Mag-log inMira POV When I came back to myself, the first thing I felt was the ground.I gasped softly and pushed myself up too fast, and the world spun around me like I had just been thrown into it. My head felt heavy, like it didn’t belong on my body.“What the hell…” I whispered, pressing my fingers to my temple.Pain pulsed through my head, sharp and deep, and I let out a small whimper.“I think they drugged us,” Sky said inside my head, stretching like she had just woken up from a long nap. “If I catch that person, I swear I’m biting his ass.”I looked around quickly.Trees.Shadows.Silence.We were still in the woods.My heart jumped.“We’re still here… that means Klaus must be close,” I said quickly.I shut my eyes and tried to reach him.Klaus… can you hear me? Klaus?Nothing.No response.No connection.A cold feeling spread through my chest.“I don’t think he’s here,” Sky said, her tone changing now, more serious. “I can’t feel him. I can’t sense him. This place… it feels different.”
Mira povEverything happened too fast.One second, I was still lost in him, in the warmth of his arms, in the way my heart was beating so hard it almost hurt.The next second, everything turned cold.The wolves didn’t hesitate.They attacked all at once.“Klaus—”He was already moving.He pushed me behind him, his hand gripping my shoulder tight, his voice sharp and urgent in a way I had never heard before.“Mira, run. Don’t look back.”Before I could even respond, he was gone.He rushed forward, straight toward them.And then—He shifted.I had seen wolves before.But nothing like this.Klaus’s body twisted and changed in one smooth, powerful motion, bones cracking, muscles stretching, until a massive ash-colored wolf stood in his place. His fur caught the light, his golden eyes glowing like fire.He looked terrifying.He looked beautiful.The first wolf lunged at him.Klaus met it head-on.He didn’t dodge.He didn’t step back.He crashed into it with force, sending it rolling across
lMira“I’m sorry for last night.”His voice was softer now, nothing like the sharp, confident tone he used in front of everyone else. When I turned to look at him, he was already looking at me, a small, almost shy smile on his lips.“You were right,” he added. “I should have driven you and your dad home.”“It’s okay,” I said quickly.He shook his head. “No… it’s not.”He said it under his breath, but I still heard him.Something about that made my chest feel tight in a strange, warm way.He shifted slightly, turning his body more toward me. “How is your dad? Did you guys go home together?”I shook my head. “No. He left earlier, while the council was still going on.”Klaus frowned a little. “Have you called him?”“Yeah,” I said. “We talked.”He nodded slowly. “Tell him I’ll come and apologize.”“You don’t have to,” I said right away. “Really. He’s fine.”But Klaus shook his head again, more firmly this time. “I want to.”There was something serious in his voice now, something that told
Mira POV The outside world felt gone.It was just us and nature.Tall trees surrounded us, thick and deep, their branches blocking most of the sunlight. The ground was covered in soft leaves, and the air smelled clean, rich, like earth and rain.There was a small open space ahead, just enough for a car to park.Beyond that, it was all forest.Wild.Untouched.Private.Klaus pulled the car to a smooth stop and killed the engine, the quiet settling around us like a soft blanket.“Don’t move,” he said, already reaching for the door.Before I could even ask why, he stepped out, walked around the car, and opened my door.My lips curved into a small smile as I watched him, my chest warming in a way I refused to think too deeply about.“Wow,” I teased softly as he held out his hand for me. “Such a gentleman today.”“Only for you,” he shot back easily, that familiar charm slipping right into place.I rolled my eyes, but I took his hand anyway.The moment my feet touched the ground, I paused.
Mira I was still chuckling through my tears when I saw him.Klaus stood there in the middle of the crowd like he didn’t belong to the noise and lights around us. He looked straight at me, his eyes softer than I had ever seen them, and then he opened his arms like it was the most normal thing in the world.“What are you waiting for?” he called. “Come here.”I didn’t hesitate.I ran straight into his arms.The second he wrapped them around me, I broke. All the anger, the hurt, and the fear from the yesterday poured out as I sobbed against his chest. He smelled like home — warm woods and safety — and I clung to him like he might disappear.He held me tighter, one hand rubbing slow circles on my back while the other cradled the back of my head. For a long moment, the whole world disappeared. There was only Klaus, solid and warm, holding me like I was something precious.He eventually pulled back just enough to see my face. His thumb gently wiped the tears from my cheeks.“You look like a
Mira POV “Then I won’t interrupt,” he says.The words sound simple, but something in the way he says them makes my throat go dry.Interrupt?Is that what this is to him? Like I’m just… something he walked in on by mistake?My chest tightens painfully, like something inside me is being squeezed too hard.He takes a small step back, creating space between us, and somehow that small distance feels worse than anything.“Enjoy your day, Mira.”That’s it.No anger. No fight. No teasing.Nothing.Sky suddenly gasps in my head, her voice sharp with panic. Wait… wait, something’s wrong.I don’t answer her.⁰I can’t.Because I’m still staring at him, my eyes locked on his face, waiting for something, anything, a reaction, a crack, a sign that this is still the same Klaus who fights me, who pulls me close, who refuses to let me walk away.But he just gives me a small nod.And then he turns.And walks away.Just like that.The crowd swallows him up almost instantly, like he was never there, like







