เข้าสู่ระบบTHE MIDNIGHT SUMMIT~MATHIAS'S POV~The War Room was more crowded than it had ever been, but it was completely silent.Marcus Blackthorn stood at the head of the table, his phone resting on the wood like a loaded gun. He had just relayed Heriberto's message: The Siphon is hunting. It wants a vessel. It wants Tate."He's lying," Daxon snarled, pacing the length of the room. His wolf was close to the surface, agitated by the threat to his mate. "He's trying to lure us out into the open so he can ambush us.""Perhaps," Marcus said, his voice cool. "But his intel matches our own. We saw the Siphon attack the training class. We know it drains magic. And we know Tate..." He glanced at her. "...is a unique natural abnormality."Tate sat to my right. She was pale, her hands clasped tightly in her lap. Since losing her magic, she had felt weak to me. Now, knowing something wanted to wear her skin? It made my blood run cold."If the Siphon wants a host," Vida said, stepping forward, "Tate is th
THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN~HERIBERTO'S POV~The special message was sent at the same time to all important supernatural Councils on three continents. It was a clever way to demand respect, disguised in polite words.Acknowledge us. Make us official. Or we burn your world down. I sat in my office....a sterile, soundproofed room beneath the city.....and watched the responses roll in.The Vampire High Council in London was furious.The Witch Coven in New Orleans was terrified.The Werewolf Alphas were confused.Perfect.I poured myself a glass of water. My hand shook slightly as I lifted it. The weakness of this human body was enraging. My joints ached when it rained. My eyes tired after reading for too long. I was a god trapped in rotting meat.But I had a plan. And for fifteen years, that plan had been flawless. Then, the phone rang. It wasn't the Council. It was Unit 7....my training cell in the Eastern District."Report," I said."Sir," the voice on the other end was breathless. Wet. "They
THE BLEEDING CLASSROOM~TATE'S POV~The training hall smelled of sage, chalk, and nervous sweat.We turned the old armory into a classroom. Fifteen desks were set up in a circle. On one side were fifteen excited humans, and on the other side were fifteen supernatural teachers, looking doubtful."Welcome," I said, my voice echoing off the stone walls. "You are here because you want to understand magic. Not steal it. Not weaponize it. Understand it."A young woman named Sara nodded eagerly. Beside her stood Shane, the skeptic from the safehouse. He didn't nod. He watched the mentors like they were predators deciding which part of him to eat first."This program has two rules," I continued. "One: You learn ethics before you learn power. Two: If you use what you learn here to harm anyone, the lesson ends permanently."The mentors shifted. Among them was Lyssa, a witch from the High Coven. She had silver streaks in her black hair and eyes that looked like amber glass. She had fought tooth
THE BLEEDING WOODS~TATE'S POV~The forest was screaming.Not literally...though with the way things were going, I wouldn't have been surprised....but psychically. The air around the Packhouse vibrated with a high-pitched frequency that made my teeth ache."Do you feel that?" I asked, rubbing my temples.Mathias stood by the window, staring out at the tree line. The morning fog was thick, curling around the trunks like grey fingers."The perimeter wards are fluctuating," he said, his voice tight. "Something is pressing against them. Not an attack. Pressure.""It feels like panic," I whispered.Silas burst into the room without knocking. "You need to see this. The North Gate."We moved fast. The corridors of the Packhouse felt emptier with twenty-three wolves gone, but the silence wasn't peaceful. It was the silence of a house holding its breath.When we reached the North Gate, I stopped cold.It wasn't an army.Crowded against the magical barrier were dozens of creatures. Fae with win
THE CASTING OF STONES~DAXON'S POV~The Seven Day Grace had ended.We hadn't caught the entity yet...it was unreachable, a shadow that moved through walls and drained magic like a leech...but we had stabilized the perimeter. We had kept the Pack alive for one more week.But tonight, survival wasn't enough. Tonight, judgment was coming.The Great Hall was stripped bare. The tables were gone. The banners were still. In the center of the room stood the Urn of Judgment...a massive iron vessel that had sat gathering dust for fifty years.Beside it were two piles of river stones. One pile was white quartz. The other was obsidian black."This feels like a funeral," I muttered, standing in the shadows of the archway."It might be," Marcus Blackthorn replied. He was leaning against a pillar, dressed in black, looking like the Grim Reaper's sophisticated cousin. "If you lose this vote, the Silverfang legacy ends tonight."Mathias stood at the front of the room. He looked regal, but pale. The dr
A CROWN OF GLASS~MATHIAS'S POV~The rain hadn't stopped since the railyard. It drummed against the Packhouse roof, a relentless beat that matched the pounding in my skull.The lights in the corridor flickered...a side effect of the draining entity that had killed the human girl. Every time a bulb buzzed and dimmed, I felt a spike of fear ripple through the Pack link. They were terrified. And terrified wolves look for something to bite.At dawn, the summons came.It wasn't a text or a whisper. It was the tolling of the Iron Bell....a sound that hadn't rung in Silverfang territory since my father died.I stood on the balcony overlooking the courtyard. Below, the Pack had gathered in the mud. Standing at the front wasn't Aaron.....he was gone, severed and exiled.It was Jax.Jax was sixty years old, built like a granite slab, and served as the Lead Enforcer for the Council of Elders. He wasn't a rebel. He was the institution. And behind him stood nearly thirty warriors."This is worse t







