LOGINElara's POVA letter from Blackwood arrived early the next morning.Surprisingly, Kaden was the one to deliver it to me. When I tried to take the letter from him, his frown deepened.“Let go,” I said, tugging on the envelope.“Did you not hear who I said it was from?” he asked.I nodded. “Blackwood. Yes, I heard you.”Now, he was no longer frowning but pouting. “Why do you want to keep in touch with that man?”“I am not…”I sighed, standing and walking to him. My hands cupped his cheeks, pressing them together. Even with his lips jutting out, he still looked so handsome.“I am not trying to keep in touch with Asher—yes, I said his name—but if he sends correspondence in the name of Alpha Blackwood to me as Luna Caelthorn, I have to open it.”“But–”My lips twitched into a smile. “When did you become so clingy?It was as adorable as it was infuriating.“Now, why is your frown getting deeper?” I said, straightening the crease between his brows. “I want your face free of wrinkles when we
Asher's POVMy breath caught in my throat.I took a step back as the coffin was laid in front of me. “What is that?”“Your first born child,” Elara said. Suddenly, her head tilted, her eyes narrowing slightly. “We sent you correspondence to come take this child.”I whirled around to look at Mason. “What correspondence?”Mason looked at me with that infuriatingly blank look in his eyes. “Sir, the mails from Caelthorn. I submitted them to your table.”My mind ran through the past few days of all the things Mason submitted to me before I remembered when he came with it.I thought Lillian had died during childbirth like the doctors said she would so I was thinking of how I would be able to demand my child from Caelthorn.But now, she was telling us that…Mother stepped closer. “What about Lillian?”“How does her business concern you?” Elara said. “She is not your mate.”Shit. I should have seen through her questioning.“She's alive,” Father said. Elara stared at him blankly and then, he s
Elara’s POVTears brimmed in my eyes as I tried to coerce Lillian to eat.She pushed the bowl of soup away, her face scrunching like she was about to throw up.“You need to recover your strength,” I said softly.She pulled her knees up, hiding her face between them. “I don’t like the smell.”I had been the one to volunteer to take care of her recovery. The least I could do was handle her fussiness.Setting the bowl down on the table, I held her hands. “Is there anything else you want to eat?”Her eyes flitted to the door and she shook her head repeatedly. I sighed. “Kaden, you’re scaring her.”Kaden stepped out of where he hid behind the wall. “She cannot see me.”“She is scared,” I stressed. “Go home…please.”He walked into the room and kissed my forehead. When Lillian saw that, she started to cry.It did not have to be Kaden and I. It could be any couple at all and Lillian would burst into tears.“Does Asher really not want to see me?” she wailed in the midst of her tears.I looked
Elara's POV “Luna Caelthorn,” she greeted, getting to her feet. My eyes glanced down at her belly. Any day now and she would have her child. “I expressly warned that you are not allowed in Caelthorn borders.” Once I removed her, I would have to punish the guard who was negligent enough to let her in. Lillian was silent for a moment too long. I turned around to call in some warriors to have her removed when I heard the click of a gun. My body froze. “What do you think you are doing?” I hissed. “My baby is to be born soon. I cannot make it through the pregnancy without your powers,” she choked out, tears brimming in her eyes. I scoffed. “And you think this toy is going to hurt me.” “It has silver bullets,” she cried, her hands trembling. “You either help me or I will–” I crossed the room in an instant and slapped the gun away from her hands. “Or you will what?” Lillian’s head ducked, her tears flowing freely. If I pressed any further, this could escalate to a war wi
Elara’s POVWhen Patricia stepped out of the back room, my eyes narrowed.“Elara,” she called out, coming closer. When she saw that it was actually me, her arms wrapped around me in a bone-crushing hug. “Oh my gosh. I have not seen you in years. Five? Six? How have you been?”“Well,” I said. “You?”She smelled like sex and men. After all these years, she was still working as an escort.She waved her hand over her head, smiling widely. “I’ve been great! Someone is actually buying me out at my age.”“Patricia,” Donna said, coming to hold her hands. Her head gestured to Cain.Patricia’s eyes widened at my brother. “You’re the one buying me out?”“Yes…how do you know my sister?”Patricia looked between all three of us. “Okay. Wait. Slow down. What the hell is happening?”Cain herded all of us back to the cars. Donna talked Patricia through everything that had happened between last night and this morning.Patricia only got more confused.“Elara does not have any siblings. She is an orphan,
Cain’s POVDonna inched closer to her mother. “Mama, what are you talking about?”Her mother tucked Donna’s hair behind her ear. “It is about time you know this,” she said and looked at her other children who hung on the bed, watching the interaction.The oldest girl understood the cue her mother was giving her and started to herd her siblings out of the hospital room.“My name is Mary.” She smiled at us politely. “Sit. Sit.”Elara and Leo settled into the chairs on her opposite side. I remained in my place beside Donna.Mary’s eyes were heavy. “Please, tell me that my daughter is your mate.”I nodded. “She is.”The older woman heaved a sigh of relief. “I had always been afraid that my children would have mates like their father. I am glad that you are from the family of another elemental.”Elara’s head tilted. “Another?”Mary nodded once. “My ex-husband…Donna’s father was a water elemental. I do not know the story but somewhere in their lineage, their wolves had started to become mut
Elara’s POVMy brothers bared their necks in unison.“Alpha Kaden,” they greeted in unison.“Kaden,” I whispered in awe. What a beautiful name.The wind carried my voice to his ears. His eyes fell to me, one of his delicate brows raising.Suddenly, a wave of energy slammed into me. Enough energy to
Elara’s POV“Ellie, is there a problem?” Ronan asked.My throat tightened to the point I could not breathe.It had barely been twenty-four hours. How did they find me already?Would they try to take me back? My brothers would not willingly give me away, right?Leo lowered us to the ground to set me
Elara’s POVMy words settled heavily in the room.Seconds passed in silence, the hum of the air conditioner almost echoing off the mostly bare walls.Hilda pressed her palms flat on her knees. “Yes, Luna. We are mates.”Harry let out an irritated sigh. That was the first time I had seen his face no
Elara’s POV“I told you that I should have done it.”“I swear, I followed the instructions to the letter. I have no idea why she fainted.”“Should I pour water on her face?”There was a slap and then a thud.My eyes slowly blinked open. My brothers were kneeling over my body, still arguing amongst







