Se connecter~ IrisAfter I had escorted Kael to the healer’s room, the noise from the hall felt distant… like it belonged to another world entirely.Up here, everything was quiet. The scent of herbs filled the air, mixed with blood and something faintly metallic. Healers moved around us, efficient, calm..used to chaos in ways I would never fully understand.But my focus stayed on him.On Kael.He sat on the edge of the bed, shoulders tense, jaw tight, like he was trying to convince his own body that nothing had happened.Typical.Stubborn boy.“Sit properly,” one of the healers said, pushing him lightly.“I am sitting,” he muttered.“Not like you want to run away.”That almost made me smile.I stayed near the doorway at first… watching. Observing, Like I always did.Like I didn’t care.But I did.And that was the problem.They started cleaning the wound on his side, and even though he didn’t make a sound, I saw it the slight tightening of his fingers, the way his breathing shifted just a little.P
~ IRIS Kael was still in front of me, Still protecting me…Still acting like I needed it.And honestly… it was getting on my nerves.“I told you already,” I snapped, ducking as a rogue rushed past. “I don’t need you standing in front of me like I’m helpless.”Yeah I know I was supposed to be grateful for saving us, for picking me over his own aunt. But kael is kael.Oh where is Duncan? Why hasn't he dealt with Eunice and come out. Kael held me by the waist dragging me to the back.“ Ugh leave me, I can fight.”Kael didn’t even turn.“You’re bleeding on your arm,” he said flatly, blocking another attack meant for me.“It’s a scratch.”“That’s not a scratch.”“It is in my world.”“In your world, you also call chaos ‘strategy,’ so I’m not trusting your judgement.”I glared at him.“You’re very annoying, you know that?”“Yes,” he said simply. “I’ve been told.”That almost made me laugh.Almost.But I held it in.Because I refused to give him the satisfaction.Not in this war yet.Another
Duncan I was shocked when Kael stabbed Eunice, For a moment, I just stood there frozen.Not because I didn’t expect betrayal.But because I didn’t expect him to be the one to do it.Okay well…he was supposed to be the one. Eunice had fill his head with hatred, and lies. My son.My blood.Had just in a way saved meAnd now he was the one tearing it apart.I knew he loved Iris.I had known for a while.But seeing it unfold like this… made it real in a way I couldn’t ignore anymore.I knew my son was in love with my wife.And that truth alone was dangerous enough to burn everything down.Because, he had picked iris over Eunice.And I saw the way he was protecting her so bad. Even tho iris was stubborn. I saw Eunice on the floor, dragging herself, trying to escape while the rest of her men were being taken down in the chaos.The warehouse was collapsing into war.Screams.Steel.Blood.Everything she built… falling apart.I saw kael approaching her, telling iris he would take care of i
~ IrisFor a moment…Everything stopped.Not the kind of silence filled with tension.Not the kind that screams before violence.This one was different.Heavy.Fragile.Like something sacred had just been exposed.Kael stood there…Sword still in his hand.But not raised.Not threatening.Not… him.“…I don’t know what I’m supposed to be anymore.”His words didn’t just hang in the air. They settled Inside me.And for the first time since this all began…I didn’t see danger when I looked at him.I saw something else, something broken.My chest tightened.Slowly… carefully…I took a step forward.“I do,” I said softly.Ky shifted beside me immediately.“Iris…”“It’s okay,” I murmured without taking my eyes off him.Kael didn’t move, didn’t step back, didn’t lift the sword.Good.I took another step, Closer now.Close enough to see the conflict in his eyes clearly.The anger.The confusion.The pain.“You’re not what she made you,” I continued quietly.His grip on the sword tightened slightly.
KAEL As I entered the warehouse, I was surprised when I saw Iris.I hoped she wasn’t the one Eunice wants me to kill because I won’t… I love her so bad.Then everything started unfolding… talk after talk.Duncan had killed calista, and I saw the way Eunice threw him against the wall. Time flies..then Eunice ordered me to kill Iris.I walked closer to her, only for me to hear something that made my world stop, that Eunice killed my late mom.The world froze. I turned slowly to Duncan.“Is it true?”“Yes, son,” he said weakly. “I didn’t know at first. I thought it was cancer and all that. It was later Iris searched into it.”“What if she lied?” I asked angrily,” I mean you're all are obsessed with her.”“She didn’t. Eunice confessed. She has always wanted power and position,” he said, spitting blood.“Ah, Eunice!” Mira said.“That’s how she is… very crazy,” Ky added.I looked at Eunice, waiting for denial, But she didn’t….She just rolled her eyes and took a sip from the wine glass.“I
iris As she ended the call, I won't lie, I was afraid.I wanted to run, but at the same time I was Luna.When calista comes in," He's here" she said.Everyone turned to the door, and then I saw kael.Kael Blackwood.What was I thinking? Of course he would be the one.. calista had no one else apart from him. My heart stopped, Kael! So he knew, that's why he wasn't bothered. He would do anything for his aunt. So he actually wanted to kill me and Duncan, his father.Now I regretted why I had bonds with him, why I swam with him that night, why I had allowed him to read me poetry that night, to even stay with me in the room.Now he walked past me, and I didn't know I saw the surprise in his eyes, like he wasn't expecting me here.Then Eunice told him to come." Darling boy, this is the woman that stole our future. Your future. Your sister. Your mother..your throne." She said," It's
~Alpha Duncan I ended the call and stared at my phone for a long moment before setting it down.Eunice was angry. I could hear it beneath her carefully chosen words. Good. Let her be. Anger made people careless and Eunice was dangerous only when she felt in control.I remember when we were little,
~AliceI swallowed hard, the words sticking in my throat like glass shards.Iris stood there, arms crossed loosely, waiting for whatever I had to say.I stared at my plate, fork pushing noodles around in circles.“I don’t have a good excuse,” I said finally, voice barely above a whisper. “There isn
~AliceFor the umpteenth time, I called her name, but Iris just kept drinking from the glass she’d taken from the kitchen, eyes fixed on the window like I wasn’t even there.“Iris, please look at me,” I said, the words scraping out of my throat, raw and aching.She set the glass down with a soft cl
~AliceEvery time I closed my eyes, I saw Iris's face, the shock, the tears, the way she’d slapped me so hard my ears rang.I had to find her. Explain. Beg. Anything.I grabbed my keys and drove straight to Eunice’s private residence on the edge of campus, the sleek modern house my dad let her use







