LOGINELISE’S POVYEARS LATER.The sun was warm that morning. The golden light filled the gardens. For the first time in a long time, I felt like I could just sit and breathe without fear sitting heavy in my chest. The air smelled sweet, full of roses, and the world felt gentle again.I sat under the will
Elise’s POVThe world stopped spinning the moment I saw it.The devourer.The thing Gina had called forth twisted behind her in a storm of shadows. Its form shifted into many forms. It was almost too terrible for the eyes to follow. It looked like smoke given flesh, like nightmares sculpted into bei
I swallowed hard. My tears blurred my vision.“Gina,” I whispered “This ends tonight. You and me.”The fight exploded in an instant.The courtyard shook beneath my feet as Gina and I circled each other.Gina tilted her head. Lyra whimpered in her arms. Every time my daughter screamed, the earth spli
ELISE’S POVJackson’s body was warm in my arms, but the life had already drained from his eyes. His lips were parted slightly, as if he still wanted to say something—something he hadn’t gotten the chance to tell me. My throat burned as I swallowed hard. Tears rolled down my eyes.Gina laughed loudly
ELISE’S POVI ran out of the battle field. I let my wolf guide me to Gina’s location. I could already perceive her scent in the air. But then I heard it.The scream.“Help! Someone—please!”My blood ran cold. That voice… it was my mother’s.I didn’t even think. My feet carried me , tracing her voice
ELISE’S POVThe sky darkened, swallowing every trace of sunlight. The eclipse had come.I stood at the window, staring at the darkness in the heavens. My heart was pounding so loud it drowned out the silence. The shadows crawled across the walls of the castle. The air was heavy with dread, and deep
Her eyes widened in shock.“I keep losing people, Sophia,” I went on, my voice thickening. “I keep failing.”Her expression shifted. Something raw and aching in her gaze.“You didn’t fail him,” she whispered.“I did. I should’ve protected him.”I couldn’t stop it anymore. The knot in my chest unrave
It looked like an old temple that was abandoned centuries ago.I stepped inside.The air punched me in the face. It smelled like something or someone in it was dead.My eyes adjusted slowly to the dark, and that’s when I saw him.Dalen.His body lay at the foot of a broken altar. His limbs were spla
EDEN’S POVThe wind was wrong tonight.I didn’t know how else to describe it—it wasn’t that it was too cold or too fast. It was off. Like it carried something with it. Like it was watching.I adjusted my grip on the hilt of my blade as I stepped over a root. My boots barely made a sound as I made my
The journey was a tough one. We ducked through collapsing walls, jumped over pits that opened out of nowhere, and followed the one path the mountain allowed us to see.The walls closed in at one point. A section above began to groan and crumble.“MOVE!” Ferris screamed, grabbing my arm and pushing m







