LOGINAUTHOR’S POV“Jackson?” Martha’s voice broke instantly.She began searching frantically, throwing open the closet, checking under the bed, stumbling toward the bathroom again like maybe she’d somehow missed him the first time.“Jackson!” she cried louder, panic fully consuming her now.George was already storming through the rest of the house. “Jackson!” he shouted, checking every room, every hallway, the backyard, the garage.But nothing.He even checked the spot under the deck where Jackson used to hide as a little boy when he was upset. The garden shed and The storage space above the garage.Every place held only memories—Jackson at six, hiding from a thunderstorm. Jackson at ten, building a fort out of old boxes. Jackson at fifteen, sitting alone with a book, already starting to pull away.All those moments George had let slip by without really seeing what was happening. Without noticing that his son was slowly disappearing right in front of him.The silence became unbearable. By
AUTHOR'S POV“Maybe we were too hard on him,” Martha, Jackson’s mother, said quietly from the other side of the table, guilt eating away at her.“What do you mean, ‘too hard on him’?” George scoffed. “If anything, we weren’t hard enough.”“He hasn’t come downstairs all day. It’s almost dinner time, George.” Her voice wavered. “I’m worried about my son.”“Then go ahead and check on him—”“I’m not the one who laid hands on him,” she cut in sharply before he could finish, anger dripping from every word.George fell silent immediately.They had promised each other long ago that they would never become those kinds of parents. Neither of them had grown up in very loving homes. They knew what it felt like to fear the people who were meant to protect you.So when Jackson was born—and Martha later found out she could never conceive again—they poured everything they had into him.The best schools. The best tutors. The best opportunities. Anything that could benefit him.And that was because, Ja
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JACKSON’S POV“The mate bond.” He looked at me with something like desperate hope. “You’re bonded to him. You should be able to feel where he is, even if I can’t. But you’d have to be closer. Much closer. And even then—”“Then take me to the lycan realm.” I grabbed his arm. “Take me to where the barriers are thinnest, where she would have crossed over. We’ll start there. We’ll search. We’ll do whatever it takes.”“Jackson, this is dangerous. Seraphina is one of the most powerful warriors in our realm. She could kill you without even trying—”“I don’t care!” I was shouting now, hysterical. “I don’t care if it’s dangerous! I don’t care if I might die! She has Frost and I’m not going to just sit here in my bedroom while—while—”My voice broke completely.Kieran stepped forward and gripped my shoulders, forcing me to look at him. “Listen to me. If we do this, there’s no going back. Your parents will know you’re gone. The authorities might get involved. And if we find Seraphina, if we end
JACKSON’S POVThe words hit me like a slap in the face. The room tilted sideways. My knees buckled and I had to grab onto my desk to stay upright.“What?” The word came out strangled. “What do you mean, taken? How—when—” I couldn’t even bring myself to formulate a proper sentence. My mind kept snagging on the sentence like a hook caught in fabric.Taken. Taken.It didn’t feel real. None of it felt real. I stood there with my mouth open and nothing else coming out.“I don’t know,” Kieran said, his voice shaky. He ran a trembling hand through his hair, pacing the small space between my bed and the door. “I told him the barriers were secure. I told him no one had crossed over. I was so certain, but she must’ve found a way. She must be more powerful than I anticipated, to phase through. And now she has him, and I don’t—I don’t know where they are or what she’s doing to him, or—”My heart dropped into my stomach. At first, I didn’t want to believe him—I tried to convince myself I was heari
FROST’S POVI launched ice shards at her, an outburst meant to force her back, but she moved through them like it was nothing, her whip deflecting what she couldn’t dodge.Each crack of force against ice sent shivers down my spine.We fought across the overlook, neither of us giving way easily. My ice met her whip again and again, the sound of our combat echoing off the surrounding area.She was faster, more skilled, but I was stronger here—this was the human realm, and unlike her I’d practiced and mastered how this plane worked.This was my strength and that was her weakness.I managed to catch her whip in a trail of ice, yanking hard. She let go rather than be pulled off balance, and for a moment we faced each other empty-handed.Then she smiled and pulled two daggers from somewhere in her minimal armor.Of course she had backup weapons.“Certainly you didn’t think I came unprepared?”The fight became more brutal. More desperate. She drove me back from the overlook, down the trail,
FROST’S POV“Kieran?” I took a step toward him. “What’s wrong? Why are you—”A tear slipped down his cheek, and then another, and suddenly he was full-blown crying, his shoulders shaking as he tried and failed to hold it back.“I’m sorry,” he choked out, wiping furiously at his face. “I just—I’m so
Jackson POV“I can feel it,” he said, excitement in his voice. “My wolf recognizes you. He knows you. This pull I’ve felt since I first woke up and saw your face—it wasn’t just simple gratitude or affection. It was so much more and I just didn’t know it.”“W–what are you saying?” I stuttered, bare
JACKSON POV“Don’t.” I choked the words again, my hands curling into fists at my sides. “Just…please. Don’t.”How could he say that? How could he look me in the eye and say something like that? That he would give up his pack—his family—because of me?Bullshit.This wasn’t what I wanted. Not even cl
JACKSON’S POVThey’d seen everything. The destroyed apartment, the evidence of whatever breakdown I’d had. And now I’d have to explain it.Explain why I’d trashed my own place, why I hadn’t been answering their calls, why I’d completely ghosted them after the dinner party disaster.How was I suppos







