Masuk[DIANA’s Point of View]
I couldn’t understand what was happening, but I knew Mom was scared.
<~Samantha~My head was spinning. Lila had been making deals with Black Moon. That was bad. That was a betrayal of trust.But she'd also refused to follow through. Had told the man the deal was off. Had prioritized the mission over her sister.That took strength. That took sacrifice.
~Samantha~Purple found us first.We were maybe two miles into the forest, following Lila's directions to where the first Silver Claw survivor was supposedly hiding, when Purple came crashing through the underbrush.Barking. Covered in burrs and scratches.
~Diana~Lila jumped back. "Control your wolf!""He's protecting us from you!" Devon's hands were glowing a little bit. His purification power starting to come out. "Because you're bad!""I'm not bad! I'm desperate! You are only children, you wouldn’t understand the kind of mess I am in." Lila's eyes were wet. "They have my sister! She's been tortured for eight years!
~Diana~Mom left without saying goodbye.I woke up and she was just gone. Devon was still sleeping in the bed next to mine but I couldn't go back to sleep because Mom was gone and everywhere felt so empty.Gamma Cora was sitting outside our door in a chair. I could hear her breathing. She was supposed to be watching us but she sounded like she was sleeping too. Adults were
~Samantha~"You think I need you?" Lila laughed but it wasn't friendly. "I survived ten years without your help! I found the vault without you! I decoded the scrolls without you! The only reason I'm here is because your mate's mother asked mine to protect her daughter! That's the only reason!""How convenient that you can't prove any of that because everyone involved is dead!"
~Samantha~I gave up on sleep around seven. Got dressed. Splashed cold water on my face. Stared at myself in the mirror until my reflection started looking like a stranger.The knock on my door came at seven-thirty."Come in." I was too tired to care who it was.Lila entered. She looked better than the rest of us, cleaned up, rested, focused. Like the mine hadn't almost killed her yesterday."We need to talk." She closed the door behind her. "About the shadow array.""Killian already told me. Three components. Twins, royal blood, Shadow vessel." I sat on the edge of my bed. "What else is there?""He got it wrong. Or rather, incomplete." Lila pulled out a different scroll from her bag. "I found this after he left last night. Was going through the documents more carefully."She unrolled it on my desk. "What am I looking at?""The actual requirements for the shadow array." Lila pointed at three circles drawn in a triangle formation. "Royal blood. That's you. Twin keys. That's Devon and
Samantha’s POVI stepped into the conference hall, and I immediately felt the heavy atmosphere. It was suffocating for someone like me. The aura of the Alphas and Betas from different packs filled the space, it felt powerful, intimidating, as if it was trying to force me to cower in fear and bow my h
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Devon’s POVThe house was too quiet without Mom. The kind of quiet that made my stomach feel funny, like when I ate too much candy and got caught. Diana was lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling with her “thinking face,” the one where her nose scrunched up like she smelled something bad.“I can’t s







