LOGINKIERAN I stood in the center of the Auriel’s house, my claws still extended, as rage climbed a new high within me.My heart was hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird, Rhea was gone.She disappeared the moment the lights failed, but the drive in my hand was what I actually came for, it was a weapon in my hands, people like Rhea strived in the world by hiding their true faces.“Commander, she's gone,” a soldier hissed into my ear, his voice crackling through the comms with a static - heavy urgency. “She slipped from us, Sir. During the power outage, we lost her scent in the chase. She has gone underground.”“Let her run,” I rasped, I looked over at Alistair, and Ronan they were both kneeling by Yelena’s body, Alistair's shoulders hunched, his silence more terrifying than his roar.While Ronan was just staring into the abyss.I pressed the button on my comms, my eyes narrowing. “Dax. Do you copy?”“Hear you loud and clear, Kieran.” Dax’s voice came through, steady and sharp. “Wh
RONAN The Rogues were awake, mindless tide, teeth bared, ragged breathing and their eyes glowing, they had me cornered facing Dax filing through the narrow corridor.A scent i was familiar with floated by a blur of of black fur and lethal precision, it wasn't a fair fight at all, he was the commander and they were just gone.The first Rogue’s throat was gone before it could even whimper. The second was slammed into the marble wall with enough force to crack stone, the thirds , Kieran's claws found its heart with a sick, wet rip.He shifted back, his chest heaving, steam rising from his skin in the chilly air, as he changed back into himself a flurry of cracking bones.“We're too late for the quiet approach,” Kieran rasped, grabbing my hands, walking to the closet, with me beside him as he only dropped my hand to change into new clothes.“We are going to Auriel’s house,” he told Dax, as I shifted my gaze to Ethan he looked okay, without the Oxygen mask. “To get the tape, the fucker
RHEA My fingers were locked around Yelena’s throat, the skin beneath my claws slick with a cold sweat.She didn’t claw at my eyes like a normal person would, or a victim would.She just stared up at me, her face turning a bruised, terrifying purple, her lips curling into a pitying smile that made my blood boil. “You think….you're the first …..to try and break him?”Her voice was a rattling whisper, escaping as I choked her through the narrow gap I allowed her. “Shut up! Just die and let this be over with!”I screamed the words, putting every ounce of my weight into my thumbs, digging deep into her neck.I wanted silence, I needed the world to stop looking at me with those judgemental, haughty eyes.“I let them do it to him,” she whispered, the words hit me like a physical blow to my chest, as it shook my grip a bit. “I stood outside that room,” she gasped, the air rushing into her lungs in a sharp, painful hiss.“I watched them inject and erase my son’s memories. I knew if his memori
RHEA The elevator doors hissed open as I entered Auriel's, a house filled with oppressive wealth.I didn't even care about the ambulance and fire truck driving towards the barracks.My heels clicked sharply, a tap tap sound on the polished floors as I sprinted towards his office opening it and walking towards the far wall of the room.The picture hung there in silent oppression,with a haughty look in its eyes. “Numbers, numbers, numbers,” I hissed, my fingers were trembling so violently, I almost missed the keypad behind the frame.I punched in the code I overheard Auriel giving Kieran, the numbers in my mind, burned in like a brand.If I can just burn the drive, Kieran will have nothing to nail me with.He'll have no proof, he'll have no choice but to come back to the one person who actually protected him all the way.The painting slid away with a small creak, revealing the heavy steel safe embedded in the wall.I grabbed the handle and yanked it open, my breath hitched as I prepare
KIERAN The hallway was a mix of red and black blood, I didn't feel the bite of my claws against flesh, or the heavy impact of the bodies on me anymore.There was no longer “me” or “a wolf” fighting for the steering of the car of my consciousness. We were a singular creature now, one breath, one heartbeat and one mind.Every strike was calculated with cold, predatory precision. Every snap of bone under my palms was a sound I had been waiting to hear for threatening my mate.“You’re fighting a losing war, Commander!” The voice boomed through flickering emergency lights, dripping with the condescending arrogance that I would know anywhere that drove Fenrir and my vision turn red.I ran towards the voice, as I skidded to a halt. My claws digging deep into the walls, leaving jagged marks on the walls, tearing into it like butter.Auriel stood at the long end of the long corridor, he was flanked by two of my Elites soldiers who didn’t even look like soldiers anymore.They looked like holl
RONAN The door had latched it, as I woke up drowsy from my sleep, with a massive headache and a big revelation taking in the destruction in the room.The room was shattered with glass and debris everywhere.It was the aggression of the Rogues that destroyed this room, Ethan was on the couch as Dax fussed over him.I could smell them from here, the sickly smell of Ethan and the coffee scent of Dax. It was the soft, wet sliding of boots against the tiles inside the room.My heart hammered as I called out. “Dax?” I whispered, my hand groping blindly until my hand hit a tray next to Ethan’s bed where I lay. “Kieran? Is that you?” A low, vibrating growl answered me. It wasn't Kieran’s protective, smooth rumble.It was an aggressive, mindless snarl, the sound of a wolf whose soul has been altered and replaced by a chemical trigger.A pair of eyes snapped open in the far corner of the dark room. Pale skin, red irises glowing with a sick light as it bleeds from its body, with injuries that
RONANThe whispers rolled through the air, “ they're tied, wonder what the council will do about it.”Two victories each for them, an outcome no one expected and everyone fears. I stand on stage as pressure settles into my bones, heavy and undeniable.My suppressants pulse, not pain yet but a warni
KIERAN As we started the match, the sun came down to an orange glow, it shone on the stone walls, and made the banner and flags come alive.The fire torches burned low and steady, the fire looking like gold and made everything feel older.At the centre the war stimulation table waited.It wasn't a
KIERAN THE TWIN FANG DUELThe roar of the crowd swells before the first horn sounded to signal the beginning of the match.The sound of the ceremonial horns rolls across the fields, Every swat is filled, every gaze is sharp and high, to show this is not just a trial this is an event, a reminder of
RonanThe question echoes through my head, like a cracked record.Why did you kiss me Ronan?Kieran's voice isn’t loud when he asks it. That almost makes it worse. It sits low in my chest not anger or accusation, it's just unsettled, searching.I don’t answer him or even look at him, i keep walkin







