LOGINCHAPTER 99 Another Trap The first light of morning slipped through Nyra’s window and she opened her eyes slowly.For a moment, everything felt peaceful and then she remembered the letter and she sat up at once.“The letter…”She climbed out of bed and hurried to the wooden box and she pushed the dresses aside.Her hand searched the bottom but there was nothing and she frowned.“No…”She searched again, then again and the box was empty.Her breathing became uneven.“I put it here.”She threw every dress onto the bed and the letter was still missing.“No… no…”She checked the drawers, she looked under the bed, she searched the wardrobe, she even looked behind the curtains.But there was nothing, someone had taken it.A knock came at the door.“My Lady?” a maid called.Nyra quickly wiped her face.“Come in.”The maid entered with fresh flowers.“Would you like me to clean your room?”“No.”The answer came too fast and the maid blinked.“Are you sure?”“Yes.”The maid bowed and left.A
CHAPTER 98 The Letter Never Meant To Arrive Nyra sat beside the window, staring at the gray sky.The morning felt heavy and she rested one hand on her stomach and closed her eyes.A knock came on the door.“My Lady,” a maid said from outside. “A messenger has arrived.”Nyra frowned.“A messenger?”“Yes.”“I’ll be there.”She stood up slowly and walked out and the messenger waited in the hall with his head lowered.“I was told to give this to Lady Nyra only,” he said.He held out a small folded letter and Nyra looked at it.“There is no seal,” she said.“The man who gave it to me said it must reach only your hands.”“Who gave it to you?”“I don’t know, My Lady. He covered his face.”Nyra slowly accepted the letter.“Thank you.”The messenger bowed and left and she looked at the paper again, her heart suddenly began beating faster.Something about the handwriting on the front made her stop breathing.No…It couldn’t be.She hurried back to her room and locked the door and her fingers
CHAPTER 97 The Heart She Cannot UnderstandNyra stood without moving and Cassian's words echoed inside her head.“I love you.”Her lips parted, but there was no sound that came out, the council hall then became silent and nobody dared to speak.Cassian then looked at her with calm eyes."I am not asking you to answer me now," he said. "I only want you to know the truth."Nyra lowered her eyes but then her hands shook."I..."She could not finish, there were too many memories that rushed into her mind.She remembered when Draven rejected her, she remembered when she was crying alone and she also remembered believing she would never be enough.Then she remembered Cassian staying beside her every time she broke, Cassian protected her, and also he trusted her.He even believed her when nobody else did and tears gathered in her eyes."I don't understand my own heart," she whispered.Cassian walked closer but stopped before reaching her."You do not have to force yourself."She then looked
CHAPTER 96 His AnswerThe council chamber fell silent, no one moved and no one breathed.The royal messenger still stood in the center of the room, holding the foreign king’s proposal.The letter rested on the table and every eye remained on it.Nyra stood beside Cassian and her stomach twisted.She hated this, she hated being discussed like land, like gold and like a prize.The baby inside her shifted and her hand moved to her stomach.A few nobles noticed and whispers started immediately.“There.”“The child.”“That baby is worth more than an army.”Nyra’s chest tightened and Cassian heard it too and his jaw hardened.“Enough.”The single word silenced the room but only for a moment and an older noble stood.“Your Majesty, we must think carefully.”Cassian looked at him but the man continued.“The proposal is reasonable.”Nyra stared at him.Reasonable?The noble pointed toward the letter.“The foreign king is offering protection.”“He is offering soldiers.”“He is offering allianc
CHAPTER 95 The Child Of Two WorldsThe room fell silent and the healer’s words stayed in everyone’s ears.“The child carries the Moonfang blood already.”Nyra stared at her.“What… what does that mean?”The healer closed the ancient book slowly.“It means your child has already inherited the Moonfang blood before birth.”Nyra’s hand moved to her stomach and her fingers shook.“Is… is that bad?”The healer took a slow breath.“I do not know.”Cassian stepped closer.“What do you mean you don’t know?”The healer looked at him.“Because no child like this has been recorded for centuries.”She opened another old book and the pages looked worn, some were torn and she carefully turned the pages until she stopped.“There.”Cassian and Nyra looked at the drawing, it showed a woman with silver eyes holding a child.Around them were wolves bowing and the writing beneath it had almost disappeared.The healer read the parts she could still understand.“The child born from the last Moonfang blood
Chapter 94No One Is SafeNyra could not move.The assassin’s final words echoed through the hallway.“Someone inside this castle… hired us.”His head fell to one side and his body became still.Silence covered the hallway, every guard looked at one another, every servant standing nearby lowered their eyes.Cassian slowly stood and his face became darker than anyone had ever seen.“No one leaves this palace.”His voice was calm and that frightened everyone even more.“Lock every gate.”“Search every room.”“I don’t care who they are.”“If anyone tries to escape…”He looked around the hallway.“Kill them.”The guards immediately bowed.“Yes, Alpha!”They rushed away and the Shadowfang warriors exchanged uneasy looks.Even they could feel the anger filling the palace.Cassian turned back to Nyra.She still sat on the floor where he had placed her after checking her wound and her hands would not stop shaking.She looked at every servant as if each face hid another killer and Cassian knel
CHAPTER 82 The Woman Nobody Wanted"Send the Moonfang away!""Send the Moonfang away!""Send the Moonfang away!"The angry chants echoed through the night and then Nyra stood beside the window, unable to move.Hundreds of people stood outside the palace gates and torches burned in the darkness.Th
CHAPTER 80 The Name Hidden In The LedgerDraven stared at the paper in his hand and his jaw tightened."No."Ronan frowned."What is it?"Draven looked down at the account records again, the name was gone, the entire page had been torn out, not just that page, several pages were missing.Someone h
CHAPTER 79 The First Crack In The MaskDraven stared at the piece of jewelry lying on the table, the silver pendant reflected the candlelight.His jaw tightened, he knew that pendant, he had seen it before, many times.Calista wore it often, not always but enough for him to recognize it immediatel
CHAPTER 78The Fire In The NightFire.That was the first thing Nyra saw, orange flames climbed across the curtains and smoke filled the room so fast that she could barely breathe.For one second, she froze and then panic hit her.“My baby…”Her hands flew to her stomach and the fire crackled loude







