INICIAR SESIÓNMia’s POVThe First Guardian’s wings stretched across the chamber.They weren’t feathered.They were made of moonlight itself.Every movement sent thousands of glowing silver fragments drifting through the air like falling stars. Wherever they landed, the black stone floor bloomed with ancient runes that pulsed with life before fading once more.I couldn’t look away.The wolf was enormous.Far larger than the Guardian Beast who had led us to the Valley.Its silver fur flowed like liquid beneath the moonlight, streaked with strands of black that shimmered like the night sky. Six magnificent wings arched behind it, each bearing scars that looked as old as the world itself.It was beautiful.And impossibly ancient.Its gaze settled on me.Not with hostility.With… curiosity.“So.”Its voice filled every corner of the chamber.“You carry the Heart.”I swallowed.“I do.”“And yet…”Its enormous head lowered slightly.“…you smell of shadow.”I glanced down at the mark on my wrist.The silve
Mia’s POVThe bell continued to ring.Each toll echoed through the Hall of Echoes like the heartbeat of a dying world.Once.Twice.Three times.The walls trembled.Ancient names carved into the black stone began glowing one after another, their silver light pulsing in rhythm with the bell.The Keeper of Echoes stood perfectly still.Her face, so calm only moments ago, had lost every trace of peace.I had never seen fear in her eyes before.Now…It was unmistakable.“What does the bell mean?” I asked.She didn’t answer immediately.Instead, she listened.As if the Hall itself were whispering something only she could understand.When she finally spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper.“The Hall has been breached.”A chill crawled down my spine.“I thought no one could enter.”“No one can.”She looked at me.“Unless the Hall itself is deceived.”“Deceived?”“The Hall recognizes souls.”“It opens only for those invited by truth.”She paused.“But someone has entered wearing another’
Mia’s POVThe girl smiled.My smile.Only colder.Crueler.As though every ounce of kindness had been carved away, leaving behind someone who looked exactly like me… but had never known hope.She stepped out of the obsidian mirror.The surface behind her rippled once before becoming perfectly still.She wore the same clothes I did.The same silver-and-black mark glowed on her wrist.The same scar rested beneath her chin.Even the strand of hair that refused to stay behind my ear was there.It was like staring into my own reflection.Except…She wasn’t breathing.I could hear my heartbeat.I could hear hers.But her chest never rose.Never fell.The Keeper of Echoes moved beside me.“Do not mistake her for your enemy.”I didn’t take my eyes off the girl.“Then what is she?”The Keeper answered quietly.“The part of you you’ve never allowed yourself to become.”The girl laughed.“That’s one way of putting it.”She folded her arms.“I prefer to think of myself as the honest version.”I f
Mia’s POVDarkness.Not the kind that came with night.Not the kind born from shadow.This darkness was… gentle.Weightless.It wrapped around me like deep water, carrying neither fear nor pain.For a moment, I forgot who I was.Forgot the valley.Forgot the Devourer.Forgot the war waiting outside.Then a single silver light appeared before me.It floated silently, no larger than the palm of my hand.I reached toward it.The instant my fingertips brushed its glow—The world changed.I stood in the middle of a familiar forest.Sunlight filtered through emerald leaves.The breeze carried the scent of wildflowers and damp earth.My breath caught.Home.Not the sanctuary.Not the valley.My childhood home.The place I hadn’t seen since I was a little girl.The small wooden cottage stood exactly as I remembered it.The faded blue shutters.The crooked fence my father had always promised to fix.The garden my mother loved more than anything.Even the old swing hanging from the giant oak tr
Mia’s POVThe doors closed behind us with a thunderous boom.The sound echoed through the darkness until it faded into a silence so complete that I could hear my own heartbeat.One.Two.Three.Then…Nothing.I turned instinctively toward the entrance.The massive stone doors were gone.Not closed.Gone.Only an endless wall of black stone remained.Ava frowned.“That’s… not concerning at all.”Brin walked over and knocked on the wall with the hilt of one of his blades.Solid.“I was really hoping we’d be able to run if things got ugly.”Ava folded her arms.“You’ve been hoping to run since we entered this valley.”“I call it strategic survival.”“You call everything strategic survival.”“I’ve survived, haven’t I?”Despite everything happening outside, a small laugh escaped me.It was strange.No matter how dark things became, Ava and Brin somehow found a way to remind me that we were still alive.Kael, however, wasn’t listening.His eyes scanned every corner of the chamber.His body
Mia’s POVNo one breathed.The words spoken by the First Shadow King echoed through the Valley of Forgotten Kings like a death sentence.“It’s the one who betrayed me.”The shadow towering behind Kael smiled.Not with warmth.Not with satisfaction.With recognition.As if it had been waiting centuries for this exact moment.The crimson eyes slowly swept across the valley, lingering on each of the Forgotten Kings before finally settling on the First King.“My old friend…”Its voice was smooth.Almost gentle.Yet every syllable carried a darkness that made my skin crawl.“It has been far too long.”The First King’s grip tightened around his sword.“You lost the right to call me that.”The shadow laughed.The sound was quiet.But it spread through the valley like poison.“I lost many things that day.”“Friend.”“Brother.”“My name.”Its gaze shifted toward me.“But eventually…”“I found something much better.”My mark flared violently.Pain exploded across my wrist.I cried out, dropping
Mia’s POV Morning came too quickly.I barely slept.Everytime I closed my eyes, I was back at the overlook, standing beside Loren with the city lights below us and his voice is too steady, too honest, saying things I had been trying hard not to think about.When something happens, you are the firs
Alpha Bladen POV I wake up already knowing something is wrong.It isn’t the pain.The pai. Has always been there—constant, dull, buried beneath everything else like something waiting its turn. I’ve learned to exist around it. To ignore it when I need to.This is different.This feels like…. absenc
Mia Heather’s POV“Promise that this love would last forever,Bladen?”“I promise and when i turn eighteen, i would make you my mate and my Luna.”His words echoed in my head and the pain and betrayal i felt tore deep into my skin, creating wounds i was not sure would ever heal.Males are liars.But
Alpha Bladen’s POV“You have no choice but to mate with her. You will not embarrass the family by mating with some healer’s daughter. Over my dead body!”Those words struck like a million thunderbolts into my fur and skin.This was it. The end of my childhood dreams of marrying my fated mate, “But







