MasukMila’s POVI woke up with a jump and grabbed my neck to see if I was still being choked by the king, I wasn’t.For a few seconds, I stayed still, staring at the ceiling then everything from the night before came rushing back.The demon realm and the wolves trapped in cages, his threat and how determined he was, I sat up quickly.Knox stirred beside me. “You’re awake.”“Yeah.”He looked at me carefully. “Did you sleep at all?”“Not really.”His expression softened. “You had another nightmare?”I hesitated. “I don’t know if it was a nightmare.”Before he could ask anything else, there was a small knocks and the door opened.Millie peeked inside. “Fairy?”I smiled, I didn’t know when she had woken up and left the bed. “Good morning.”She walked in. “Can we go outside?”Knox looked at me and I nodded.“Sure.”A little fresh air sounded like exactly what I needed.The three of us left the inn after breakfast.The city looked completely different during the day.The streets were busy and
Hansel’s POVWe stayed outside Teddy’s room for far too long.Long enough for my legs to start hurting and definitely long enough for Caleb to yawn three times. Marcus sighed and bent to my ear to finally whisper, “We’re getting nothing.”I sighed, he was right.We had been crouched beneath the window like three extremely suspicious burglars, listening to fragments of a conversation that had only made everything worse.Michelle had cried and Teddy had slapped her and we we still didn’t know why.Caleb leaned against the wall. “We should go.”I looked at him. “You’re giving up?”“I’m not giving up. I’m choosing not to get arrested in a strange city.”Marcus nodded. “We’ve learned enough tonight.”“Have we?”“We know they’re hiding something.”“We already knew that.”“We know Michelle is afraid of Teddy.”I looked toward the window. “That’s enough for me.”Caleb sighed.“So what’s the plan?”I thought for a moment. “We ask her tomorrow.”Marcus looked at me.“Directly?”“Yes.”“And if
Mila’s POVI was sleeping.Knox was beside me and Millie who had somehow found her way into our room was curled up on the other side of me, wrapped tightly in her little blanket.I could hear both of them breathing, they were sleeping so peacefully, what could make her leave her parents to come here.And more importantly, why didn’t the parents come back to get her.I closed my eyes deeper into the pillow.Then something felt different, my body became strangely light.I couldn’t move, I struggled and tried to open my eyes but it wasn’t working, a cold sensation spread through me.It felt like I was falling without actually moving.Then I landed hard.My eyes flew open and I sat up quickly.I wasn’t in the inn and I wasn’t beside Knox either, Millie was gone too, I looked around and it was dark stone walls that surrounded me.The air was cold here and a faint red glow came from somewhere above.Sonething very familiar and irritating.My heart began pounding. “No.”I stood quickly, I
Hansel’s POVI couldn’t sleep, that was the first problem, the second problem was Marcus and the third problem was Caleb.The three of us were sitting in our room, staring at one another like we’d all reached the same conclusion but were waiting for someone else to say it first.Finally, Marcus broke the silence.“Teddy and his family are strange.”I immediately nodded. “Very.”Caleb, who had been lying across the bed with his hands behind his head, sat up. “Thank you.”Marcus frowned.“For what?”“For finally admitting it.”I rolled my eyes. “We’ve all noticed.”“Exactly.”Caleb pointed toward the wall.“His wife has barely spoken since we arrived. Teddy keeps taking her away whenever someone asks her a question and now their daughter has apparently decided she doesn’t want to stay with him.”Marcus’s expression hardened. “That part bothers me.”“Me too.”I folded my arms. “Michelle looked terrified earlier.”Caleb nodded. “And Teddy noticed.”“Of course he did.”Marcus stood and beg
Mila’s POVThe two burly guards didn’t move, they simply stared at us.I could feel the tension spreading through our group.State your business here Nobody knew what kind of place we’d stumbled into, and the last thing we needed was to make the people guarding the entrance suspicious of us.I stepped forward. “We’re jus travelers.”The taller guard narrowed his eyes. “Travelers?”I nodded.“We’ve been traveling for several days. We’re trying to reach a place beyond the mountains.”“Where?”I hesitated for half a second. “We’re looking for information.”The guard’s expression remained cold.“What kind of information?”Knox stepped beside me. “Nothing that concerns your city.”The second guard looked at him. “Then why are you here?”I quickly answered. “We were told this was the safest route.”That wasn’t entirely a lie, it just wasn’t the whole truth, we didn’t know where we were, and the last thing we wanted was to draw attention.The guards looked at each other and nodded of them f
Mila’s POVWe stood at the edge of the cliff, staring at the impossible distance between us and the other side.For several minutes, nobody said anything.There was simply no road, no bridge or narrow path hidden along the mountain.Nothing.Just a massive drop separating us from where we needed to go.Caleb crouched near the edge and looked down.“I don’t like this.”Sasha folded her arms.“Nobody asked you to.”“I wasn’t asking for permission to be scared.”Marcus studied the opposite side.“Could we go around?”Teddy shook his head. “We’d have to descend the mountain and circle around for miles.”“How many?” Knox asked.“At least two days.”Caleb’s face fell. “Two more days?”“We don’t have that kind of time,” I said.Knox looked at me. “We’ll find another way.”I looked around.The mountain seemed to stretch endlessly in both directions.“We’ve already spent too long getting here.”I walked closer to the edge and the wind hit my face.I looked down again and used my magic to tell
Knox Mercer……. I didn’t want a Luna. That was the truth no one seemed willing to accept. The council chamber was quiet, and I sat in my chair while Conrad and Caleb watched me. Generations of Alphas were carved into the walls, staring down at me like judges waiting for me to fail or slip up.
7years later…..Mila's pov…The car was silent, as I sat at the back of Gamma Rodney's car, the car hummed along the highway, and every flickering streetlight that passed outside made my heart beat faster. My stomach twisted, and my hands were fisted so tightly that my nails dug into my palm, almo
Mila's pov….. The days after the rejection were a haze of pain,Rina didn't speak to me and I was all alone with a full ache. I had to ignore the whispers and stares that followed me as I went about my daily activities, I was like an orphan, my mum was dead and my father was very sick and in need
Mila's pov…… I, Knox Mercer, future Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, reject you, Mila Carter, as my mate.” I hated parties. There, I said it. And not just any parties — school parties, the kind where everyone drank too much, and these were people I saw in school everyday, so it was basically j







