ANMELDEN~NYRA“May the soul of the departed, our dear Lycan King Ried… And his Son, Prince Lyon Thornevale, the brave witch princess, Kalista… and all those who died in this war rest in perfect light…” the officiating priest announced.It had been weeks since we defeated Varek. He was gone for good. Odette was gone too… but I could still feel her as a memory that sharpened my thoughts. And somehow, Cassian tried to bring back some normalcy in the land starting with this ceremony.We all stood there, paying our last respect…I stood between my mother and Danielle, who had been given life back the moment Kalista died.Rylan, Sylver and Cassian were by Ried’s casket performing the rites as his sons.As I watched, my feelings were mixed. I was sad, true. But I was also happy.Especially for Lyon. Even in death, he got the title of a prince. He got recognized, bringing pride to his mother.And his people, Cassian didn’t let them go empty handed. Kai was pardoned and they worked a treaty with the c
~ODETTEEverything inside of me shattered as I watched in horror what Cassian had done to himself.Time stopped and it felt like each of us were stuck in our own little box of denial.Rylan was shaking. Lyora’s eyes were wide with shock… And Sylver, he still kept fighting the invisible hold around him so he could attack Varek or stop Cassian… who was already dead…And this hit me even harder…How could he do this? How could he dare kill himself? Who gave him the right to sacrifice himself when I was here?“I was going to fix this… Cassian didn’t have to—” the words stumbling out of me suddenly stopped as a blinding pain shut through me.It erupted from deep within my core and life essence. And I screamed…But so did Varek.We both dropped to our knees and through my own pain, I saw his increase…“No… No… NO!” He roared as his skin started glowing with what could only be an inner explosion.Then I felt it. From deep within me… where our connection was rooted, I felt it snap.Then like
~CASSIANI still had control of my senses. I just couldn’t override Varek’s commands.They were like the commands of an alpha. The only difference was that he was a million times stronger than the regular.I just couldn’t refuse him. No matter how hard I tried.And I knew that consistently fighting back would only drain me. So I pretended to soften while I tried to think of a way out.It wasn’t hard to zero the options to Kalista. But as I went to move her to the car and her state became clear—I knew that even that plan was dead on arrival because Kalista couldn’t save us. She was dying.Fear crashed brutally into me— Especially when Varek commanded that I leave her there.But just as my body robotically moved to obey Varek, Kalista’s bloody fingers grabbed my wrist.“You can— you can end this.” She whispered. “Only you have the power to end this—”My eyes narrowed. I wanted to ask her questions and my body was already on the verge of fighting Varek’s control— when Kalista added;“Do
~ODETTE“No. Father… wake up…” Rylan cried out, holding firmly to Ried’s lifeless hand as if that could bring him back.“Come-on, we forgive you! I forgive you— just wake up… Please.” Rylan continued, his voice breaking with every sound.Something pierced my heart. But I quickly moved my attention to Sylver and Cassian.Unlike their younger brother, they didn’t say a word. They just held their father, trying to be strong.But I saw the tears trickling silently down their faces.The sight was like swallowing pieces of broken bottles. It tore through my heart in ways that I refused to admit.Ried wasn’t my favourite Werewolf. In fact his arrogance and silly pride got on my nerves most of the time—Yet, seeing him lifeless and the triplets crying over him, I couldn’t deny the tug stirring deep within me.But I ignored it and focused on the fact that Lyora wasn’t hurt.Varek’s evil claws had not gone through her— if they had…My brain quickly shut out the thoughts as the pain in my heart
~LYORADeath was coming for me.My heart was pounding hard as Cassian and Sylver held me down.I was struck between shock and horror. I didn’t know how to act.My whole life, I never thought death would come for me like this… I never thought this would be the end…And my daughters…My eyes slowly went to Odette and I saw that the calm she was trying to portray just moments ago was gone. It was replaced with fear.She was trembling in Rylan’s strong grip, unable to break free.“Lyora!” She snarled, trying one last time to kick out of his hold.“My child…” I mouthed, my tears masking my voice. “My poor child!”“You need to run, Lyora! Run!” She screamed.The pain in her voice made the moment stand still. And somehow, it was no longer Odette, the Old priestess… but my Nyra.Tears streamed down her eyes as she fought Rylan’s hold. “Mother, you need to run!”Her screams jolted me back to the moment and adrenaline pumped through me like a drug.I jumped to my feet, the sudden movement catch
~ODETTEHoly fucking goddess!My heart exploded as the new idiot jumped into my perfect plan. Ruining everything!“Shit!” Lyora cussed under her breath. “Not this guy again.”My senses instantly stood alert at her words. It was clear that the new fool wasn’t random.I scanned him carefully using Nyra’s memory paths. At first I found nothing, until I saw it.He was an old acquaintance of Lyon— the real Lyon. And his pathetic name was Kai.My eyes then took in everyone’s expression and it confirmed my discovery.Lyora’s eyes were wide as she tried to figure out what was going on…But I pieced it together.This Kai didn’t just stumble out of nowhere. He must have been the intuition the witch Kalista kept having.He must have been eavesdropping on their conversations and then trailed them all the way here…“Huh,” I scoffed as my racing heart calmed.Maybe my plans were ruined, but seeing the look on Varek’s face, it was clear that Kai didn’t know what he was up against.The fool thought h
~SYLVERMy already vexed face froze in shock as the rogue shooter pointed his trembling fingers at no one else but—me.And he didn’t stop there—he said my name.I, Sylver Ravenwood, was the one who supposedly sent him.A fit of rage erupted inside me like wildfire.I wanted to explode. Even the voi
~LYONMy room was filled with perfect silence. The kind that assured me that everything was going according to plan.But just then my phone's ringtone broke through that silence like the world was going to end, and that was the warning call.My heart shifted weirdly. But as soon as I saw the caller
~NYRAAs soon as Ried rounded up breakfast and left, Sylver walked out of the hall. And I quietly followed.He still had that crazed look of rage in his eyes. And I knew that the voices in his head must have been screaming.So there was no way I could leave him alone.Besides, we needed him to get
~NYRAMy fingers turned cold as I took the blank journal from Cassian, unable to make sense of anything.How could it be blank?"Why would she keep a blank journal?" Cassian blurted, kicking his leg hard against the wall closest to him.The sound sent a shock wave through me as my eyes returned to







