LOGINZane’s POV“What do you need…?”The question came out lower than I intended, rough at the edges, like something inside me had already started giving in before I even finished asking it.For a moment, no one spoke.Then the woman stepped forward, her presence steady, almost unnervingly calm in contrast to the storm clawing through my chest.“We need to be in her room,” she said. “I’ll channel the energy from her belongings… and find her.”Her words should have brought relief.Instead, doubt followed immediately.I glanced at Louise, then at Ruby, searching their faces for something.., maybe certainty.. but found nothing I could hold on to. Just tension. Just waiting.My gaze returned to the woman.“You’re sure you can find her?” I asked, my voice tightening despite myself.She didn’t hesitate.“The goddess sent me here for a reason,” she replied quietly. “I believe that reason is to find her.”Something about the way she said it… like it wasn’t a guess, like it wasn’t hope, but fact..
Zane’s POV“I’ll ask again, you piece of shit… what the fuck are you doing here?!”The words tore out of me before I could even think to restrain them, raw and edged with everything boiling inside my chest. I didn’t care that we had just been in the middle of a fight, didn’t care that Valkyra had nearly turned the entire grounds into a graveyard. The only thing that mattered was the man standing in front of me… the last person I ever wanted to see anywhere near my pack.Louise.He opened his mouth, already looking like he was about to spit something just as venomous back, but before he could, Ruby’s hand slipped into his, tightening just enough to stop him.I saw it… the way his jaw clenched, the way his nostrils flared… like he was swallowing something he very much wanted to say.It didn’t make me trust him.Not even close.“Alpha…” Ruby’s voice cut in, softer, controlled, and entirely out of place in the middle of the tension choking the air. She dipped her head slightly, a gesture
Zane’s POVThe moment Valkyra’s feet left the ground, something inside me went still.Not out of fear… no, I’d felt fear before, faced and broken through it… but this… this was something else entirely. It was the kind of shock that settles deep in your bones, quiet and heavy, because your mind is still trying to catch up with what your eyes are already seeing.She was rising.Slowly at first, like the earth itself had loosened its grip on her, and then higher, steadier and very unnatural.The wind answered to her gravity.It came out of nowhere, curling around her body in sharp, restless currents, lifting strands of her hair, tugging at her clothes, as though the air itself had bent to her will. And then the smoke followed… thick, black, twisting around her like a living thing, wrapping and unwrapping in slow, hypnotic spirals.Her eyes…They weren’t hers anymore.It had turned pitch black, empty and void of emotion.And the way her arms stretched outward, palms open as if embracing s
Cassius’s POVValkyra didn't hesitate to fire at Zane.But just like a lightening bolt he dodged and docked behind my car.That bastard!But before I could yell for him to get the fuck away of my car, That maniac bitch turned the gun on me, instinct took over.I didn’t wait.Not even the slightest interested in reasoning with this maniac..I ran.Oh no.. it wasn’t out of fear.. at least, that’s what I told myself but out of necessity. The entire situation had shifted too fast, and standing there trying to control it would have been the stupidest move I could make.My good step brother facade was gone.Zane knew.And the only person I could rely on… Valkyra… had snapped.And the only thing that still mattered now… was holding onto my leverage.Naya.And I needed to get my mother out of that fucking cell..If I leave her behind and Zane survives he’d definitely use her to get to me..My boots pounded hard against the stone as I cut across the east wing, ignoring the startled looks from
Valkyra’s POVThe moment Zane ducked behind Cassius’s car, my focus shifted instantly.Not to him.To Cassius.Because unlike Zane, who chose strategy and Cassius chose survival.He had run.Not cautiously. Not tactically.He ran like a man who knew exactly what would happen if he stayed a second longer.Coward.My finger tightened on the trigger without hesitation.Bang!The shot rang out, sharp and precise, aimed straight at his retreating form.But he was fast.Faster than I expected.He swerved, barely escaping the bullet as he disappeared out of clear sight, using distance and chaos as his shield.Around me, the guards scrambled, diving for cover the moment the first shots rang out. Some dropped behind pillars, others behind vehicles, all of them abandoning formation in favor of survival.Pathetic.I adjusted my stance, lifting the second gun, ready to fire again…Click.Nothing.My brows furrowed.I pulled the trigger again.Click.Silence.No recoil.No gunshot.Just the hollow
Zane’s POV“You really wouldn’t want me to choose…”The words slid off Valkyra’s tongue like a threat dressed as a game, but all they did was send a cold, violent anger crawling down my spine.How dare she.For a second, everything else faded… the warriors, Cassius, even the burning pain in my arm and all I saw was her… standing there like she had already claimed something that wasn’t hers.I didn’t hesitate.“I’ll only say this once, Valkyra…” My voice came out low, controlled, but laced with something far darker. I pointed straight at her, my jaw tightening as I held her gaze. “Put that fucking gun down.”She didn’t even blink.If anything, she leaned into it.“Else what?” she snapped immediately, cutting me off before the threat could fully leave my mouth. “Huh? You’ll have me killed?”The way she said it sounded like mockery, like she was daring me, that alone set something dangerous off inside me.She waved the gun again, slower this time, more deliberate, and I caught it… the sh
Naya’s POVI lay on the narrow hospital bed, staring at the pale ceiling while Winnie sat beside me, carefully slicing an apple into small pieces on a plate.“You have to eat,” she said softly. “For the baby.”She tried to smile, but I could see the fear in her eyes. Winnie had been afraid ever sin
Zane’s POVI had been restless since dawn.Not the normal kind of restless that came with being Alpha.This was different. It was as if I could feel something was about to go very wrong.My wolf had paced inside me all morning, unsettled, growling without reason.And walking into this council court
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







