MasukKai's POV
Hearing Jamie's voice broke something open in my chest. A dam I had built to contain my grief shattered and hope flooded through instead.
My best friend was not completely lost. There was still a connection. Still a possibility. Still us.
Over the following weeks, we established regular communication through Ethan's enhanced devices. He worked tirelessly to improve the trans dimensional technology and eventually, we could talk to Jamie almost daily
Morgan's POVI never wanted any of this. The lying, the pretending, the constant fear that someone would see through my act and know what I really was.A spy. A traitor planted in Ross's life by my own father.My name is Morgan Parkins and I am twelve years old. Most kids my age worry about homework and crushes and fitting in at school.I worry about whether my father will hurt the only real friend I have ever had.Dad has always been obsessed with the Hawkins-Archer family. For as long as I can remember he told me stories about how they killed his uncle Ryan without mercy."They're monsters," he would say. "They destroy anyone who challenges their power. They took our family and we'll take theirs."I believed him because what else could I do? He was my father and I was just a kid trying to survive in a world t
Stella's POV I pulled Ross from school the moment we got home from the academy. The thought of him sitting in that classroom with Damon's threat carved into the wall made my stomach twist."You're staying here," I told him. "Where can I see you?"Ross looked at me with eyes too old for his ten years. "Mom, I can't live like this.""You can and you will. Until we catch Damon."Ash touched my shoulder but I shrugged him off. I knew I was being irrational but the fear was stronger than logic right now.For three days I kept Ross inside the house. Guards stood at every entrance and Luna checked on us constantly.But Ross grew more restless each day. He paced his room like a caged animal and barely spoke during meals.On the fourth morning, he confronted me directly. "Mom, I can't live in a cage.""This isn't a cage. It's protection.""It feels the same. Grandpa Ross didn't hide from threats. Grandma Skylar didn't either. They taught us to face danger not run from it."His words hit harde
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
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
Myron's POVThe pack house transformed into a war room within hours of Ethan leaving.Alpha Rhys summoned his commanders and his elite warriors and anyone with combat experience who could help us prepare for what was coming in three days or less.Ross and I were included
Skylar's POVMyron told me about Ethan's offer and my reaction was immediate fury that burned through my chest like acid. I would not be bargained with like property or traded like some prize between alphas who thought they could control my choices."Absolutely not,"&n







