LOGIN~ Iris POVThe months that followed Alice’s sacrifice were the longest I had ever endured. Every day, every night, I felt her absence like a wound that refused to heal. I watched Duncan struggle to recover, watched his body broken, his chest scarred from the wolfsbane and poisons that had nearly ended him. The pack healers worked tirelessly, their chants, herbs, and silver remedies keeping him alive when even I had begun to fear he wouldn’t make it.I sat by his side for weeks, refusing to leave. Every breath he drew was a relief, every blink a small victory. I held his hand, pressed my forehead to his chest, whispered encouragements I wasn’t even sure he could hear over the pounding of my own fear.“Stay with me,” I begged one night as the firelight flickered across his face. “You promised. You have to stay.”His eyes fluttered open, glowing faintly even in weakness, and he reached for me, voice hoarse, “I’m not leaving… not w
~ Iris POVThe world went silent.Not completely, not truly, but enough that the screaming, the shifting, the chaos around the clearing felt distant, like it belonged to someone else.All that remained was her.Alice.Her body fell into my arms with a weight I wasn’t prepared for. Warm. Fragile. Broken. Blood bubbling from her lips, staining her skin, her dress, her innocence, all mingled with the scent of iron and fear.“No… no, no, no,” I whispered, shaking violently, my arms tightening around her. My fingers dug into her shoulders, my heart thrumming like a war drum in my chest, threatening to shatter from the intensity of it all.“I… I’ve got you,” I croaked, tears streaming freely now, hot and unrelenting, soaking her hair, her cheeks, my own hands. “I won’t let you…”But she coughed, weak, broken, and I felt the heat of her life slipping away. The poisons,wolfsbane, silver, whatever Cassian
~Duncan POVThe first shot rang out like a jagged crack of thunder. My heart lurched, my wolf flared, and my body moved before my mind even processed what was happening. Iris. My mate. My anchor. She was in the line of fire.I lunged. Every instinct screamed to protect her, to shield her from the storm that had finally reached us. The bullet hit me square in the chest. Pain exploded, white-hot and searing, but I didn’t even have time to react beyond the sheer, primal need to hold her safe. My robes darkened almost instantly with my blood, but I barely noticed. My world had shrunk to her, trembling, eyes wide, hands clamping onto my forearms as if she could anchor herself through sheer force of will.“Iris!” I roared, teeth gritted, voice raw with pain and rage. The clearing erupted into chaos. Pack members shouted, scrambled, wolves howled,none of it mattered. My mate. Only her mattered.God! This was supposed to be perfect, not another
~ Alice POVYesterday, I went straight to Cassian, after the whole dialogue with my father,After seeing that ky has been so close to iris. After seeing that I was just being childish.“You want to quit again Alice.”“ I'm tired Cassian, I guess I should just accept fate. I should just move…on.”He laughed,” your weak.”“ I'm not.”“ I'm very sure thats was how iris could toy with you up and down.”“ Shut up Cassian.”He held me by the neck,” don't you ever tell me to shut up.”“ Fine!” I agreed and he put me down.“ Alice you're brave. But they shouldn't just toy with you like that, make you feel stupid about yourself. After everything you did for iris. She's marrying your dad tomorrow.” Cassian said.” How does that sound ?”Stupid. “ It's fate. I guess.”“ That's nonsense Alice. You know, she won't be humiliated, it's you. People will mock you.”
~ Iris POV ~Morning of the Mating CeremonyI didn’t sleep.Not really.I lay in that enormous room, in that bed that still didn’t feel like mine. staring at the ceiling while dawn slowly bled into the sky.Today.The word pulsed in my head.Today I become Luna.Today I marry Duncan.Today I stand in front of the entire pack.And today… I stand in front of Alice.My stomach twisted.The curtains fluttered slightly as the early morning breeze slipped through the open balcony doors. The air was cool, quiet , deceptively peaceful.Like the world didn’t understand what day it was.I sat up slowly, pressing my feet to the floor.For a moment, I just breathed.This is what you chose.No.This is what chose you.I walked toward the mirror, studying my reflection in the pale light.The faint bruise on my chee
~ Duncan POV ~The house was quiet again.But not peaceful.There is a difference.Peace is earned.This silence was fragile.I stood alone in my study, hands braced against the desk, staring at nothing. The estate lights glowed faintly beyond the windows. Guards rotated outside. Life continued.Inside these walls, however…Something had shifted.I had seen the mark on Iris’s cheek.Faint.Red.But enough.And I had seen something else too.The look in Alice’s eyes.Not just anger.Something breaking.I closed my eyes briefly.Alpha.Father.The two roles had never felt so violently opposed.A soft knock sounded at the study door.I didn’t need to ask who it was.“Enter.”Alice stepped in.She didn’t look shaken.She didn’t look ashamed.She looked composed.Too composed.She closed the door behind her and stood straight.“You sent for me.”“Yes.”I gestured to the chair across from my desk.“Sit.”She didn’t move.“I’d rather stand.”Of course she would.I straightened slowly.“This
~IrisI woke up smiling, actually smiling for the first time in weeks.Sunlight streamed through the thin curtains of my tiny off campus apartment, the one I barely used anymore because I was always at Alice’s dorm. My bed. My sheets. My space. No overwhelming scent of pine and smoke lingering on
~DuncanWaiting until 8 p.m. felt like slow torture. Every minute dragged, the clock mocking me while I paced the study, whiskey untouched. At 7:55 I left the estate in the Mitsubishi, windows down, night air cutting sharp across my skin. Thorne followed in the SUV behind me.We pulled up to The O
~IrisI didn’t even know what to do. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.I would have sworn on my life that Alice would never cheat on me.Well… I did. But it doesn’t matter.Sandra stayed on her knees for a second longer, intentionally licking Alice’s release from her fingers like my standing th
~Duncan She scrambled off the bed, snatching her scattered clothes with shaking hands. The sheet fell away from her body as she dressed, quick, jerky movements, like she couldn’t get away from me fast enough. Her back was to me, skin still flushed and glistening from what we’d just done, th







