LOGINAmara's POV
Frustration bubbled up inside me. "We have to find something tangible. Something concrete we can actually use. Get that file decrypted as soon as possible and let me know what's in it so we can start planning our next moves."
Azumi nodded, her expression serious. "I'm on it. Actually, I have someone who could help us crack the encryption faster—someone with both magical and
Amara's POVIt had been two days since Azumi called her boyfriend Marcus, and I was rapidly running out of patience.Two days of waiting. Two days of pacing endless circles around this safe house while Zayne suffered God knows what kind of torture at the hands of the Hunters. Two days of nightmares every time I managed to sleep, visions of him being hurt, being broken, calling out for me while I did nothing.Each day I spent without knowing how Zayne was, without being able to help him or even confirm he was still alive, felt like its own special kind of nightmare. A waking hell I couldn't escape no matter how hard I tried.Azumi kept assuring me that Marcus was working as fast as he could, that hacking into the Hunters' encrypted databases wasn't something that could be done quickly or carelessly. One wrong move and they'd detect the intrusion, lock down their systems, and we'd lose any chance of finding Zayne's location.I understood that logically. Intellectually, I knew she was ri
Amara's POVIt had been two days since Azumi called her boyfriend Marcus, and I was rapidly running out of patience.Two days of waiting. Two days of pacing endless circles around this safe house while Zayne suffered God knows what kind of torture at the hands of the Hunters. Two days of nightmares every time I managed to sleep, visions of him being hurt, being broken, calling out for me while I did nothing.Each day I spent without knowing how Zayne was, without being able to help him or even confirm he was still alive, felt like its own special kind of nightmare. A waking hell I couldn't escape no matter how hard I tried.Azumi kept assuring me that Marcus was working as fast as he could, that hacking into the Hunters' encrypted databases wasn't something that could be done quickly or carelessly. One wrong move and they'd detect the intrusion, lock down their systems, and we'd lose any chance of finding Zayne's location.I understood that logically. Intellectually, I knew she was ri
Amara's POVIt had been two days since Azumi called her boyfriend Marcus, and I was rapidly running out of patience.Two days of waiting. Two days of pacing endless circles around this safe house while Zayne suffered God knows what kind of torture at the hands of the Hunters. Two days of nightmares every time I managed to sleep, visions of him being hurt, being broken, calling out for me while I did nothing.Each day I spent without knowing how Zayne was, without being able to help him or even confirm he was still alive, felt like its own special kind of nightmare. A waking hell I couldn't escape no matter how hard I tried.Azumi kept assuring me that Marcus was working as fast as he could, that hacking into the Hunters' encrypted databases wasn't something that could be done quickly or carelessly. One wrong move and they'd detect the intrusion, lock down their systems, and we'd lose any chance of finding Zayne's location.I understood that logically. Intellectually, I knew she was ri
After the Alpha Supreme agreed to partner with us, we made our way back to the safe house with Kieran accompanying us. The flight back felt surreal—we’d actually done it. We’d convinced the most powerful supernatural being in existence to help us take down the Hunters.It still didn’t feel real.Kieran sat across from me on the plane, his silver mask back in place, staring out the window in silence. I wanted to ask him so many questions—about his childhood, about watching Zayne from afar all these years, about how it felt to finally be going home to meet the family he’d been stolen from.But something in his rigid posture told me he wasn’t ready for that conversation yet.When we finally arrived back at the safe house, it was late evening. The moment we walked through the door, Zayne’s mother Elena and his sister Kira rushed to greet us, their faces tight with worry.“Thank God you’re back safely,” Elena said, pulling me into a quick hug. “We were so worried when you left to meet the
After the Alpha Supreme agreed to partner with us, we made our way back to the safe house with Kieran accompanying us. The flight back felt surreal—we’d actually done it. We’d convinced the most powerful supernatural being in existence to help us take down the Hunters.It still didn’t feel real.Kieran sat across from me on the plane, his silver mask back in place, staring out the window in silence. I wanted to ask him so many questions—about his childhood, about watching Zayne from afar all these years, about how it felt to finally be going home to meet the family he’d been stolen from.But something in his rigid posture told me he wasn’t ready for that conversation yet.When we finally arrived back at the safe house, it was late evening. The moment we walked through the door, Zayne’s mother Elena and his sister Kira rushed to greet us, their faces tight with worry.“Thank God you’re back safely,” Elena said, pulling me into a quick hug. “We were so worried when you left to meet the
My hands trembled as I picked up the pregnancy test staring back at me, for like the third time in the past few minutes.As if checking it again and again would somehow change the result, or better yet, change everything else.But nothing changed. The two pink lines remained there, unchanging.Pregnant.I pressed my palm against my still-flat stomach, a fragile hope blooming in my chest for the first time in months. Maybe this would finally bridge the cold distance that had grown between Jaxon and me since our wedding six months ago. Maybe a baby would remind him of the childhood we’d shared, when he used to look at me with warmth instead of that icy indifference that I was unfortunately starting to get used to.I took another deep breath…and another, but it did nothing to calm my racing nerves. It was 11:47 PM, and Jaxon had left this morning without a word, without breakfast, without even meeting my eyes.Which was really nothing new.But at least after tonight…things could be diffe







