LOGINThe bloody flames at the edge of the rift began to flicker.The ritual's power was fading fast.The massive loss of life force made it impossible for these four once-mighty men to even kneel.Julian's strength gave out completely. He collapsed face-down in the mud.His fingers clawed at the edge of the circle, his nails tearing."I'm sorry, Aurora," he wept, tears and mud smearing his withered face. "We were blind. We deserve to die!"He struggled to lift his head, his gray hair whipping in the wind."Please, give me another chance. If you come back, I'll trade my life for yours. Let me heal you. I swear..."His voice was broken, each word a dying gasp.Rhys and Jaxon knelt on the other side.They abandoned all their Alpha pride and slammed their heads against the ground.Once. Twice. Three times.The hard rock split their foreheads open. With silver in their bodies, the wounds wouldn't heal.Blood streamed down their faces, mixing with the blood in the circle.Like wild animals that
I woke up on a bed of soft grass.No cold, damp stone. No biting wind. No moldy bread.The hunger that had tormented me for years was completely gone.Most importantly, the silver-plated iron chain that had been locked around my neck was gone.I looked down.The skin that had been blackened and rotting from silver poisoning was now emitting a soft, gentle glow.The whip marks, deep enough to show bone, were healing bit by bit. New skin was growing over them under the moonlight.Even the smallest scars vanished without a trace.A soft breeze blew past.I smelled the pure scent of gardenias.I looked up.Lyanna was standing a few feet away, dressed in a flowing white gown.She was watching me with gentle eyes.Her eyes were exactly as I remembered, full of unconditional love.She walked toward me and opened her arms."You've suffered so much, my little wolf."The moment her voice reached my ears, all my defenses crumbled.Tears streamed down my face. I ran forward and threw myself into h
Before the sound of the pin hitting the floor faded, Bianca's mask shattered completely.She saw the murderous intent in Ronan's eyes and finally dropped the act."I did it! So what?" she shrieked, her voice echoing in the bloody room. "Why are you all acting like loving fathers now?"She pointed a shaking finger at my broken corpse on the floor, her face twisting into a hideous smile."If you loved her so much, why didn't you believe her back then? Did I force you to do it?""You're the ones who ordered her into the dungeon! You're the ones who stood by and watched her get tortured! You killed her, not me!"Every word was a silver blade, twisting deep into the hearts of the four men.I floated in the air, watching them with cold indifference.She was right.They handed her the knife. They gave the orders. They were the real executioners.Ronan closed his eyes. A single, dark tear of blood slid from the corner of his eye and splattered on the floor.When he opened them again, his pupil
Jaxon's command dropped the temperature to absolute zero.Bianca's sobs caught in her throat.She looked to Rhys for help, tears streaming down her face."Dad Rhys, you don't believe me?"Rhys didn't even spare her a glance.He pressed his own comms, his voice devoid of any warmth. "Lock down the estate."Jaxon immediately followed up on the intel channel. "Tech team, pull every security feed and call log from the neutral territory. Now."My soul drifted silently above them.Watching them finally use that massive intelligence network… it was so ironic.If they had wanted to, they could have found the truth in minutes.But in three years, they had never once bothered to look for me.Ten minutes later, a tech officer hurried into the training grounds with a data slate.The screen's contents were projected onto the wall.The records were clear. There was no friend. No dinner.The footage showed her walking into an underground internet cafe in the neutral territory. She handed a roll of ca
"Save her! Julian, save her now!" Ronan roared. His uncontrolled Alpha aura choked the air.My soul floated, light and easy. I watched the drama from above.Ronan’s trembling fingers stopped at my nose. He felt no warmth. No breath.His silver-gray eyes, once so gentle with me, were now webbed with terrifying red."Julian! What are you waiting for? Get over here and save her!" he screamed again. The panic in his voice was raw.Julian scrambled forward, collapsing next to my corpse.His white healer’s robes instantly soaked up the pool of my blood.A brilliant healing light poured from his hands. It was his strongest magic, his greatest pride. Now he was pumping it frantically into my cold body, not caring about the cost.But it was useless.No breath. No heartbeat.The light vanished into my body like water on dry sand, gone in an instant.No matter how much power he used, the body on the floor stayed stiff and cold."It's no use, Ronan." Julian's voice was horrifyingly empty.His
The clinic was on the top floor.A normal wolf might break a few bones from that height. But they’d heal in seconds. My healing abilities were long gone.I was sure the impact with the ground would be enough to finally set me free.But the fatal crash I expected never came.A giant redwood tree caught my fall.The moment the pack guards pulled me from the branches, a pale-faced Julian slapped me hard across the face.“Have you had enough, Aurora!”Ronan looked just as furious.He radiated a violent Alpha aura. “What the hell do you want, Aurora?”I crashed to the floor. The heavy antidotes still burned in my veins. The disgusting taste of blood filled my mouth.I spat out a mouthful of blood. I collapsed onto my knees before the two men.“Alpha Ronan, Healer Julian, I’m begging you. Just let me go. I just want to die.”Julian and Ronan both froze.Ronan frowned. “Is this a new trick? Trying to guilt-trip us with your own life?”“No,” I answered. My eyes were empty. “I saw my moth







