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Kieran’s POVWe didn’t speak as we moved through the halls, muscle memory guiding us. I led the way carefully, remembering the passageways from childhood… how Caspian and I had once explored these halls, daring each other to sneak into places we weren’t supposed to. Back then, it had been a game; today, every step felt heavier, weighted with history and danger.Nalani walked ahead, the journal clutched tightly to her chest, her wolf stirring beneath her skin. Zeph brought up the rear, silent, vigilant, a shadow of quiet strength. Caspian hovered near me, restless, but careful to give her space.We reached the old library. Dust hung thick in the air, motes drifting in shafts of sunlight like tiny ghosts. Ancient shelves towered above us, holding books older than some packs, each one silent, watching. My pulse quickened as we reached the shelf. Carefully, I pulled the book that seemed different from the rest on the shelf and then…A faint click echoed through the still air. Slowly, a h
Nalani's POV It has been fifteen hours.Fifteen hours since I’d last felt Caspian’s steady presence at my back or Kieran’s restless energy brushing against mine like a living thing. Fifteen hours since the bond had stretched… taut enough to ache.I sat on the edge of the bed, the journal heavy in my hands, unopened since the night before.The bond hummed beneath my skin.Caspian’s fury simmered like a banked fire…controlled, dangerous. He was searching. Calculating. Every second I stayed away only sharpened him.Kieran was worse.His emotions slammed into me in chaotic bursts… anger, worry, irritation, relief that I was alive, then anger all over again. He hated being kept in the dark. And me?I hated being away from them.The truth settled heavy in my chest: I wasn’t finding peace here. I wasn’t finding clarity. It felt like the more I found out things about myself the more… hidden things there were.Zeph knocked once before pushing the door open.“You didn’t sleep,” he said, not a
Nalani's POV The words hung in the air, heavy, impossible.“Brother…”My body froze. My wolf bristled, muscles taut beneath my skin, claws itching to shred the world around me. Yet I stayed rooted, eyes locked on him. My mind screamed betrayal, confusion, disbelief. Every instinct I had screamed at me to run, to fight, to demand proof, but part of me… part of me longed to hear more.“How?” I managed, my voice barely above a whisper, trembling with disbelief. “How is that even possible?”He studied me, calm and unflinching. His dark eyes, sharp and observant, held a storm I hadn’t anticipated. “Our mother,” he said quietly, reaching behind him. “She… she gave you away when you were born.” He extended a hand, holding an object that immediately caught my attention.It was old, leather-bound, worn around the edges. A journal. It had the smell of time and ink mixed faintly with that scent of tulips, and it made my chest tighten.“It’s hers,” he said, placing it gently in my hands. “Our m
Nalani’s POVThe blindfold was unnecessary.I let him tie it anyway.Not because I was afraid… fear had long since burned out of me but because I wanted to see how far he thought he could go. I wanted to measure the man brave or foolish enough to approach me alone, to put his hands on me, to believe he could take me anywhere without consequence.The fabric brushed my skin, soft, deliberate. His fingers hovered, careful not to linger. Smart.The vehicle rumbled to life beneath us, and I settled back into the seat, every sense widening rather than dimming. When we left the paved road, I felt it immediately…the shift in vibration, the crunch of gravel, the way the tires struggled over uneven ground. The air changed too, seeping in through the seams of the doors, sharp with pine and wet earth, threaded with the deeper scent of old forest.My wolf purred beneath my skin.Not anxious. Not alarmed.Anticipating.I counted turns. Measured time. Logged the incline and decline of the terrain, th
Nalani’s POVDays passed in a blur of grey.I barely left my room.Every morning felt the same… heavy, suffocating, wrapped in a grief that settled deep in my bones. Thane’s face… his voice… the way he died in my arms… it replayed over and over until I felt like I was in it.I barely slept or ate just…existed…My mates stayed with me through it all.Caspian spent hours sitting with his back against the headboard while I lay curled against him, my cheek pressed to his chest, feeling the steady rise and fall of his breathing. His fingers stroked my red locks, slow and gentle, patient with every tear I refused to shed.Kieran lay on my other side, warm and solid, arm draped around my waist. Every now and then he would press a soft kiss to my shoulder, or nudge his nose against my neck the way wolves do when their mate hurts.Neither pushed me.Neither lectured me.They simply stayed.But their worry was a weight of its own.“You need to eat, tiger” Kieran murmured softly one afternoon, b
Nalani's POV The war room smelled faintly of pine and smoke…Caspian’s pack scent woven together with Kieran’s. A smell that once meant rivalry… now strange, now new, now something like unity. Leaders from both territories sat around the long wooden table, their gazes guarded but cooperative. The merging of two great packs that had once been at each other's throat.But today wasn’t about the past.Today was about survival.I stood between my mates, their warmth brushing my arms like a grounding pulse. Caspian’s presence was steady, unshakable. Kieran’s was fire, focused, sharp. Both mirrored the same tension in their shoulders, only I could sense.Ever since the mating bond sealed, something in the world felt… alert. Like the prophecy had shifted from distant myth to living threat.“We keep patrols doubled on the northern ridge,” Caspian said, his voice low, commanding. “No one moves alone. No exceptions.”Kieran nodded. “And the barrier is reinforced every six hours. If they’re watchi
Nalani’s POVI looked up at the big screen that displayed my team’s number, and then I met Kieran’s gaze, he shook his head and then I looked opposite and there he was... hand over the buzzer as he stared jaw clenched at me.My expression switched immediately from shock to burning anger, he had no
Kieran’s POVAlpha you have a meeting set for today with the …"Reschedule it for next week" I cut him short.I needed to be near my mate now she needs me, even though my brute of a brother hates me, nothing would stop me from seeing her. Once, we had been like all twins-inseparable, always gettin
Nalani’s POVThe trees blurred past as I drove away from them, I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces as my mother’s voice rang in my head."Damn it, I thought there was a chance I had dreamed it all, but no, the moon goddess must hate me." First Ryker denied me, then my parents hid that I
Caspian’s POVNalani stood rigid between us, confusion and fear flickering across her face as her eyes darted from me to Kieran. The tension was so thick it felt like the forest itself was holding its breath. My little wolf took a hesitant step back, sensing the hostility rolling off both of us in w







