Silas's point of view
The metallic taste of rage still clung to my mouth as I stormed away from the dungeon. My fists trembled with restraint, and my wolf, Fenrir, thrashed in my mind, unsatisfied. He wanted blood Alisha’s blood. The audacity of her words still echoed in my skull like a war drum. She dared to smile after poisoning Aurelia. She dared to mock the pain I was drowning in. She had nearly taken my mate from me, and that was something no punishment could wash away.
But as I turned the corner and slammed into the stone corridor of the Blackfang hallways, a voice barked my name sharp, commanding, and furious.
“Silas!”
Dalton’s voice hit me harder than I expected. He was the only man who could talk to me like that and not fear for his life, the only one who had stood beside me long en
Aurelia’s Point of ViewThe scent of antiseptic still lingered in my nose as Lara hovered beside me, her stethoscope cold against my skin. I sat on the edge of the hospital bed, my feet brushing the floor, a soft breeze of movement I hadn’t felt in days. She tilted her head and eyed me with suspicion not the kind that spelled worry, but the kind that made you wonder if your best friend had just turned into a divine creature overnight.“You sure you’re Aurelia?” Lara finally said, squinting. “Because I swear you’ve never looked this healthy. You’re glowing.”I chuckled, a light sound that I hadn’t heard from my own lips in too long. “Maybe I’m reborn,” I replied. “Maybe that damn wolfsbane burned away everything rotten.”
Aurelia’s Point of ViewThere was light.Faint, distant, like a star seen from the depths of the ocean. It shimmered ahead of me, a soft beacon amidst the endless void. I walked toward it or floated, I’m not sure. The darkness clung to my limbs like vines, reluctant to release me. But the light… it was patient. It didn’t pull me. It simply waited.And when I finally crossed into it, I expected warmth, peace maybe even answers.But what met me was fog.Thick, ghostly fog that curled around my ankles and clouded my senses. I couldn’t see anything at first, couldn’t feel the ground beneath my feet. My body was weightless. Was this some cruel in-between? Was I still lost?I took one breath and suddenly, it all shifted.The fog evaporated like smoke. My lungs filled with sterile air. My skin prickled. I blinked hard, and the white glow around me dimmed into something solid, something real.A ceiling. White. Cracked faintly in the corner. Familiar.It was the hospital. My chest rose and fel
Aurelia's point of viewAll I could remember was his voice. Ringing in my head like a cry through thunder. Silas was shouting my name, calling out for help, desperation bleeding through every syllable. I tried to hold onto it, anchor myself to the sound of his voice so I wouldn’t slip. So I wouldn’t vanish.I clung too tightly to consciousness. My nails dug into the edge of reality, refusing to let go because I was afraid. Afraid if I let go now, I’d lose him again. Afraid I’d never find my way back.But my fingers betrayed me. One by one, they loosened and I fell. Down, down, deeper than I thought possible. Not into sleep. Not into dreams. But into a strange stillness, a silence so complete it wrapped around me like a shroud. There was no pain. No fear. Just... absence.When I opened my eyes, the world was white.Not sterile white like a hospital room. This was different. A soft, dense fog swirled around me, thick as wool and oddly warm, wrapping around my limbs as if trying to carry
Silas's point of viewReturning from the dungeons, I could still hear the echo of Alisha’s scream ringing in my ears, not from the pain of her wounds, but from the look she saw in my eyes. That guttural roar I let out... it wasn’t mine alone. It was Fenrir, my wolf, baring his fangs through my gaze. Alisha had seen something not even she was prepared for, the fury of a mate who almost lost the woman he loved.But it hadn’t gotten us anything. No confession. No guilt. No remorse.It would be difficult to break her spirit, and I was no longer interested in beating it out of her. I needed information, I needed real answers. Every second Aurelia stayed unconscious, we lost time. And time… wasn’t a luxury we had.I closed the dungeon gate behind me, dragging my exhausted feet back through the packhouse corridor. The walls were too quiet, too still. Even the air around me felt heavier. For the first time in a long while, Blackfang didn't feel like home. It felt like a tomb, and Aurelia… she
Silas's point of viewThe metallic taste of rage still clung to my mouth as I stormed away from the dungeon. My fists trembled with restraint, and my wolf, Fenrir, thrashed in my mind, unsatisfied. He wanted blood Alisha’s blood. The audacity of her words still echoed in my skull like a war drum. She dared to smile after poisoning Aurelia. She dared to mock the pain I was drowning in. She had nearly taken my mate from me, and that was something no punishment could wash away.But as I turned the corner and slammed into the stone corridor of the Blackfang hallways, a voice barked my name sharp, commanding, and furious.“Silas!”Dalton’s voice hit me harder than I expected. He was the only man who could talk to me like that and not fear for his life, the only one who had stood beside me long en
Silas's point fo viewShe looked so still.Too still.The moment I entered the hospital room, my knees almost buckled beneath me. There she was, My mate, my Aurelia. She was lying unconscious on the bed, her skin deathly pale, her lips chapped, her breathing shallow and ragged beneath the web of healing wards etched into the air by trembling hands of our best healers. Her body didn’t move, not even a twitch, and yet it screamed of a battle being fought beneath the surface. Every second that passed without her opening her eyes felt like a blade digging deeper into my chest.I could hardly hear what the head healer was saying. They said something about the amount of wolfsbane in her blood, how it had attacked her nervous system, and how her body had slipped into a coma to protect itself. Coma. That word hit me like a punch to the gut. A coma meant uncertainty. It meant helplessness. It meant I had failed her again.I lowered myself into the chair beside her bed, unable to speak, unable