LOGINNatalia’s POVIt all happened so fast—a flash of movement at the edge of the platform, a small hooded figure vaulting up the steps, and then the knife coming down in a quick, hard arc that made the blade catch the red light overhead.Andrei threw himself sideways just before the knife collided with
I straightened up. My heart was pounding. I looked around the room and for a single, disorienting moment, I had no idea where I was. The black stone walls, the red sky beyond the window, the dead air of this place—none of it felt right. None of it felt like mine. I felt like a man who had woken up m
Andrei’s POVThe collar of my shirt was pissing me off.I had fastened it twice already and it still insisted on sitting crooked, pulling too tight on the left side. I undid it a third time and redid it, slower, watching my hands in the mirror rather than my own face. My reflection had been botherin
Natalia’s POVHe didn’t hesitate.The moment I swung the rod toward him, his hand shot out and closed around my wrist like a vise. My arm wrenched sideways, and I felt the bones grind together under his grip, and the rod fell. It clattered somewhere on the stone floor, rolling away into the darkness
Andrei’s POVThe room was warm. The bed was soft and plush, the pillows made of feathers and velvet. Everything smelled familiar, the kind of scent that you recognize from a past life but can never put a finger on its source.Home.The woman was laying next to me, just as she always did. Amber hair
But I would do it, because the alternative was my children going through whatever came next, and that was not something I was willing to consider.I wasn’t certain yet. That was the only reason I was still trying so hard now. Because there was still a small part of me that thought that there must be
Cool hands gathered my hair back from my face, holding it out of the way as I heaved again and again. A warm palm rubbed circles on my back.When the first wave of sickness passed, I slumped against the cool porcelain, exhausted. My mouth tasted terrible, and my body felt like it had been hit by a f
Andrei’s hand slid down my stomach, his fingers dipping beneath the waistband of my panties. When he touched me, finding me already slick and ready for him, he groaned against my skin. For a moment his fingers just circled my clit, teasing, exploring, remembering.But it wasn’t enough. I needed to b
He was still talking to someone in the crowd. Not David, but someone else—another Alpha and Luna, perhaps? I couldn’t recall; I just remembered mumbling something about needing to use the bathroom and floating away.I made my way to the bathroom, stumbling slightly on my feet. The hallway seemed lon
Damon & NataliaDamon“I’m not Mira. I’m Natalia, Andrei’s ex-wife… And I’m alive.”My heart stopped.The entire room went silent for one terrible, endless moment. And then the whispers started.“Did she say… Natalia?”“Andrei’s dead wife? The one we held the funeral for?”“She’s been alive this who







