Se connecterScott POV The deeper we moved into the facility, the clearer it became that this wasn’t some mercenary operation or rogue science lab. It was organized. Militarized. Calculated. Every hallway was clean and metallic, reinforced with thick steel panels and lined with surveillance nodes tracking our movement.The alarms echoed behind us—deep, guttural sirens vibrating through the walls.Drazhan ran ahead of me, snapping his fingers and sending a bolt of shadow magic into an advancing guard. The man flew back into a wall.I conjured a blazing whip of flame and slashed through the rifles of two Purity soldiers. They shouted something into their headsets before I seized both by the collars and banged their heads together. They dropped.We advanced.The corridors twisted like a maze. More guards rounded the corner—armored, disciplined, not the type to panic easily. They came in professional formations, shouting orders:> “Contain! Do not let them go any further!”Drazhan ducked behind a col
Kaid POV The deeper we moved into the Purity Organization facility, the more the air felt wrong.Gunmetal walls. Reinforced flooring. Surveillance cameras tracking every movement. Someone spent a lot of money building this place and not just for defense. For containment.“Something don't smell right,” Caleb muttered.“Smells like something died in here,” Cameron replied.I didn’t answer. My instincts were already clawing at the inside of my skull. Something was waiting for us.We advanced through the winding metallic corridors until the first squad found us. Armed soldiers, faces masked, rifles raised.“Hostiles detected. Engage!”One opened fire. That was their mistake.We charged.We werewolves were made for this. Bullets sliced past as we moved too fast for human eyes. I grabbed the nearest soldier by the wrist and snapped his gun free. Cameron leaped onto one and tackled him. Caleb spun past another, claws flashing, slashing weapons apart as sparks lit the hall.In less than thir
Lily POVThe deeper we moved into the Purity Organization, the more wrong everything felt.The walls weren’t just metal. They hummed. As if the entire building was alive and breathing—like a giant machine with a heartbeat of electricity.Lila slowed beside me, eyes narrowing. “This place gives me the creeps.”Lyra sniffed the air. “It smells like chemicals and fear.”We kept going. The fluorescent lights flickered overhead like nervous fireflies. The floor vibrated beneath our boots. There were rooms on either side—glass windows showing labs, empty cages, and surgical tables stained with dried blood.A voice cut through the silence.“INTRUDERS! FIRE!”I didn’t even think. My palm rose and a radiant light shield exploded around us, forming a spherical barrier. Bullets clanged against it like hail on glass.Lyra blurred forward and grabbed a guard by the throat too fast for human eyes and threw him into the wall.Lila summoned a rune in the air with her fingertip, purple glowing strokes
Julianna POVI watched my dad as he studied the glowing charts on the wall-lines of pulsing blue and red that looked like heartbeats of the facility. His posture was stiff and disciplined, the same way I remembered when he would leave for late-night emergency shifts. Except he wasn't some innocent scientist. He was here. In this place. Doing… this."What is he doing here?" I whispered, barely able to breathe.Renna grabbed my arm tighter. "Julianna, wait-"But the other agents left the room, and that was all I needed. Rage, disbelief and a pain I didn't know existed surged through me. I stepped away from the shadows before Renna could stop me."Dad," I said, my voice a trembling mix of hurt and hope. "Dad, it's me."He spun around, eyes wide. But not in joy. In terror."You-" he breathed out. "No… no, no." He took a step back."It's me," I repeated, voice breaking. "Your daughter."His face contorted into something ugly. "You are no daughter of mine."The words stabbed deeper than any
Julianna POVThe door slammed open. Two guards shoved me through like trash being taken out. My feet dragged against the concrete, and my skin still stung from electricity. Every nerve in my body trembled. The room spun in front of me metal walls, flickering lights, the smell of chemicals and burnt magic.They didn’t care.They threw me into my cell.I hit the floor hard, coughing as the cold surface sent a spike of pain across my bruised ribs. My legs refused to move. My mana was gone. Drained. The shock collar around my neck buzzed faintly—silent but always present.I tried to stand.My body said no.“Put her there,” one guard barked.They dragged someone else in.Renna.Her wrists were bound, her dark hair tangled, face pale and bruised. The faint shimmer of fairy magic lay dormant under her skin but the collar on her neck was flashing.“Turn the inhibitor off,” a guard ordered.The other pressed a switch. Renna gasped as her collar powered down. A faint glow returned to her hands.
Lyra POVLily led us down the hallway to the dorm room next door. The whole time my mind felt heavy, like the air itself was warning us. Something about the silence of this corridor felt… wrong.“Who exactly is this friend?” I asked.“You’ll see,” Lily replied quickly. "She's... unique."“What’s she like?” Lila asked, curious. "Does she bite?"“She’s… more of a sleepy type.”“That’s your description?” Scott said flatly.Lily ignored him and stopped in front of the next room. The door looked old, vines of dust clinging around the handle like a forgotten relic. Lily knocked.“Selene! It’s me. Open up!”Silence.Scott shrugged. “Maybe she’s not home.”“No. She’s home. She is always home.” Lily placed her palm over the doorknob.Before I could speak, wind surged from her hand and blew the door off its lock.My heart nearly stopped. “Lily! You can’t just break into someone’s room!”“It’s fine,” she said walking in. “She gave me permission last year.”"She gave you permission to break into







