ANMELDENGONZALO’S POVShe drives me crazy!The tiny mole behind her ear, her soft angelic moans in my ear, her slow movements against my body when I thrusted into her, she was different, more different than anyone I had laid with, her subtle voice whenever I suckled on her nipples made my body ache with desire. I couldn’t care any less if she pulled out a dagger stabbed it through my chest or if the goddess said we were a cursed bond, she was mine.The transition from the raw, jagged edge of conflict to the fluid, consuming heat of our intimacy was seamless, a violent surrender. My hands mapped the topography of her body as if I were a blind man finally finding sight. Every inch of her skin was an invitation, and I took it with the desperation of a man who knew his time was running out.I pushed her back against the cool, unforgiving stone of the cavern wall, her gasp blooming like a flower in the dark. I didn't care about the throbbing ache in my side; her heat was the only bandage that mat
KAISER’S POVMy eyes flickered open, my head hurt even more than before, my body on the hard floor “Wh..what the hell happened” I mumbled to myself, scanning the empty dark place I was in.“Hello, anyone here?” I called but there was no response, that was strange. I knew that I wasn’t alone here “Am I in someplace different?” I muttered, my heart almost racing.“Gonzalo” I breathed, I hadn’t remembered before but he was the last person I had seen before my eyes went shut, I turned around to find no one around me. But then I noticed something from the corner of my eye.He was holding his side, blood pooling in his hand “Oh dear” I ran towards him, moving as fast as my body could lunge forward but I also noticed some pain in my side as well but it didn’t matter.“Alora” he called out and for a second I almost paused, but then I remembered that was my Alias. Throwing his arm over my shoulder, I placed my hand on the side of his back.“It’s Kaiser, Fain or Gonzalo” I chuckled slightly at
SAPPHIRE’S POVThe world felt like it was folding in on itself. One moment, Alberto was holding me, the weight of his survival anchoring me to the earth; the next, the very walls of our home were screaming.“Take her!” Alberto roared, his voice stripped of everything but raw, protective instinct. He shoved our daughter into my arms.“Layla,” I sobbed, clutching her tiny, swaddled form against my chest. She was so small, so impossibly fragile, her eyes wide and unblinking as they stared into the encroaching gloom.“Alberto, no! I’m not leaving without you, please!” I screamed, but he was already a blur of motion, his sword drawn and singing as he carved a path through the suffocating darkness.The fort was falling apart. The floor beneath us buckled as if the foundation itself was rejecting our presence. I didn't think, I ran. My feet thudded against the stone, my breath hitching in my throat as I navigated the familiar corridors that were now twisting into something alien. The air g
SAPPHIRE’S POVMy eyes scanned this empty place carefully. One minute I was in a room with a lurking shadow, the next minute, I was here, a shallow lonely place that I couldn’t wrap my head around.“Hello” I called out with a raspy voice “Anyone here?” I screamed, walking into the windy plains but then I heard his voice, calling out to me.“Sapphire!” “Alberto!” I screamed back “I’m here, Alberto!” I yelled harder, running through what felt like sand beneath my feet but the more I moved and cried for help, the softer the sand and the ground.“Sapphire, where are you?!” I heard him call from a distance.“I’m here!” I shouted back but then I felt my legs sinking, “No, no, no, no…what is this?! Help, Alberto, Help!” I screamed at the top of my lungs as my legs delved deeper into whatever this was.“I’m here” I heard him say even when I didn’t see him, or his figure or at least his silhouette.“I’m here..In this sinking sand” I answered as loud as my voice could yell as the sand muffled
ALBERTO’S POVFind AVA? How on earth am I supposed to do that? She’s dead.My face stayed frozen, my hands clasped with hers, her eyes now sealed shut, there was an eerie silence in the room once again.“She isn’t dead” Lyra said from behind, her voice catching me off guard, her silk robe shimmering even in the darkened room “Your daughter has been born, I am tending to her, do you want to see her fir..”“What do you mean Sapphire is alive?” I questioned. What good would our child be without her mother “I felt her pulse..an..and her heart, I can’t hear it anymore” I stated “I’m not even sure if what she said was only just a figment of my imagination” “It wasn’t” she replied “Your mate lives, she’s trapped in another realm”“Then don’t just stand there…do something, bring her back!” I commanded, standing up when I felt her hand still intertwined with mine so strongly, it was as though she held onto me.“Sapphire..” I called out but her eyes were still sealed shut and her pale skin go
ALBERTO’S POVI felt it faintly in my head, her voice softly calling onto me, Enzo would have to wait, I trust that Gonzalo would follow through with our plan and lay low.“My Lord” Pedro, an alpha I had situated as high ranking approached me, his voice hoarse.“We are still in search of Enzo, my lord” he started, I didn’t turn to look at him, that wasn’t my priority at the moment, my mate was.“And what do you wish to report?” I asked, sheathing my sword and preparing to leave. For some reason, I felt the strong urge to be around Sapphire, coupled with the fact that I had that dream, the one which I wasn’t able to save her in time.“We have found some of the elders who plotted treason against your majesty” he stated, his head slightly bent low.“Deal with them accordingly” I answered without hesitation, taking up my head for the door.“My Lord..are you departing from the pavilion?” He asked.“Yes, I am, you’re in charge” I replied “I want Enzo, alive, and Gonzalo’s ashes, well, have
Sapphire's POVThere was a stern look on Lyra’s face and I couldn’t understand why. She was joking, wasn’t she? She had to be.“You’ll have to birth your child my queen, you must” she commanded softly, her voice always gentle but staggering as though she issued commands on whim.“I..I don’t think I
Kaiser’s POVMy parents would be rolling in their graves. How could I lay with their killer? The moment I had distanced myself from that room, I took a deep breath. I couldn’t do it, a disgrace to my mother’s name and I hadn’t even thought of the consequences. What would I say to Lady Sapphire? S
Gonzalo's POVHer skin smelled of jasmine and something else I couldn’t place my mind on, her body thumping against mine in perfect rhythm made me thrust harder in her, she was tight but more importantly, I felt a connection.She placed her fingers on my back, digging her nails into my flesh as she
Kaiser POVThere was something about him, the way his dark hair flowed below his shoulders, the way his eyes stared at my face and then sent signals throughout my body, it was electric, different and weirdly satisfying.I was meant to let him die, to kill him, to put the steel in his heart, yet my







