LOGINBlaze's POVI peeled off from the convoy without making a sound. Damon had given me the signal, and I knew what to do. The dark vehicle stayed just far enough ahead that I could follow without being spotted. My bike stayed quiet on the back roads as I kept my distance. I wasn’t heading back to Vance’s main hideout like I half expected. Instead, the car turned down a long dirt path toward an old abandoned warehouse on the edge of neutral ground.I parked my bike a good distance back and moved in on foot, staying low in the shadows. The place looked dead from the outside, but I could see lights flickering through a few broken windows. As I got closer, I spotted more vehicles parked around the back. Some had Vance’s markings. Others had the silver-eyed symbol scratched into the doors. This wasn’t just one of his spots. It was a meeting point between the two groups.I found a spot near a broken window where I could see and hear without being seen. I settled in and waited. Hours passed slo
DAMON'S POVI didn’t waste time after the scout’s report. Another Crown property had been hit, but nothing was taken. That didn’t sit right with me. I called for a small team right away.“We’re going to check it out ourselves,” I told everyone. “Betty’s coming with us. No arguments this time. She’s part of every decision now, and that’s how it’s going to stay.”No one pushed back. Colt just nodded, and Blaze gave a short grunt of agreement. Even Lucien didn’t say anything against it. It felt good, like we had finally stopped trying to keep her on the sidelines. She had earned her place.Betty stayed close as we rode out. I kept her right beside me the whole way, one hand occasionally brushing hers when we stopped to check the trail. She didn’t complain about the pace or the danger. She just stayed steady, like she belonged there. I caught myself watching her more than once, thinking how far we had all come. She wasn’t the scared woman we first met. She was strong now, carrying our chi
BETTY'S POVI finally found a quiet moment alone in one of the back rooms at the safe house. The letter from my mother had been sitting with me for days, but I hadn’t been able to finish it until now. My hands shook a little as I unfolded the last part of the paper. The words hit me hard.“Never trust anyone with silver eyes, my sweet girl. Generations ago, one of our own betrayed the Crown Bloodline. They secretly allied with the silver-eyed faction and helped hunt us almost to extinction. I scattered the clues across different properties so no single enemy could ever uncover the full truth. If they find everything, they will use it to erase what’s left of us.”I sat there for a long time after reading, my heart pounding. My mother had spent her whole life running because of this. She knew I would be the last one, the final heir. She tried to protect me by spreading everything out. The necklace, the journals, the hidden rooms… they were all pieces of something bigger. Something dange
BETTY'S POVWe spent the next day getting ready for the meeting in two days. Damon, Colt, and Blaze pulled me into every single discussion. They spread maps across the table and asked for my thoughts on routes and backup plans. When they talked about who would go in first, they looked at me like my opinion actually mattered.I sat there listening to them argue over details, and it hit me how different everything felt now. At the beginning, they would have told me to stay behind and rest. They would have decided everything without me. Now they wanted me right there in the middle of it. I quietly realized they finally saw me as an equal. Not someone they had to protect from everything. Not just the woman carrying their baby. A real partner.Colt caught me watching them and gave me a small smile. “You good with the plan so far?”“Yeah,” I said. “But what if we split the team here instead? It might give us better coverage if things go sideways.”Damon nodded without hesitation. “That work
Damon's POVWe didn’t waste a second after that phone call. I ordered everyone back to the clubhouse immediately. The drive felt longer than it should have, my mind racing with every possible scenario. Travis was supposed to be locked down tight.If someone got to him, it meant our security had been breached again. Betty stayed close in the vehicle with me, her hand resting on my arm like she could feel how tense I was. I kept glancing at her, making sure she was okay. The baby was safe for now, but everything else felt like it was falling apart.When we pulled up to the clubhouse, the guards looked shaken. We rushed inside and down to the holding room. Travis was still there, slumped against the wall, barely conscious. His face was a mess of bruises, one eye swollen shut, blood dripping from a cut on his neck. Someone had tried to finish him off but hadn’t quite managed it. He was breathing, but just barely.“Get Lucien in here now,” I ordered. My voice came out harder than I intende
Blaze's POVI didn’t waste time once we found that trapdoor. The second Blaze confirmed there was a tunnel underneath, I took charge of the small group heading down. Damon, Colt, and Betty stayed up top to watch the exits and make sure nobody tried to sneak out or come in behind us.“Stay up here with them,” I told Betty before I dropped down. My voice came out rougher than I meant, but I couldn’t help it. “Keep your eyes open and don’t take any chances. I’ll be back before you know it.”She gave me that look she always did when I got too protective, but she nodded anyway. “Be careful down there.”I climbed into the dark tunnel with three of our guys right behind me. The air was cold and damp, and the narrow passage smelled like old dirt and fear. We moved quiet and fast, weapons ready. It didn’t take long before the tunnel opened up into a series of hidden rooms.The first room we hit had three people crammed inside a small cell. They looked scared out of their minds—thin, dirty, and
Blaze's POVI actually felt weird when Betty pushed me out of the way and ignored me like that.She had never treated me that way before. For the past few days we had been cold to her and now she was doing the same thing to me. I didn’t understand why she would suddenly act like that. It didn’t fee
Betty's POVThe next day I started feeling sick. My body felt hot and heavy. My head was pounding and I was a little dizzy. I thought about going to them to tell them I wasn’t feeling well, but I quickly changed my mind. After the way they treated me yesterday, I didn’t want to go begging for their
Betty's POVNina's transition took three days. That was three days of something she didn't plan and I can't stress this enough, because it was brutal and personal. Nina didn't want me to tell anyone how she was feeling and the only person who could see her was me and Rocco. What I will say is that
Colt's POVI heard what Damon was saying on the phone and my body went tense right away. Betty wasn’t home. She had gone to see her best friend, Nina, without telling any of us. My stomach dropped. After what happened last night with the drugged drink and the attack, she still went out alone. That







