LOGINJacob’s POV I forced myself up from the ground. Pain shot through my ribs and my leg, but I ignored it. Thorn charged straight at Faye and the baby. His massive body moved fast across the field. Shadow chains whipped around him. The battlefield was absolute chaos. Shadow wolves clashed with our pack everywhere. Fires raged in broken tents. Howls and screams filled the air. My thoughts stayed on one thing only. Nothing touches my family. I would stop Thorn here. I roared his name and threw myself between them. “Thorn!” I crashed into him with my full weight. Our blades met hard. The impact shook my arms. Thorn swung his clawed fist. I ducked and slashed across his side. Black energy hissed where my blade cut. “You dare stand in my way again?” Thorn growled. He drove his shoulder into my chest. The blow knocked me back a step. I recovered fast and slashed at his arm. “You will not touch them!” Faye held the baby tight behind me. Her voice rang out clear and strong. “Jacob,
Jacob’s POV The battlefield had become total war. Howls tore through the air. Steel clashed against claw and shadow armor. The roar of the Lunaris echoes mixed with the dark pulse of Thorn’s power, shaking the ground beneath my feet. Shadow wolves pressed the pack from all sides, their violet eyes glowing with relentless hunger. Fires still burned in the distance. The grass was slick with blood. Every breath tasted of smoke and death. I fought through the chaos, blade moving in savage arcs, my only goal burning in my mind like a single clear flame: stop Thorn before he reached Faye and the baby. I would die here if I had to. But he would not touch them. I roared across the field as I cut down another shadow wolf. “Thorn! Your fight is with me!” Thorn turned his massive head toward me, violet eyes blazing with dark amusement. His body, enhanced by Nyra’s stolen power, towered over the battlefield. Living shadow rippled across his skin like muscle made of night. He laughed, the
Faye’s POV I stood on the northern field with our daughter strapped securely to my chest, the pack formed in a desperate battle line behind me. The morning sun rose pale and cold, casting long shadows across the open ground. The Lunaris echo pulsed steadily inside the baby and me, giving me the strength to stand tall and command despite the wounds that still ached across my body. My legs no longer shook. My voice would carry. The war had become a single massive clash. Thorn’s thousands-strong shadow army charged across the field toward us, a black tide of armored wolves and twisted cursed beasts, their violet eyes glowing with hunger. Jacob led the front charge, blade flashing as he cut through the first wave. Riven and Lira fought at his sides like storms of steel. Elara stood beside me, the cracked moonstone held high in both hands. I raised my voice so every wolf in the line could hear me. “Hold the line! The echo is our shield! Do not break! Fight for your pack! Fight for y
Jacob’s POV Dawn broke over the smoking ruins of our camp like a cruel joke. The first pale light touched the horizon, revealing the full extent of the damage. Tents lay in charred heaps. Barricades were splintered and scattered. The ground was soaked with blood—ours and the enemy’s—mixed with gray ash from the wolves the echo had burned. Bodies of fallen pack members were being carried to the mourning fire. The air smelled of smoke, blood, and defeat. I stood in the middle of it all, blade still in my hand, blood drying on my arms and ribs. My side throbbed from the wound I had taken destroying the hidden rift. My throat burned from Thorn’s grip. Every breath hurt, but I refused to let it show. The giant portal was closed. We had survived the night. But Thorn’s promised “true army” was coming, and the pack was barely holding together. My thoughts were grim and tactical. We had bought ourselves a few hours, but the pack was exhausted, wounded, and outnumbered. If we waited for T
Jacob’s POV I gasped for air as Thorn released my throat. The shadow grip had left burning marks around my neck, but there was no time to feel the pain. The tent was collapsing around us. Canvas burned at the edges. Shadow chains whipped through the air. The giant portal above still tried to reopen, pouring fresh waves of shadow wolves into the camp. The entire territory had turned into a battlefield of fire and darkness. Howls and screams echoed from every direction. My pack was bleeding out, but the Lunaris echo was our only hope. I recovered in an instant and threw myself back into the fight. My blade moved on pure instinct, cutting through a shadow chain that tried to wrap around my leg. “Protect the Luna and the child!” I roared to the surviving warriors. “Close every rift! Do not let them reach the tent!” Riven fought at my left, his blade a heavy blur. “They keep coming! The portal is fighting to reopen!” Lira spun on my right, twin blades flashing as she severed two
Faye’s POV The collapsing central tent had become a nightmare of fire, blood, and shadow. Thorn’s massive fist was wrapped around Jacob’s throat, lifting him off the ground. Jacob’s face twisted in pain as he struggled, legs kicking helplessly. Shadow chains lashed wildly through the air, wrapping around tent poles and dragging loyal guards screaming toward the giant portal above. More shadow wolves poured in through every tear in the canvas, their violet eyes glowing with hunger. The ground shook with each new impact. The war outside had turned the entire camp into a slaughterhouse. I stood in the middle of it all with our daughter clutched tight against my chest. The Lunaris echo blazed at its absolute limit inside both of us, giving me a final burst of strength. My legs no longer shook. My voice came out clear and fierce despite the exhaustion tearing at my body. Elara fought beside me, moonstone flickering in her hands. Lira stood at the entrance, blades spinning as she tried
Faye povThe upstairs corridor in the Miller's pack house felt long and quiet the next day. I tried to stay invisible. I walked with my head down, steps soft and slow, hoping no one would notice me. My body still ached from last night and my wrist had a red mark where Thorn had grabbed me hard. My
Faye pov The night air felt cool and fresh outside the hall doors. Stars shone bright overhead and the courtyard looked wide and open with stone paths and torches burning on tall stands. Jacob walked beside me. His arm stayed around my shoulders and my baby girl slept against my chest. Her tiny br
Faye pov The dark road stretched long and empty under the moon. Trees stood tall on both sides. Their branches looked black against the sky as my feet pounded hard on the dirt. My breath came fast and sharp. Fear made my legs move quicker than I thought they could. The phone stayed tight in my ha
Faye POV The moonlight still covered the garden in soft silver light. And the old willow tree branches moved gently in the night breeze. The sounds of music and laughter from the great hall still carried across the grass, but they felt far away now as I could hear my heart beat fast and loud in my







