เข้าสู่ระบบ~Valeria~Lysander had been quiet. Which should've been my first clue.While the vines were concentrated on the other three, while the stronghold was busy making its ultimatum, Lysander had been slowly moving to the side of the platform. Watching the way they moved, the pattern of them, where they were paying attention.He looked at me once. The one that meant I know what I'm doin
~Valeria~We were literally standing right in front of it. My mom's badge. The last piece of everything. And instead of, I don't know, having a plan, the four of them had turned into this."I should grab it," Alerion spoke up. "My Alpha power can suppress the vines long enough to pull it clean.""You’ll be humbled by this place in just a matter of seconds." Zane laughed. Not
~Valeria~Lysander moved first. Spun around the corner fast, dagger raised, and I saw the exact moment he recognized who it was because his arm was already swinging and he had to throw his whole body sideways to stop it.Zane.Limping, Caius's arm around his waist, both of them frozen in the doorway staring at the dagger that had stopped about four inches from Zane's face.
~Valeria~The stronghold was exactly as described, the entrance warning us to head back. Right above it there were these old carved words in some ancient language.We all stopped. Alerion pointed up. “Caius, what does that shit say?”
~Valeria~I couldn’t take it. “Stop! All of you! I don’t know who to trust anymore.”I glared at Dad. “You brush off everything like it’s nothing. Caius shows proof and you accuse him of working with Cassian? What the hell?”Then I looked at the guys. “And you, jumping to call him an incompetent? He’s my dad.”“And as for you, dad. So now you’re sending me on a suicide mission? Do you even love me at all? Mom hid this thing knowing it could kill me, and you’re standing here telling me I have to go?”“Why wasn’t you man enough to tell your people about your affair with the maid, my mom? Does that mean I’m illegitimate? That’s why the council members and everybody else keeps accusing my bloodline of being a fraud, and you just stayed quietly without telling me anything? You let them call me fake while you sat back and did nothing!”“I don’t even care about your explanations anymore because you are probably going to lie. So fuck this. I quit. I’m done with all of you.”I turned and storm
~Valeria~I was already on the couch with my legs up, heating pad stuck to my shoulder, scrolling through random reels to distract myself from the dull ache. I didn’t even look up. Alerion was already moving toward the door before the chime finished.I heard the low voices outside. Dad’s voice first, then Alerion second. “No. She’s not in the mood to see y
~Zane~Watching that pretty boy Michael drop Valeria off at home for the third time this week was going to give me a fucking bulge in my blood. I'd been sitting in my car across the street for the past ten minutes, pretending to check emails while actually plotting seventeen different ways to make
~Valeria~The symbol of a crown and thorn carved into my nightstand had been staring at me for three days now, and I was slowly losing what was left of my sanity.I'd tried everything. Googling it led to dead ends about ancient royal wolves. Asking my mom resulted in blank stares and suggestions th
~Valeria~The rest of the day felt like a tornado, tossing me to the sides with no care about the damages. I couldn’t wait for it to be over so I could finally crawl into my solace called my room. I tried not to gives into the stares on me as I walked through the hallway, wishing that I could temp
~Alerion~The tension didn’t die down even with the silence after she left. And I knew if I didn’t intervene, there might be a wolf fight.Caius would give a long thought before fighting.Zane wouldn’t. Because he’s always acting on stupid impulse.I stayed leaning against the wall, half in the dar







