVPain.It was everywhere.Every breath burned like fire inside my lungs. The silver dagger buried in my side felt as though it was melting through my flesh, poisoning every nerve in my body.I couldn’t move.Couldn’t think.All I could hear was my own ragged breathing and the frantic pounding of my heart.Then…A cry.Arthur.The faint sound of my son’s cries reached my ears.My eyes shot open.He was there.Only a few feet away.Wrapped tightly in a blanket, lying inside a wooden basket beneath one of the ancient trees.“My… baby…”I tried to crawl toward him.But a heavy boot slammed into my shoulder, forcing me back to the ground.Valkyra.She looked down at me with a cruel smile.“You really are pathetic.”She kicked me again.“You had all that power… yet you still lost.”Across the clearing, I heard another painful grunt.My head snapped toward the sound.Zane.Fenrir had him pinned against the trunk of a massive oak tree.Dark vines wrapped around his arms while Fenrir
Naya’s POVThe cold air rushed against my face as I crouched behind the thick oak tree, my pulse pounding so loudly I could barely hear anything else.Damn it.I had been discovered.The moment Elder Fenrir’s gaze landed on the tree I was hiding behind, I knew there was no point pretending anymore.A slow smile spread across his wrinkled face.“I thought I smelled something…” he chuckled darkly. “Turns out our little Luna decided not to listen.”My fingers curled into fists.Zane slowly turned.The instant our eyes met…His face drained of color.“Naya…”The disappointment in his voice hurt more than I expected.I stepped out from behind the tree, refusing to hide any longer.“I’m sorry.”His jaw clenched so tightly I thought his teeth would crack.“I told you to stay in Moonveil.”“I couldn’t.”“You promised.”“I never promised!” I fired back, my own emotions spilling over. “You asked me to stay… but Arthur is my son too! How do you expect me to sit in that castle while my baby is ou
Naya’s POV The steady hum of the SUV beneath me did little to calm the storm raging inside my chest.Curled beneath the thick blanket on the back seat, I forced myself to breathe as quietly as possible. Every bump in the rough forest road tugged painfully at my still-healing wound, but I ignored it.Pain meant nothing now.Arthur.That was all I could think about.My little boy…Was he crying?Was he hungry?Did he think I had abandoned him?The thought alone nearly shattered me.I bit down hard on my lower lip, refusing to let a sob escape.No.I had to stay focused.I had to.Outside, I could hear the muffled voices of Zane and Nikolas from the front seats. Their conversation drifted back to me over the low growl of the engine.“…we’re almost there.”“I don’t trust this.”“Neither do I.”The SUV slowed.My heartbeat quickened.We had arrived.A moment later, the engine went silent.The driver’s door opened.Then the passenger’s.Their footsteps crunched against the leaves outside.
Naya’s POVI couldn’t breathe.The note trembled violently between my fingers as every word carved itself deeper into my heart.If you want to see your child alive…The sentence replayed endlessly until everything around me became muffled.“Naya?”Zane’s voice sounded distant.“Naya… what’s in the letter?”I looked up at him, but nothing came out.My throat had completely closed.The room blurred behind the tears gathering in my eyes, and without saying a single word, I slowly stretched my trembling hand toward him.He frowned before taking the folded paper from me.His eyes moved across the page.Once.Then again.I watched the exact moment his expression changed.His jaw locked.His breathing became heavier.The veins around his neck stood out as his pupils flashed gold.Then—A deafening roar exploded from his chest.The entire nursery shook.Furniture rattled violently as his Alpha aura burst free, thick enough to make every guard instinctively lower their heads.His wolf surged s







