INICIAR SESIÓNKAEL’S POV The wine tastes bitter on my tongue. I took a sip and stared into the dark liquid swirling around inside my glass. I found myself annoyed by it. Everything seemed to get on my nerves lately. The servants annoyed me, the advisors and even the generals. Someone breathing too loudly around me was enough to make me explode.This was all because I was waiting, waiting for news that should have arrived a few days ago. I had been waiting for the confirmation that my orders had been carried out successfully. I was waiting patiently for my strongest soldier to arrive with the one thing I wanted most, the white sage wolf.Thinking about how I would soon have her in my grasp lifted my mood. I sighed, leaning back in my throne as I stared across the large hall. The room was almost empty, with only a handful of advisors standing nearby. None of them dared to speak. They could all tell I was in a foul mood.My fingers drummed against the armrest as my mind droned about Lea. I could alm
AMRETH’S POV Sleep refused to come that night. Even when I closed my eyes, my mind kept drawing me back to that room, the same revelation and impossible truth I had just realized: Lea was the rightful queen of the entire kingdom. The knowledge sat heavy in my chest as I stood alone on the balcony outside of my chambers.Below me, the pack was quiet. Everyone was sleeping peacefully beneath the bright moonlight. Small lights flickered from windows and the patrols moved along the familiar paths. Everything looked normal, but in my mind, things were beginning to change.The cold night air hit my face as I gazed at the territory I had spent years building up. The buildings, the roads, the fields, even the homes. I knew this land better than anyone. That was because I had fought for it and bled for it. I had almost died countless times just to keep this pack standing strong.I had spent years protecting this pack and the people in it. Yet tonight, for the first time, I found myself questi
LEA’S POV I couldn’t bear to take my eyes off them even if it was for a second, even after a whole hour had passed, even when I had shed all the tears in my eyes. We had moved from the courtyard to one of the private sitting rooms in the back, and even then, my eyes were still fixed intently on them. I couldn’t stop staring.Every time I blinked, a part of me was scared that they would disappear, and that I would open my eyes and discover that this had all been a dream, a trick, or some illusion.My mother sat beside me on the sofa, her hands clutching mine so tightly that her knuckles had turned a ghastly white colour. She held onto me like she was scared I would disappear as well. My father was seated across from us, looking exhausted beyond words.The years we spent apart from each other had not been kind to them. They had lines on their faces like they were aging faster than they were supposed to. The pain they held in their eyes was too heavy...heavy enough to make me shed years
AMRETH’S POV “Alpha, Rowan is here.”The moment these words came out of Marcus’s mouth, something inside of me went completely still. I felt like a blade that was waiting to be drawn. I didn’t say anything at first. I just stood up from my desk and pushed the chair back hard enough to make it scrape against the floor.“Where is he?” I asked.“The courtyard.”That was all I needed. I had already started walking before Marcus stopped talking. Rowan’s name was enough to leave a bitter taste in my mind. The last time I saw him was amid all the blood and chaos. My twin brother, who was in love with the woman after my heart.I still remembered how he had kidnapped her. My hands clenched into a fist. If we hadn’t found her that day, I wouldn’t have been able to handle being without her. My jaw tightened as I walked into the corridor. Guards straightened when they saw me, a nervous look on their faces. Maybe they could feel the anger radiating off my skin.Marcus kept a steady pace behind me
LEA’S POV “Do it again.”The old Mage’s voice rang through the entire clearing. I groaned as I looked at the woman who was standing in front of me, an unimpressed look plastered on her face. For someone who looked old enough to spend her days sitting in a rocking chair and knitting sweaters, she had the cruelty of a drill sergeant.I was beginning to question whether she just enjoyed watching me sweat my ass off.The clearing where we trained sat deep in the outskirts of the territory, right where her cottage was. Trees surrounded us from every direction, the branches acting like a natural canopy from the blazing hot sun. Sunlight filtered through the leaves in scattered rays of light, casting golden patterns across the grass.It looked breathtaking, but that didn’t make the training feel any easier.I wiped sweat away from my forehead and gazed hard at the flowers growing at my feet. The old mage folded her arms.“Well? What are you waiting for?” she asked.I glanced at her. “I am t
ROWAN’S POV The journey to Downfall Ridge took three whole exhausting days of crossing through rough terrain and narrow mountain paths, which had dense forests that seemed to make it their life's mission to slow us down at every given opportunity. By the time the Ridge came into view, every wolf travelling with me looked as tired as I felt.But I didn’t complain because a part of me told me that we were close to uncovering the truth. The burned letter remained tucked inside my jacket, and over the last few days, I had read it so much that I practically memorised every word in it.And no matter how much I had read it, none of it seemed to make sense. Why was he deliberately keeping these captives alive? And more importantly, who were these captives?The cold wind whipped against my face as I guided my horse onto a rocky hill. I looked down below, and my eyes landed on what looked like an old fortress, surrounded by cliffs and thick forest. The structure looked so old, it was ancient.
AMRETH POVAgain, this tea didn’t taste like it usually did. Usually, the tea would quell the restlessness that was building up inside of me, making it easier for me to go about my day. But for a whole week now, it hadn’t done so. I took another sip, staring at the cup, my grip slowly tightening ar
MIRABETH’S POVThe warm afternoon air trailed over my skin as I sat on the patio, my gaze absentmindedly fixed on the inner courtyard. My legs were crossed over another, my fingers tracing an invisible line over the rim of the teacup that sat on the small table beside me.Streaks of sunlight shone
LEA’S POV I watched in horror as Elira clawed at Amreth’s wrist, eager to escape his grip, choked sounds slipping from her lips. I wasn’t the one being choked, but my body trembled from the sheer tension that hung in the air.“A-Alpha, she was–“ Elira spoke, a gasp leaving her lips.“Silence.”His
LEA’S POV My stomach began to churn as they stepped closer to me. I took a step back, my body now pressing against the wall.“What do you want, Elira?” I asked, forcing my voice to stay steady.She didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she just stared at me with dead eyes. Her eyes moved over my clo







