Mag-log inELISE’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
In a desperate way.“Farrell…” I said slowly, looking down at where his fingers curled around mine. “Let me go.”His eyes were shadowed now. The softness from before was… gone. There was something else there.“I didn’t want to do it this way,” he murmured. “But you weren’t going to stay.”“What?” I
FERRIS’ POVI sat behind the desk in my office, but truthfully, I couldn’t focus on a damn thing. Piles of documents were scattered before me—treaties, trade agreements, approval letters. All were important and all demanded my attention. But none of it mattered.Not when my heart and thoughts were c
ELISE’S POVAll I could see was darkness. My feet pounded against the forest floor as branches whipped past me, clawing at my arms and tearing through the hem of my nightdress. The only sound louder than my frantic breaths was the distant cry of a baby — my baby.“Mama! Mama!”The voice was high-pit
ELISE’S POVFerris’s hand was intertwined with mine as we walked to the car and I swear his grip alone was enough to make me feel invincible.He placed his phone against his ear “I’m making a call.”“For what?” I asked, swinging our joined hands between us like a kid.He spoke into it as soon as the







