로그인Ross's POV
I moved before my mind caught up. One second Glenda was lunging. The next thing I knew, I was between her and Skylar with my hands locked around Glenda's wrists.
Her claws stopped inches from Skylar's throat. The silver chains had broken and Glenda fought with the strength of someone who had absolutely nothing left to lose.
"Stand down," I commanded but my alpha voice had no effect. Glenda was beyond reason now and beyond caring about consequences
Chapter 190: The Next Threat EmergesAsh's POVI read Ryan's letter three times before the words fully sank in. A nephew. Trained in secret. Coming for us."We need to find him," I said to Ryder. "Before he finds us."My father looked older than I had ever seen him. Seventy years of leading Moonfall had carved lines into his face that even retirement could not erase."Start with allied packs," he said. "Someone has to know something about Ryan's family."I spent the next week making calls and sending messages to every alpha we had connections with. The responses trickled in slowly.Most knew nothing. A few remembered Ryan had a sister who died years ago but no one recalled her having children.Then Luna's contact in the Northern territories sent information that made my blood run cold. Ryan did have a nephew named Damon Parkins who disappeared from supernatural society fifteen years ago."Disappeared where?" Stella asked when I told her."No one knows. He just vanished one day and nev
Chapter 189: Planning for the FutureRyder's POVI stared at Phoenix after his prophecy dropped like a bomb in the middle of our meeting. Of course, there was another prophecy. There was always another prophecy."We're not doing this," I said.Everyone looked at me."Not doing what?" Kai asked."Letting some cosmic fortune cookie dictate how we raise our kids. Previous generations got trapped in prophecy after prophecy and it nearly destroyed them."Stella nodded slowly. "So what do we do instead?""We prepare them. Not by hiding them or forcing them into some predetermined destiny. We teach them to choose."Ash shifted baby Ross in his arms. "How?""We give them tools. Knowledge. Support. Then when their time comes we trust them to make their own decisions."The room was quiet for a moment. Then Aria spoke up."That's terrifying. Trusting them to face something we can't even see.""I know. But it's better than the alternative. Better than turning them into weapons or shields or whate
Luna's POVThe screaming woke me before I realised it was coming from my own throat. Sweat soaked through my shirt and the sheets twisted around my legs like ropes.Aria sat up beside me. "Luna. Baby, look at me. You're home."I tried to catch my breath but the panic had already taken hold. My chest felt too tight and the room spun around me."He said you left me." The words tumbled out between gasps. "He said you moved on.""I would never." Aria cupped my face in both hands. "Feel our bond. I'm right here."I reached for that golden thread connecting us and felt it pulse with warmth. Real. Alive. Not like the hollow emptiness Ryan had tried to convince me was real."Third night this week," I whispered."I know. And I'll be here for the thirtieth night too if that's what you need."She pulled me against her chest and I listened to her heartbeat until mine finally slowed to match it. We stayed like that until sunrise painted our walls gold.When I woke again it was late morning and Emb
Ember's POVI never thought I would be holding a gun while rescuing my sister from a madman's compound. But life had a funny way of destroying careful plans.The ropes finally came loose and Luna slumped forward. I caught her before she hit the ground and felt how light she had become."Can you walk?" I whispered."I can run if I have to." Her voice was weak but determined.Footsteps pounded down the corridor outside. Shouts echoed through the compound as guards realised something was wrong."We need to move now," I said and pulled Luna toward the door.My hands would not stop shaking. The gun felt heavy and foreign in my grip despite two weeks of training with Marcus.Two weeks ago I had been living my quiet human life and planning my future with Marcus far from supernatural conflicts.Then Ryan took Luna and everything changed. You did not abandon family no matter what powers you did or did not have.Marcus had mapped the entire compound using surveillance and contacts in the rogue
Luna's POV Pain exploded through my skull the moment consciousness returned. My head throbbed with each heartbeat and my mouth tasted like copper and chemicals.I tried to move but my wrists burned. Rope bit into my skin and bound me to something cold and metal behind me.My eyes fought to open. The darkness pressed in from all sides and smelled like mould and decay and fear.Where was I?The memories crashed back in fragments. Walking with Aria through the human sector. People everywhere. Then hands grabbed me and something sharp pierced my neck.My heart hammered against my ribs. I forced myself to breathe slowly and assess the situation without panicking.Cell. Underground maybe. Concrete walls. Single dim bulb hanging from the ceiling. No windows. Heavy metal door.I reached for my mate bond with Aria and nearly sobbed with relief when I felt it there. Strained and stretched thin but alive.She knew I was alive. That meant rescue would come.But how long would it take? And what w
Ryder's POVThe war room filled within minutes of my call. Every alpha in the family stood around the table with faces grim and ready."Ryan Parkins is not just targeting us randomly," I said. "He has been planning this for years."Kai leaned forward. "How long?""Since his exile. He blames our family for everything he lost."Phoenix appeared beside Aria and his presence made the air hum with protective energy. "What exactly did he lose?""His position as Alpha Prince. His reputation. His future." I pulled up old records on the screen. "When he harassed Mom decades ago Dad made sure the entire supernatural community knew what he had done."Ash held Stella's hand tightly. "He was humiliated.""Worse than that. He was erased. No pack would take him and no alpha would ally with him. He became nothing."The room fell silent. We all understood that kind of fall and what it could drive someone to do."So he wants revenge," Aria said quietly. "By taking what matters most to us.""Mates and c
Alpha Rhys's POVThe weight of my position had never felt heavier than it did in this moment standing in my living room watching everything I had worked for crumble around me like sand slipping through fingers I could not close tight enough.I had negotiated Skylar's engagement to Ethan specificall
Skylar's POVThe weight of Myron's words settled over me like a heavy blanket that pressed down on my chest and made it hard to breathe. Marking was permanent and there was no way to undo it once the bond was sealed.It was a public declaration that I belonged to them and to both of them at the sam
Skylar's POVI woke in my bed and every muscle in my body screamed in protest. Shifting back and forth between human and lycan form had taken everything out of me and left me feeling like I had been hit by a truck.Ross and Myron were there and one sat on each side of my bed. They looked like they
Chapter 30: The MarkingRoss's POVI had imagined this moment a thousand times in my mind but reality was overwhelming in ways fantasy could never capture. Skylar our mate was offering herself to us willingly and her scent was thick with desire and trust that made my wolf howl with triumph.Myron a







