로그인Marabella POVThe cold air of the night broke through the desperate heat within me, and I shivered, wrapping my arms around myself, my eyes darting around the clearing.The torch lamps were lit but each one began going out, and my heart raced.“What’s going on?” I whispered.“Stay there. We’re not alone,” Brax whispered, his hand reaching behind him to grab mine. I clutched it tightly.A darkness fell over the clearing, and everything stilled as the pack snarled and howled.Jayden sniffed the air, a savage roar ripping through him as Jordan frowned, stepping forward, his eyes searching through the forest.“Humans,” he spat, and I swallowed hard.Were they here to talk or to fight? I had no idea, and apparently neither did my alphas, because they were still sensing things that I couldn’t.I peered between Jayden and Jordan at the pack all swarming the alphas, spreading out into the trees, moving in sync.I wondered if Jordan was ordering them into position, if Jayden was barking their
Marabella POVI was grateful for their protection, but I wasn’t sure I needed it, not with Taylor and Garrett keeping quiet.They flinched when I grabbed their hands but they didn’t yank them away, their eyes meeting Jayden’s before going back to me.I let the magic guide me, let it tell me what to do, because without it, I had no idea.And even then, I was kind of winging it, hoping that what I had to say was going to be enough to make them see the future I saw.It was pure happiness, everything we all wanted for the pack and everything I wanted for our future.“We’re weaker when we fight each other. I can promise you, the alphas only want what is best for all of us. When they look after the pack’s best interests, I’m included in that, and so are you. We are all together.“I know it sounds like bullshit, but what I just saw at the border was not. Look, maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about, maybe I’m just the alphas’ toy, as you so eloquently put it, but I do know that the entire
Marabella POVI wasn’t sure why I hadn’t heard it or felt it while connected, but I was back now, and I wasn’t a fan of any of them taking advantage of the fact that I was too busy saving their ungrateful asses.My fingers tingled, the magic brushing my fingers, caressing them, and I knew I could use it.I was unlocked, my magic and shadows one force now that hated seeing the alphas challenged just as much as I did.It was the blood dripping down Jayden’s cheek that had me stepping toward them. Jayden turned his head to me with a smirk.“It’s okay, Little Human. These two are not a threat. They are about to make an example,” he reassured me, and I hesitated, standing on the edge of the circle, the wolves around me giving me a quick sniff before bowing their heads and moving a little farther back.I looked down at what they were sniffing, frowning at the small bump that seemed even more visible than before.But it wasn’t the fact that it had grown that got me, it was the purple mist th
Marabella POV That had my eyelids peeling open, my gaze landing on my alphas, all standing there watching.The purple of the border, just a subtle tinge in the air before, was a vibrant mist around us all. I sucked in a breath, the piercing look from my alphas taking me even higher.Their magic met mine, and then I felt it all. The pack, the humans, the earth they walked on, the air they breathed, the magic that existed in every part of them.It was intoxicating, it was beautiful, it was recreating everything inside of me until I was closing my eyes again, falling into the oblivion that the magic was providing me with.Everything fell away. I couldn’t see them or hear them, I could only feel the magic, and it made everything okay.I didn’t care that my father was being an asshole; I didn’t care about the balance because I felt the balance, and I knew I could get it back.I was the balance, I was the answer, the question, the solution in those moments, and it was the most powerful I h
Marabella POVBrax snickered at that, his thumb drawing lazy circles over my hand where he held it.It was an amazing sensation, the touch of him, the feel of comfort and closeness.Our connection was one I could barely breathe through half the time and yet, today, it felt so free.“That’s the magic. It’s feeling…different.” Jordan craned his neck to one side and then the other, as if trying to relieve it of pressure.I frowned at his actions, not sure if he was being sarcastic or not. “The magic from the border?”“No. We can feel the broken magic. Keeping the border up is only one part of so many problems now, beautiful,” Jordan admitted, and I nodded, chewing my lip, a little deflated.I had hoped I was helping, but maybe it wasn’t enough. Maybe he was right and the border was only going to prolong the inevitable crazies.“It’s still helpful, Little Human,” Jayden reassured me, glaring at Jordan.I was going to reply but before I could, a sharp pang of everything light and safe pier
Marabella POVTheir thoughts were haywire and I couldn’t get anything direct from them, but I could feel the curses they were trying not to utter.“I thought I wasn’t even allowed to use my shadows or anything while I was pregnant?“I would’ve gotten myself out of my father’s captivity if I had known I could,” I bit, annoyed that the rules of this stupid magic stuff just didn’t make sense to me.She shook her head, pointing to my stomach. “Your shadows are your own. They are keeping him alive inside your human body. That is their job at the moment; give them another one and you’ll both die for it.“The border is another thing entirely. It is a magic that runs from all the sacrifices and souls it protects. Before that were just the wolves, who then drew on the humans’ souls to feed the border.“Now the humans have muttered that godforsaken word and destroyed all that. The border will take from their souls directly.“You’re human and wolf. It will accept your magic as a unity, like it d







