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No Safe Place

Author: Sophie Lane
last update publish date: 2026-09-10 08:11:03

The emergency alarm continued to howl through Blackthorn Academy, drowning out the confusion that erupted in the corridors. Students shouted questions as security officers hurried from one end of the building to the other, trying to determine which doors had been sealed and why. The red emergency lights continued flashing overhead, making the academy look less like a school and more like a prison.

Rei stood beside Dominic, staring at the locked security doors.

"What does lockdown mean?"

"It mea
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    The ground beneath the garden opened.Not like a crack.Like an eye.A vast circle of darkness appeared beneath the grass, surrounded by rings of silver light. The trees bent toward it. The stone house groaned, and every window shattered at once.People screamed.Children cried.The newly arrived families scattered as the ground shifted beneath their feet.But Rei couldn't move.She was staring at Hope.Her daughter stood at the edge of the glowing circle, one hand stretched toward the sky, the other reaching toward Lena.Both girls were surrounded by light.Hope's was silver.Lena's was black.And between them, something ancient was waking."Hope!" Dominic shouted.He struck the barrier again.It didn't move.Hope turned toward him."Dad!""I'm here!""Don't let him take her!"Dominic looked at Lena."I won't!"The man called Aurel watched them with a strange expression."You see?" he said softly. "This is what I wanted to understand."Rei turned on him."You are going to stop this."

  • Marked by the Alpha Captain   The Man Who Made the Choice

    The floor split beneath them.A jagged line of silver light tore through the nursery, dividing the cradles into two uneven rows. The wooden frames rattled, and the lights inside them flickered violently.Dominic grabbed Rei's hand."Move!"Rei barely heard him.Her eyes were fixed on Elias.Her father stood beside the open wooden box, still holding the letter. His face had gone pale, but he wasn't looking at the cracking floor.He was looking at the golden-eyed woman."What do you mean I was never supposed to remember?"The woman didn't answer immediately.Instead, she looked toward the ceiling."He's coming.""Who?" Mara demanded.The woman turned to her."The one who made the choice between your daughters."Mara shook her head."No. The First Alpha said—""The First Alpha wasn't there when it happened."The ancient man flinched.Echelon stepped forward."Then who was?"The golden-eyed woman looked at Elias."He was."Everyone turned.Elias slowly lowered the letter."That's impossib

  • Marked by the Alpha Captain   When Love Was Not Enough

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  • Marked by the Alpha Captain   The Mother Behind the Door

    The door opened one inch.Rei forgot how to breathe.On the other side, someone sobbed.Not the distant, echoing sound of a memory. Not the strange imitation of a voice the Origin had once used to lure them into its traps.This was real.Rei knew the rhythm of that sob. She had heard it when she was little and woke from nightmares. She had heard it after the laboratory, when her mother thought Rei was asleep and cried quietly in the kitchen. She had heard it the night Mara finally admitted that protecting her daughter had meant making decisions Rei might never forgive.It was her mother's voice."Rei?" Mara called again.The little girl beside Rei made a strangled noise."Mama."The word came out differently this time.Not as a question.As a plea.Rei turned toward her.The child stared at the door, both hands pressed over her mouth. Her dark eyes were enormous, and the anger that had kept her upright seemed to drain away.She looked six years old.Not like a version of Rei.Not like

  • Marked by the Alpha Captain   The Daughter Who Wasn't Chosen

    For several seconds, nobody moved.The little girl stood beside the broken cradle, her small hands clenched at her sides. She looked exactly like Rei had at that age, except there was something different about her eyes. Rei's childhood eyes had been bright and curious, even when fear had taught her to hide what she felt.This girl's eyes were dark.Not empty.Not lifeless.Furious.And beneath that fury, Rei saw something that frightened her far more than any ancient creature or collapsing world ever had.Loneliness.The girl looked at Rei as though she had spent an eternity imagining this moment.As though she had rehearsed every word.As though she had been waiting for someone to blame."You took my place," the girl whispered.Rei swallowed. "I heard you.""You took my name.""I heard that, too.""You took my family."The girl's voice broke on the last word. She immediately stiffened, furious with herself for allowing the weakness to show.Then she screamed."YOU GOT TO LIVE!"The s

  • Marked by the Alpha Captain   The Nursery of Unchosen Lives

    The staircase seemed endless.The farther they descended, the quieter the world became. The garden sounds faded until Rei could no longer hear the river or the voices of the people gathered above.Only their footsteps remained.At the bottom, they entered a long corridor lined with doors.Unlike the doors beneath the Between, these bore no names.They were marked with dates.Dates that made no sense.Some were thousands of years in the future.Others were centuries before the first world.Some had no numbers at all.Nora stopped before the first door.It was small, painted pale yellow, with a sun drawn above the handle.“What's in there?” she whispered.Rei looked at the door.“I don't know.”Nora reached for the handle, then stopped.“Can I?”Rei nodded.Nora opened it.Inside was a nursery.A wooden crib stood beside a window. A tiny blanket lay folded on a chair. Stuffed animals lay on the floor, and a mobile hung above the crib.But there was no baby.Nora stepped inside.She look

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