MasukZane’s POVThe door slammed shut…And the sound echoed like the final strike of a gavel.Sealing everything, i turned immediately.My eyes found Naya.She stood a few feet away from Louise, her body tense, her breathing uneven.Louise’s hand was still stretched toward her.Waiting in expectancy.For a second…Just a second…The way her eyes lingered on his hand…My chest tightened.Was she… was she really considering it?My wolf stirred uneasily.She wouldn’t… right?But doubt..Even for a heartbeat…Burned into my chest.Then…She stepped back.Once… Twice.Away from him. And just like that…The tension snapped and Louise saw it too.I watched the exact moment it registered on his face.The rejection.The finality.His hand slowly dropped.“Then it’s sealed,” he said coldly.His gaze shifted to me.Sharp.Deadly.“See you at the front line then Zane.”My fist clenched as I tried to suppress my rage.“This is not over..He walked past us like nothing had just happened.Like he hadn’t
Katherine’s POVFor a brief, fleeting second, I thought Louise would break.I watched from my seat, fingers laced calmly over my lap, eyes sharp and calculating as Naya’s voice trembled through the hall… pleading, begging, trying to reason with a man who had already lost his sanity.It should have worked.Any reasonable Alpha would have paused. Reconsidered.But Louise?Louise only grew worse.And the moment he demanded that Naya come with him willingly…A slow, satisfied smile curled onto my lips.There it is…So this was what it had come to.Obsession.Not strategy. Not dominance. Not even pride.Just raw, uncontrollable obsession.My gaze lingered on him a moment longer, watching the madness flicker in his eyes, before shifting briefly to Zane…standing tall, unyielding, every inch the Alpha his father had once feared he would become.Then to Naya… the center of it all.A common slave girl..And yet, here she was…pulling powerful men into war over her existence.I exhaled softly and
Naya’s POVThe moment Zane said…“I accept.”Everything inside me broke.My knees almost gave out beneath me.For a second, I couldn’t hear anything.Not the gasps.Not the whispers.Not even my own heartbeat.Just silence.Heavy.Crushing.“No…” I whispered, blinking rapidly as if that would somehow undo what I just heard.My eyes locked onto him.“No… no, you won’t…”I grabbed his hand desperately, my fingers tightening around his like he might slip away if I didn’t hold on hard enough.“You can’t do this,” I said, my voice trembling now.“Look at him… He’s a lunatic… Zane, you can’t possibly be making a bet with someone like him.. please… don’t do this.”But he didn’t look at me.Didn’t even move nor respond.His face was set, cold and resolved.Like he had already made peace with whatever came next.Panic clawed at my chest.“Zane…” I tried again, softer this time.Still nothing.My throat tightened.If he wouldn’t listen to me…Then maybe someone else would.I turned quickly.“La
Zane’s POVThe moment Ruby dropped the documents on the table the atmosphere shifted.The sound alone echoed like a verdict.All eyes rested on the documents, curiosity peeked.Minutes went by in silence as everyone stared at the documents as if scared of the truth it carries.But I couldn’t wait any longer..I lunged forward, Louise lunged at the same time but I was faster…. I grabbed the stack inches before he could.My hands moved quickly, opening the first page.And then I saw it.My breath hitched.“The Slave Abolishment Treaty.”My eyes widened.This… this was it.The exact document I had sent Nikolas searching for.The one that had mysteriously been restricted.My jaw clenched.I flipped through the pages faster, scanning signatures…Pack after pack…Name after name…In alphabetical order..Until…My eyes found it…Alpha Romano Thornton.Louise’s father.He had signed it before his death.My grip tightened on the paper.This only meant… Naya was not a slave to the Thornton’s.L
Naya’s POVThe moment Louise said “She’s mine.”Something in Lady Ruby snapped.I felt it beside me.The tension and rage that fueled her bodyThis was her breaking point.Before I could even react, her hand shot forward, gripping the handle.The door burst open with a loud bang.“Oh no…” her voice rang out, sharp and furious.“…she’s not.”The entire hall froze.Every single gaze turned to us.My heart pounded violently against my chest as I stood just behind Ruby, my fingers trembling slightly at my sides.We had stood at the door long enough to hear everything.And now…There was no turning back.“Ruby…?” Louise’s voice came out stunned.Almost… afraid.But Ruby didn’t hesitate nor falter.She walked straight into the hall like she owned it.Like she had nothing left to lose.And before anyone could stop her…Smack!The sound of her slap echoed across the room.Loud, sharp and brutal.Gasps erupted instantly.Louise’s head snapped to the side, his cheek already reddening from the i
Zane’s POV The council was already seated.Alpha Alcide at the center.Old yet powerful.He sat quietly watching everything.Louise sat beside my designated seat.I ignored him completely and took my place.The tension in the room was suffocating.Alcide finally stood.“Alpha Zane,” he began.“Thank you for receiving us.”His voice was calm.Measured.“The pleasure is all mine..” I responded politely.“We are here because a complaint has been filed against you.”I said nothing.“We have reason to believe that the peace treaty between Eastern packs is under threat.”A pause.“This is due to the lingering conflict between Mystic Falls and Moonveil.”Murmurs rippled through the room.“And it has come to our attention…”His gaze sharpened.“…that this conflict revolves around a common slave girl.”My jaw clenched.“Alpha Zane,” he continued.“What is your relationship with this girl?”I stood.My voice steady.“She is my mate.”A pause.“My Luna and the mother of my pup.”Before anything
Zane’s POVMy head was pounding, not the sharp kind of pain. But the heavy, dull kind.The kind that felt like my skull was stuffed with cotton and regret.My eyelids fluttered open slowly.Light filtered into the room.It’s Morning.Everywhere was still quiet and calm.Then everything from last ni
Naya’s POVI stood frozen just inside the massive doors.My feet felt glued to the floor.My lungs barely worked.Luna Katherine’s sharp voice sliced through the heavy silence. “What the hell are you standing there for?”Her tone snapped me out of my paralysis.My body moved on instinct.One step.
Naya’s POVThe moment he turned and headed for me..I reached for his hand.My fingers stretched forward.But I missed his hand by inches.Just inches.And he dashed past me.But that tiny distance felt like a canyon opening inside my chest.It felt like something ripped.Like something I didn’t ev
LNaya’s POVFor the first time in sixteen years…I didn’t feel like an outcast.I didn’t feel invisible.I didn’t feel like the unwanted girl in the corner everyone pretended not to see.I felt… normal.I had spent hours with Winnie.Hours.Talking.Laughing.Gossiping like two regular girls.I did







