Mag-log inMaya This has to be a fucking joke. My only mission is to destroy anyone who dares to stand in my way or come after my children.“Alice!” I shout her name, but she doesn’t even look at me.She keeps fighting, fire rolling from her like it’s part of her blood. Watching her only fuels the rage burning inside me.I notice Victoria’s army slowly starts to pull back. They retreat in fear, one step at a time. I look around the battlefield wildly, but Victoria is nowhere in sight. My blood boils with the fact that she escapes. It’s so infuriating I can barely breathe.Evelyne didn’t escape.She was burned in the fire.I feel no pity. Not even a trace. She shouldn’t have come for me. She shouldn’t have come for Lucien. And she should never have come for the twins.Soon, everything grows quiet.I don’t know how it happens either by magic or strategy but they disappear as quickly as smoke in the wind. One moment they’re there, the next they’re gone.And there is total silence, with no trace t
Maya I look around, and my throat suddenly feels painfully dry. Ava is right beside, and for a moment I honestly don’t know what we are supposed to do.“Are the twins safe?” I ask her, my voice tight with fear.She nods slowly, but that small movement does nothing to calm my heart.Alice runs toward us, then suddenly stops. Her whole body stiffens when she sees who is standing in front of us. My eyes follow hers. Chloe.She isn’t alone. There are many people with her, their faces hard and cruel. I can tell immediately they are rogues. Behind them is an army—too many to count, lined up and ready. My stomach drops. We are completely unprepared. How are we supposed to fight a force this large?Someone must have told Lucien that Chloe was in Ryan’s pack, but that was never the real plan. She was never going there. She was coming here.“Fuck,” I groan loudly as it all makes sense. We’ve been played. Every single step led us straight into her trap. This is why I felt so uneasy earlier, wh
Maya With that thought weighing on me, I stepped away from where Lucien disappeared and found a quiet spot by the lake. It’s peaceful here, Just me, the soft ripple of water, and the sun slowly rising over the horizon. I lower myself onto a stone bench, and let my hands rest on my knees, and stare at the reflection of the morning light on the water.My thoughts are a mess. Lucien seems to care, I know that—but maybe I’ve been expecting too much. Maybe I’ve imagined things where there are none. I feel the need to pull myself together, to rebuild the walls I’ve let him see through. I can’t afford to let my guard down.I startle as the sound of my phone breaks the quiet. I reach for it, hoping it will give me a distraction from the whirlwind in my mind. The screen lights up with Claire’s name. My heart skips. I can’t believe it. I’ve been a terrible sister, leaving her to think I was dead. She probably heard the news of my “death” and was crushed. Maybe Lucien told her I’m alive. I
Maya The muffled sounds slowly change, turning into soft moans, and I wrinkle my nose, confused at first. Something feels off. Then it hits me what I’m hearing. Two adults. Having fun.Every instinct in me wakes up at once. Maybe it’s because it’s been so long since I’ve been with a man. Except for my boyfriend—if I can even call him that—who mostly just FaceTimes me. We talk, we flirt, we do reckless, heated things through a screen, but it’s never the real thing.So hearing giggles mixed with moans stirs a heat I don’t know what to do with. My body reacts before my mind can stop it.I shouldn’t, but I feel the urge to see what’s going on.I move closer to the sound. With every step, the moans grow louder. Whoever this is has no shame at all. Don’t they know there are people around? Couldn’t they find somewhere more private?Maybe it's the matebond that snaps into place. That kind of pull and make people forget the world exists. And you can’t keep your hands off each other.I keep
Maya I am already completely worn out from the essence training Ava has put me through. Every muscle aches, and my head feels heavy. I honestly wonder if Ava is more than who I think she is, because in just a few days she has shown me that she is far from ordinary. The things she knows, the way she pushes me, the power she carries so calmly—it all makes me start questioning who she really is.When the intense Luna essence training finally ends, I look at her and ask, “Who are you really?”She smiles like she knows something I don’t. “Let’s just say I’m your sister from another mother,” she says with a wink. “Or better yet, call me your guardian.”I slowly shake my head, already knowing she won’t make this easy for me. Ava never does.“All I want right now is to rest my aching head,” I say with a tired sigh. “But first, I need a warm bath. My bones feel like they’re breaking.”“Good,” she says simply, like she’s satisfied with how far I’ve pushed myself.I pack my water bottle, and
Maya It’s been days of nonstop planning, and my body feels as tired as my mind.The first thing we agree on is clear, we have to get the missing men back. Kael manages to gather some intel. He finds out they are being held somewhere close to the rogue border. The problem is, dark magic covers the place. It hides them from trackers, from sight. It’s like they are swallowed by the land itself.That’s when we realize we can’t do this alone.We have to join forces.Me. Ethan. Ava. Lucien.It sounds simple, but living it is hell.Having Lucien and Ethan under the same roof feels like locking fire and gasoline in one room. Every time they cross paths, tension fills the air. Lucien threatens Ethan every chance he gets. Sometimes it’s a glare. Sometimes it’s words sharp enough to cut skin.And every single time, he warns him not to say my name.I don’t even understand his issue anymore.Ethan keeps his mouth shut most times, probably because he knows Lucien is only holding back because of m







