LOGINCiara’s POVI jolted awake with a scream that tore straight out of my throat, raw and broken, my whole body shooting upright in the bed like someone had dumped ice water on me. My heart was hammering so hard it felt like it might crack my ribs, and sweat was already sticking my hair to my neck. The nightmare clung to me like smoke, thick and filthy, every detail still burning behind my eyes.Ella was there in seconds, rushing across the room with wide, worried eyes. She dropped onto the edge of the mattress and pulled me into her arms without hesitation, one hand rubbing slow circles on my back while the other brushed damp strands of hair off my forehead.“Shh, Luna, breathe,” she whispered gently, voice steady and warm. “It was just a dream. You’re safe. I’m right here.”I clung to her like a lifeline, chest heaving, trying to force air back into my lungs. My eyes darted around the room wildly looking for whatever I've just seen and there was no Dax or Valerio. Just the familiar
Ciara’s pov I stepped out of the bathroom still dripping from the bath, the warm water having done nothing to settle the restless ache that had been building in me for days. My skin felt too sensitive, my belly too heavy with that soft silver glow that kept pulsing every time I thought about Dax, and the towel wrapped around me felt like it was barely holding on. The room was dimmed down low, just the faint glow from the floating crystals in the ceiling and the moonlight slipping through the tall windows, but the second I saw the silhouette sitting on the edge of the bed my heart did a stupid little flip. It was him.. it had to be him. That broad frame, the way he sat like the whole world belonged under his feet, the dark outline of shoulders that could crush me in the best way. I didn’t even think. I just rushed straight at him, towel slipping a little as I threw my arms around his neck and buried my face in his chest, breathing him in like I’d been starving for it.“Dax,” I mum
Dax’s POVThe moment Ayla said those words, the entire laboratory went dead silent.Then Lance cussed viciously.“I fucking knew that woman was trouble,” he snapped immediately, pacing forward. “The moment she entered Shadowfen everything started shifting and now you’re saying she might be connected to those things?!”“Finish that sentence,” I said softly and Lance froze.The Current around me darkened instantly and even the lights overhead flickered violently from the pressure leaking out of my wolf.Slowly, I lifted my eyes toward him.“Go ahead,” I continued quietly. “Say one more disrespectful thing about my little moon and I’ll rip your throat out myself.”The room became suffocating and Lance immediately lowered his head.“My apologies, Alpha.”But I could still smell the unease on him.I could smell fear, suspicion and doubt all directed toward Ciara and my wolf absolutely hated it.I turned toward Ayla slowly, jaw tight enough to crack bone.“What the fuck are you talking abou
Dax’s POVThe rogue wolf screamed as I tore its throat out with my bare hand.Hot blood exploded across my face and chest in thick sprays while the creature twitched violently before going limp. I flung the corpse away with disgust, bones cracking loudly as it crashed into the pile of dead monsters already surrounding us.“Fucking disgusting,” I muttered darkly, wiping blood from my mouth.Around me, Shadowfen warriors were still fighting the remaining creatures flooding through the forest line. Wolves, malformed hybrids, twisted night crawlers and beasts that should not have even been working together moved like a coordinated army instead of mindless predators.That alone made my chest tighten with something ugly because monsters like these did not unite naturally not unless something controlled them.A massive horned creature lunged toward me from the left and I caught its skull mid-charge before slamming it headfirst into the ground hard enough to split the earth beneath us.The th
Ciara’s pov“What?!” I practically shrieked. “Ella!”She snapped out of it immediately.“No,” she said quickly, though her voice still carried shock. “No, I don’t think so. Calm down, Luna.”“Calm down?” I repeated in disbelief while staring at my glowing stomach. “Ella, my belly is literally glowing like some supernatural flashlight and you casually mention labour?”The glow pulsed again and I almost cried.Ella moved closer carefully, her eyes fixed on my stomach with equal parts awe and concern.“No, this feels different,” she murmured more to herself than me. “The Current is stable…”“That sentence means nothing to me!”Ella inhaled slowly before looking up at me.“It’s the pup.”I stared at her blankly.“The pup is glowing, Ella. That is not a normal sentence.”She swallowed, still staring. “Blackthorne heirs sometimes show energy before birth, but this…” She shook her head slightly. “This is early.”My heart started racing. “How early?”“Werewolf pregnancies are different from h
Ciara’s POV“Any more questions, Luna?” Ella asked gently, her voice pulling me out of the dark pit my thoughts had fallen into. “It’s already late. You need to eat and sleep.”I stared at her for a moment without answering because honestly, there were too many questions and none of them felt small enough to ask. One mission had destroyed a brotherly bond, damaged three powerful men in three different ways, turned Valerio into a living prison of pain, made Asher into whatever charming nightmare he was now, and pushed Dax into becoming the kind of Alpha who carried an entire kingdom on his back without even letting anyone see the weight properly. Then there was the Primordial Alpha Current, that ancient, dangerous Blackthorne power that sounded less like a blessing and more like a beautiful curse passed down with blood and bone.And my child carried it too.That was the thought that kept tightening around my throat.The healers had said the baby would be fine as long as it received D







