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Mason

Three days had passed since we crossed the gates of Brown Stone. Three days during which my pack celebrated their freedom, buried the dead, and began planning the future. I, however, had not left this room for a single moment. The air in the healing house was heavy with the bitter scent of herbs and the suffocating presence of death.

Corin lay motionless among the white sheets. If I had not seen the faint rise of her chest, I would have believed she was already gone. Her face had
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    Mason The first light of dawn had only begun to wash the stars from the sky above Brown Stone, but inside our house time had been frozen for hours. The night had been heavy, filled with Corin’s restrained cries and the tension that grips every wolf’s heart at such moments. Outside, the pack waited in silent stillness. Through the bond they could feel that their Luna was fighting the greatest battle of her life. I knelt beside the bed, holding Corin’s hand. I watched her sweat-covered face, her tangled hair, and every beat of my heart was for her. "She’s almost here, Corin. I can see her head," Vanessa said, her voice full of excitement. "One last push, sweetheart. Give it everything." Corin cried out and squeezed my hands so hard I felt her nails digging into my skin. That cry carried everything. All the pain of the past years, the victories, and the primal strength of a mother who refused to be broken. Then suddenly a sharp, clear cry of a newborn cut through the silenc

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    Corin Two weeks had passed since the darkness had nearly swallowed me. Two weeks that, according to Mason, I had spent in a deep fevered coma while my soul intertwined with that of my child in a golden emptiness. In that strange in-between place I first felt the true strength of the little one. The child was my anchor, a small pulsing flame that refused to let the icy silver poison stop my heart forever. Now I stood on my own feet again. The wound at my side still pulled when I moved, and a faint silver scar marked the place of the attack, but life flowed through my body once more. More than life. The Aura Prima, which had once been wild and destructive, had calmed. It felt like a deep dark ocean whose surface was peaceful while immeasurable power slept in its depths. Mason was asleep. For the first time in days I had managed to convince him to lie down. But I could not rest. There was something I needed to finish before this chapter could finally close. I pulled a dar

  • Cruel Alpha’s Refuge   58. Chapter

    Mason The stairs leading down to the dungeon were damp and dark, but I did not need a torch. My wolf could see in the darkness, and the rage burning inside me radiated enough heat to almost dry the water seeping from the walls. With every step I saw Corin again in my mind, her red dress soaked in blood. I heard her cry and felt that moment when our child’s life had almost faded away. Two warriors stood in front of the last cell. The moment they saw me they stepped aside. I did not need to speak. My aura, the raw murderous Alpha energy pouring from me, was more suffocating than the air of the cellar. "Open it," I growled. My voice came from somewhere deep, like a rock splitting apart. The iron door creaked open. Lyra sat in the corner of the cell, leaning against the wall. Her clothes were torn, her face bruised where I had struck her earlier, but the madness was still burning in her eyes. When I stepped inside she smiled. That smile was the last nail in her coffin. "

  • Cruel Alpha’s Refuge   57. Chapter

    Mason The world dissolved into a red haze. Corin’s body grew heavy in my arms, and the river of blood spreading across the white stone painted the ceremonial platform like the floor of a slaughterhouse. The poison of the silver dagger was already visible. Dark purple veins began creeping around Corin’s wound, as if the darkness itself was trying to choke the life out of her. "Take Lyra to the dungeon!" I roared at the warriors. My voice was no longer human. My wolf howled with pure killing fury. "But do not touch her. I will kill her myself. Slowly." I lifted Corin into my arms and ran toward the healing house at a frantic sprint. The pack parted silently before me. Behind me I could hear only frightened whispers. Vanessa was already waiting in the doorway. Her face was as pale as a sheet, but her hands did not tremble. She was the only one who knew what to do. "Lay her down," she ordered. "Mason, hold her shoulders. This will hurt her." As the healers tried to clean the

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