LOGINCHAPTER 100CASSIAN'S POV"Tell me I'm seeing things." No one answers Jason. At that point, a part of me knows that I would appreciate it if he just shuts up for a while. I want time to fucking think. The photograph lies in the center of the war room table, held flat beneath two heavy maps to stop the curled edges from folding back over themselves.Every person in the room has studied it one by one. We all want to know The result never changes. It isn't like the faces on the picture are going to change if we blink a little too hard. There are still three children there. Nova, Lyra, and the last person that has their face scratched out. Whoever had scratched away the third child's face hadn't wanted to hide an identity. They had wanted to erase the possibility that the child had ever existed.Nova stands near the fireplace with her arms folded tightly across her chest, staring at the picture like she is going to suddenly remember something if she thinks hard enough. "It doesn't ma
CHAPTER 99NOVA'S POV"We're leaving within the hour." Jason calls out, without raising his voice. He doesn't even look at us twice. He doesn't have to. The room is already silent. His voice can practically bounce off the walls. That is how silent the place is. The map of the pack lands remains spread across the long wooden table, a dark circle still surrounding the compound. Beatrice folds her arms, tipping her chin. "The eastern village attack wasn't random.""No," Cassian agrees. "It was a message. And now they know where we are."Killian's expression remains unreadable. He looks like he doesn't even want to be there with us. If I were in his shoes, I would have already prepared to go back to his pack. But he is a good brother. We can't deny that. "They've always known."After everything we've uncovered over the past few days, pretending our enemies are one step behind no longer feels believable. They have been walking beside us all along."We can't stay here," Jason continues.
CHAPTER 98KILLIAN'S POVI stand right at the place where the mountain overlooks the valley. I almost sigh at the sight. The pack lands stretch endlessly beneath the afternoon sun. Dense forests roll into winding rivers, villages appear as scattered clusters of rooftops, and the compound sits proudly at the center of it all.My father used to bring us here when we were boys."An Alpha should know exactly what he's protecting," he would say. Back then, I believed protecting people was simple.You fought harder, and stood taller. You reached them before your enemies did. Age has taught me the cruel truth.Sometimes you arrive only minutes too late. And those minutes follow you for the rest of your life. The crunch of boots against loose gravel announces Jason long before he reaches me.He stops beside the cliff's edge, folding his arms as he looks over the valley. "I had a feeling I'd find you here," he says calmly. "I needed the quiet." I say, barely turning to look at him. He nods,
CHAPTER 97NOVA'S POVThe smell of smoke reached us long before the village did.It was smoke, burnt timber and ashes. But beneath all of it, there was shouting.No shouting, no cries for help, no barking dogs, no children laughing as they chased each other through the dusty streets.There was nothing. And Cassian knew that he just had to check it out. He had to make sure the people there were actually safe. That was what mattered at that point. Our convoy slowed as the eastern village emerged through the morning mist.My stomach tightened. I'd seen cities destroyed before. This wasn't destruction. This was abandonment.Cassian climbed off his motorcycle before the engine had fully died. Jason and Killian were right behind him, already barking orders to the rescue team."Check every building.""Look for survivors!""If anyone's trapped, call immediately."The wolves scattered, but I stood frozen.The village looked... normal. At least from a distance.The roofs were blackened, severa
CHAPTER 96CASSIAN'S POV"Did anyone move them?" I ask one of the omegas, and he shakes his head, as he barely looks at me. It is one of the moments where I am not proud of the fact that they are scared of me. This one feels different. "No, Alpha."I look across the courtyard again. The motorcycles stand exactly where they have been when they roared to life in the middle of the night. But they are cold and lifeless now. It is almost like the whole thing is a fucking dream. Mechanics have inspected every engine before dawn. Nothing is wrong.No tampered wires. No hidden devices. No signs that anyone has even touched them.It should be reassuring. Instead, it makes the whole thing worse.The stories have already started spreading through the compound. Some wolves whisper that the machines have answered Nova's power.Others claim they have witnessed an ancient omen. By breakfast, someone swears they have seen silver eyes reflected in every mirror on the eastern wall.I dismiss the mech
CHAPTER 95NOVA'S POVBy breakfast, every corridor in the compound carries whispers. By lunch, those whispers have divided into sides. By sunset, the pack no longer feels like one family.It feels like a cracked mirror. But to be honest, I have seen this coming. No one argues openly.Hell, that would have been easier.Instead, conversations stop when certain people enter the room. Wolves who have supposedly trained together since childhood suddenly choose different sparring partners. Long tables that once echoed with laughter develop invisible borders.Some sit together, some deliberately do not. I watch one young scout carry his tray toward a familiar group, hesitate halfway, and quietly turn to eat alone.Across the room, an older warrior notices me looking and lowers his gaze to the floor.He isn't angry. I wish he is. He looks guilty instead. As if my existence has become a question he doesn't know how to answer."They're talking about a vote," Jason murmurs beside me. I don't ask
CHAPTER 66NOVA'S POVThe first thing I hear is the alarms, and that is enough to get me to stop looking at the flowers. I hurry towards the main pack, where almost all the members of the pack are gathered.Some of them are already on their motorcycles, and I know that it has to be serious. This is
CHAPTER 62Nova's POV I can't stay in Nate's room forever, even if I badly want to do that. As he falls asleep on my thigh, I gently push him away, tucking him into bed.My feet are heavy by the time I walk into the room that Cassian and I share. Cassian is sitting on the bed, and he looks over at
CHAPTER 61NOVA'S POVHow am I supposed to react to someone telling me that I am not supposed to exist?I don't know, I am just standing there, unable to say a word.“Tell us everything that is stated there,” Cassian says, and Killian shoots him a look.“You don't have to boss him around,” I say ca
CHAPTER 60NOVA'S POV“What kind of bonds?” I ask. I am waiting for Killian to lose his mind and tell me to shut the fuck up any moment if I don't understand anything. But he doesn't.He is more than patient. A part of me figures out that I might have actually found that one trait that both brother







