เข้าสู่ระบบLila’s POV We were halfway to the pack border when Kai’s voice rang out behind us.“Lila, stop. Please.”I kept walking, Ari’s hand tight in mine.“I said stop!” The Alpha command rippled through the air, compulsion meant to freeze pack members in their tracks.It washed over me like water. Did nothing.I turned slowly, letting him see the crimson glow in my eyes. “Your commands don’t work on me, Kai. Not anymore. Maybe they never did.”He flinched but didn’t back down. “You can’t leave. Not like this.”“Watch me.”“Where will you go?” He stepped closer, hands raised in supplication. “Montana? You think the Alpha King will help you out of the goodness of his heart? He’ll want something in return, Lila. Something you might not be willing to give.”“That’s my problem,” I said coldly.“And what about Ash?” Kai’s voice cracked. “Every hour you spend traveling is an hour he’s suffering. Every delay costs him. You need resources, intelligence, a strike team. You need things I can provide n
Lila’s POV The rogue’s hand closed around Ari’s arm, yanking her away from me.My daughter screamed.And something inside me shattered.“Don’t. Touch. My. Daughter.”The words came out layered with power; Eryndra’s ancient rage, the Moon Goddess’s divine authority, and three years of accumulated fury finally breaking free.The temperature dropped twenty degrees in an instant.The rogue holding Ari barely had time to register his mistake before I moved.The spelled cuffs around my wrists exploded into fragments without me even touching them. Pure will, pure power, obliterating the magic meant to contain me.I grabbed the rogue by his throat and flipped him, slamming him into the ground with enough force to crack the earth beneath him. His neck snapped with a sound like breaking branches.The second rogue lunged at me. I caught him mid-air, twisted, and threw him into a tree. He hit so hard the trunk splintered. He didn’t get up.“AMBUSH!” the scarred leader roared. “It’s a fucking tra
Lila’s POV “We need to move now,” Marcus said, examining the cell door lock. “If we wait until morning, we’ll lose any advantage we have.”“Wait.” Elena’s voice came through the wall gap, urgent but strangely soft. “Marcus, come here. Let me see your hand.”Marcus looked confused but moved to the gap, reaching through. The moment their skin touched, I saw it, the flash of recognition, the sudden tension in both their bodies, the way their breathing synchronized.“Oh,” Elena breathed. “Oh, goddess.”Marcus’s eyes went wide. “You’re… we’re…”“Second chance mates,” Elena finished, wondering and disbelief mixing in her voice. “After all this time. After everything. The Moon Goddess gave me another chance.”I watched them, their hands still clasped through the gap, and felt something warm bloom in my chest despite our dire circumstances. Elena deserved this. Deserved happiness after three years of imprisonment and suffering.“I don’t understand,” Marcus said, his tactical mind struggling
Lila’s POV Raven stood outside the cell bars, her Luna robes immaculate, her expression a careful mask of superiority. But I could see through it now, see the calculation, the fear barely hidden beneath the polish.“You’re stupider than I thought,” Raven said, her voice carrying that familiar condescension. “Coming back here after everything. Did you really think Kai would help you? That any of us would lift a finger for the pathetic Omega who got herself knocked up and exiled?”“I came back because I had no choice,” I said evenly. “My son was taken. I need to get pack resources to get him back.”“Your bastard was taken,” Raven corrected coldly. “The product of whatever desperate coupling you managed. Not our problem. Not our concern.”“Careful, Raven.” I stood slowly, letting power shimmer in my eyes. “You’re awfully confident for someone who’s been carrying a secret for over a year now.”Her face went pale. “What are you talking about?”“You know exactly what I’m talking about.” I
Lila’s POV They didn’t take us back to the guest house.The guards marched us across the pack grounds to a building I’d hoped never to see again, the detention center. Where rogues and traitors were held before judgment.“You’re putting us in the cells?” I demanded as they shoved us through the reinforced door.“Alpha’s orders,” the lead guard said without emotion. “Until the council reaches a decision.”The cell was small, cold, with stone walls and a single barred window too high to reach. They pushed us inside, me, Marcus, and Aria, then slammed the heavy door shut. Then made sure to lock it behind them.Ari whimpered, pressing against my side. “Mama, I don’t like it here.”“I know, baby.” I wrapped my arms around her. “It’s just for a little while. We’ll get out soon.”‘We’d better,’ Eryndra growled. ‘Every hour we waste here is an hour closer to them hurting our cub.’Marcus was already checking the cell, testing the bars, examining the lock. Old habits. But I could see from his
Lila’s POV The guards came at dawn.I heard them before I saw them, boots on gravel, and low voices Marcus was already awake, his hand on his weapon.“Something’s wrong,” he said quietly.I stood, moving Ari behind me. She’d barely slept, kept reaching out with her empathic abilities trying to find her brother. The exhaustion showed in the dark circles under her eyes.The door opened without a knock. It was the same patrol leader from yesterday, but her expression was different now. Her face looked harder. It was like she was following orders she didn’t necessarily agree with.“The Alpha requests your presence at the pack house,” she said. “Council meeting. He’s made his decision.”Hope flickered in my chest despite myself. “He’s going to help?”She didn’t answer. Just gestured for us to follow.The walk through the pack grounds felt like a gauntlet. Wolves stopped to stare, some I recognized, most I didn’t. Three years had changed the population. But their expressions were universal







