เข้าสู่ระบบCiara’s POVThe second I ran, I knew something was horribly wrong.At first it just felt fast, too fast, like adrenaline had suddenly exploded through my body and pushed everything into overdrive. But then the hallway started blurring around me so violently that panic clawed up my throat instantly because my feet weren’t slowing down.They were getting faster.“Oh my God...!”My breath came out shaky and sharp as I flew around another corner so quickly the servants nearby screamed and flattened themselves against the walls before I crashed into them.What the fuck?!I tried stopping, like really stopping.I dug my heels against the polished floor, reached for the wall, grabbed at anything I could but my body kept surging forward like something invisible was dragging me from inside my own skin.Panic exploded fully after that.“DAX!”My own voice sounded terrified and distant because the wind was rushing past my ears so loudly now that it drowned everything else out.The villa blurred
Ciara’s POVHearing Ayla’s words felt like hundreds of tiny needles stabbing into different parts of my body all at once.Take the child.Send the girl back to her world.The sentence kept echoing inside my head so loudly I barely noticed Ella grabbing my arm gently, trying to pull me away from the doorway before we got caught listening.But I couldn’t move because suddenly none of this felt small anymore.Not the strange looks, the warnings and not Ayla trying to kill me or the way everyone kept talking around me instead of to me.I stood there frozen while my chest tightened painfully because for the first time since coming to Shadowfen, real fear settled into me.And it was not fear of Asher or Ayla but the fear of losing Dax.My fingers curled tightly around my sleeves while my thoughts spiraled violently because none of this made sense. I hadn’t hurt anybody, I didn’t ask for any of this. I didn’t ask for their dangerous family or their supernatural wars or their emotionally uns
Ciara’s POVThe next morning, I woke up alone and for some reason, that hurt more than everything else that had happened yesterday.The second my eyes opened and I saw the empty space beside me, a heavy wave of sadness crashed straight into my chest so suddenly it almost stole my breath. The sheets beside me were cold, untouched, and Dax’s scent was already fading from the bed, and somehow that made the silence inside the room feel even bigger.He still wasn’t back after taking Asher away yesterday and Ayla tried to claw my face off while screaming that I was destroying their family.After everything, I sat in this room practically shaking apart wondering what the hell was wrong with everyone here.Why wasn’t he back?That question kept repeating in my head over and over until it started hurting because this wasn’t like Dax at all. If anything, Dax was overprotective to an almost ridiculous level. Even when he was angry or exhausted or drowning in responsibilities, he still checked on
Dax’s POVThe sound of the heart monitor was slowly driving me insane.Beep.Beep.Beep.It was steady, cold, mechanical and too fucking calm for a room carrying this much pain.I sat beside Asher’s hospital bed staring at his motionless body while something inside me shook so violently it physically hurt to breathe. His face looked pale beneath the dim hospital lights, dark hair scattered across the pillow while machines monitored the unstable Current still fluctuating beneath his skin.And all I could think was not again and please not my brother again.My hands clenched slowly against my knees because seeing Asher like this always dragged me backward through memories I spent years trying to bury alive.Yeah, Asher was a pain in the ass now.A violent unstable disaster with no self-control and too much power trapped inside a broken mind. He endangered people, terrified half the kingdom and laughed through chaos like madness itself lived beneath his skin.But he wasn’t always like t
Ciara’s pov Pure instinct made me jerk backward on the bed cause the woman looked completely insane now.It wasn't emotionally unstable and insane like Asher.No.This felt worse because it was controlled insanity and the intelligent kind.Like she could dissect me alive while calmly explaining my organs to an audience and the terrifying part, I genuinely believed she would.But before she reached me, Dax grabbed her brutally by the hair and the crack of Alpha dominance exploded through the room instantly.She screamed furiously while Dax hauled her backward effortlessly.“Enough!”His voice shook the entire room.The woman fought violently in his grip, bloodshot eyes still locked directly on me.“I’ll kill her!” she screamed hysterically. “I swear on the moon goddess, I’ll fucking kill her before she destroys this family too!”My blood ran cold.Destroy this family?What the hell was she talking about?!Dax looked furious now, like really mad furious With one arm still holding unco
Ciara’s POVThe second I saw Dax standing there alive, breathing and real, every single thing inside me broke at once.Relief hit first and then emotion and then something so overwhelming my body moved before my brain could even catch up.“Dax!”I practically launched myself off the bed and straight at him, and despite the blood covering him from head to toe and the violent Alpha Current still leaking from his body hard enough to make the entire room feel heavy, he caught me instantly.Strong arms wrapped around me so tightly it almost hurt and I buried my face into his chest immediately, breathing him in like a woman dragged out of drowning water.He smells of blood, smoke, ash, dark pine and underneath all of it… him.He smells safe and smells like home.Dax let out a rough sound against my hair, something between a growl and a shaky breath, while his arms tightened around me even more.“Little moon…” he muttered hoarsely. “Fuck… you shouldn’t be touching me right now. I’m filthy.”







