Se connecterLillian's POV I stared at them as Celine led me down the street.Some had bright red hair. Not the ordinary shade of red I had seen before, but thick, vivid red that almost seemed impossible.Others had black hair. Some had white hair. And there were even people with very grey hair.I looked around in confusion. The colours were unusually intense. Almost too intense. I had never seen anything like it before. Then I remembered the men who had saved me. The enormous bears. The way they had shifted right in front of me.My heart tightened. I wasn't in the werewolf world. I didn't know where I was, but I knew this wasn't my kingdom.These people weren't wolves. At least, not all of them.I looked down at my baby. He was still sleeping peacefully against my chest.For the first time since I had escaped, I allowed myself to breathe.I didn't know where we were. I didn't know who these people were. I didn't know what would happen to me once I recovered.But I knew one thing. My baby was sa
Lillian's POV I ran through the forest with my baby held tightly against my chest.Branches scratched against my arms as I pushed through them, my breath coming out in painful gasps."Lillian!"I heard Hayes behind me. I didn't turn around."Lillian, please!" His voice was breaking.I held my baby tighter and kept running."Stop! Please, just stop and listen to me!""No!"My voice came out between breaths. "Stay away from me!""Lillian, I love you!"I kept running.My legs were beginning to ache, but I refused to stop. I could hear him getting closer, his footsteps growing louder behind me."Please!" he begged. "Just let me explain!"I shook my head, tears burning my eyes."Stay away from me, Hayes!"I tightened my arms around my baby. I wasn't going to let him take my child. I wasn't going to let him take anything else from me."Lillian!" His voice cracked. "I can't lose you!"I heard the pain in his voice, but I didn't turn around. Then the ground disappeared beneath my feet.I scr
Adam's POV I went quiet. She continued. "This is your chance to become something bigger instead of spending your entire life living in your cousin's shadow."Her words stayed with me. I had thought about it. More than once.The truth was, I wanted to take the position.Hayes had offered me the opportunity to become the CEO of one of his companies. It was a chance to build something of my own and step into a life that wasn't defined by being Jake's cousin.But accepting it felt like betraying Jake.No matter how reckless he had become, he was still my cousin."I'm still thinking about it, baby."Hailey sighed."If only you had become Alpha, we could have joined forces with Hayes and improved the pack's resources. He could invest in the cocoa business, and you wouldn't even have to work for him."I sighed. "I know."She was right. There were so many things we could have done differently.I leaned down and kissed her.She smiled against my lips before pulling away."Go get ready. I don
Adam's POV I stood quietly in the corner of the room, watching Jake as the elders explained the history of Blood Weaving.After days of persuasion, he had finally managed to convince them to show him the ability and teach him where it came from.They still hadn't agreed to unlock it for him.Not yet.But Jake believed they would eventually change their minds.And that was what worried me.Blood Weaving was not an ordinary ability. It was dangerous enough that our ancestors had sealed it away and refused to pass it down openly for generations.Giving that power to Jake was a terrible idea.Especially now.Jake was filled with anger and vengeance toward Lillian and Hayes. I didn't know exactly what he intended to do with Blood Weaving, but I knew he wanted the power because he believed it could help him bring Hayes down.And if he actually gained access to it, I didn't know what he would become.My eyes moved toward the other side of the room.Isabella stood there watching Jake. There
Hayes's POVA strange chill ran through me..Goosebumps covered my arms.A mage. I hated them. I hated everything about them. A mage had been responsible for the greatest trauma of my life.For a brief moment, memories I had spent years forcing into the darkest corners of my mind threatened to surface.I immediately pushed them down.I would not allow the others to see what the word had done to me.I controlled my expression and looked back at Lola."Continue searching.""Yes, Alpha."Alex stepped forward. "We are getting closer to uncovering the truth."Adrian nodded. "Yes. We just need to come up with a way to catch the traitor red-handed.""I am already working on a plan."I looked between the three of them. "But while I work on that, I need all three of you to keep an eye on the elders."They exchanged confused looks."Especially Elder Victor."The room went silent.Adrian's eyebrows rose. "Alpha..."Alex looked at me. "Is Elder Victor a suspect?""I'm almost certain he is the trai
Hayes's POV He reached into the bag he had carried into the room and pulled out a large, old-looking book.He placed it on my desk. I looked down at it."The original book is kept in a restricted section of the library. It does not contain the information Lillian read."Alex opened the book."Look."He turned to the exact page Lillian had supposedly read.My eyes moved across the words. Then I froze. The information was different.Alex pointed to the page."Some of this information was deliberately added. The original text does not say that the Eclipse Wolves were massacred simply because their Luna committed those crimes."My eyes moved over the page again.My anger began turning into something colder. "This isn't what happened."I looked up at him. "The Eclipse bloodline was destroyed because their Luna corrupted their blood."Alex nodded. "Exactly."I looked back at the book.The version Lillian had read had been carefully written to make her believe that her entire bloodline had







