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
ELISE’S POVWe all sat for dinner that night. Eden and Sophia couldn’t join us. Eden was on a mission to find out the hideout for the thirteenth claw and Sophia was stuck in the library, looking for clues.We were in one of the smaller, more intimate palace dining halls—just the four of us. Ferris h
“Then take me to Eden.”The guards exchanged looks.One of them muttered, “He might actually kill him…”The other one grunted “Wait here.”They kept their weapons drawn as they sent a runner inside. I stood still, waiting for him to come back.Ten minutes passed. Then twenty.Finally, the gates open
Then his veins lit up. Black fire came out from his chest, burning from the inside out. His body convulsed violently and in seconds he crumbled to ash.Cole cursed. “Damn magical failsafe.”I stared at the spot. My blood was boiling.“How did they get through?” I growled. “We reinforced the southern
“What’s happening to them?” I whispered. “Why them? Why now?” “I don’t know,” he said softly, “but I swear to you that we’ll find out. I won’t let anything happen to them. Or to you.”I nodded numbly, but inside, everything felt like it was shattering.I sat by the hospital bed, clutching Kael’s ti







