INICIAR SESIÓNSerafine’s POVBran met us outside with red eyes. He stopped when he looked at Xavier. The young man had greeted but instead of answering, he asked him why he was here. Xavier had told him he had come to see Hope and Bran had frowned at it like he had a problem with that. Xavier went further to tell Bran that he was Hope's ex. “And so what?” Bane growled under his breath.I glanced at him, catching the flash of irritation in his eyes, but when I looked back at Bran, he was already walking away. “Serafine.” Aric called and I turned to him. “Follow him.” I blinked at him, taken aback. “Why should I?”Aric stepped closer, like he was about to say something important but I didn’t have the patience for it.“If you need someone to console Bran,” I cut in quickly. “then I’m not the right person.”And I meant it.Of all people… me?I turned, ready to walk back into the temple but stopped at Aric’s voice.“You have every right to be mad at him. He’s hurt you. Countless times. From the momen
Alpha Bran’s POVA tear slid down my cheek as I stared at my cousin sister. I didn’t even bother wiping it away.Hope looked very weak. Her skin had lost its usual warmth, and were now pale. The girl who was always energetic and lively, was now lying still, barely able to lift her own hand.Guilt slid across my heart. This happened because of me. I had been too consumed with my goal and pack matters that I neglected the only family I had left. My chest tightened painfully. Jaw clenched as guilt clawed its way up my throat.“I should have…” I muttered, my voice hoarse. Hope’s lips curved in a smile, a faint glimmer of her old self surfacing despite everything.“Well…” she whispered weakly, her voice barely audible, “if it makes you feel any better… I still look prettier than you… even like this.”A hollow, broken sound left my chest.“Hope,” I said, shaking my head, my grip tightening around her hand. “You’re in no position to be making jokes right now.”Her smile lingered, though it
Serafine’s POVBane and Lupin’s expressions darkened as soon as Xavier introduced himself. Their eyes glaring at him.Bane took a step forward, placing himself ahead of Lupin, his posture rigid. “If you’re her ex, then why are you doing here?”Before Xavier could respond, Aric said, “He’s here because of me.” The gammas turned to look at him as he continued. “Xavier came to the pack on business. He only heard about what happened to Hope through me.”Bane didn’t look convinced. Neither did Lupin.Aric’s brows furrowed as he glanced between them. “Why are you both looking at him like that?” The moment the question left his mouth, he seemed to realise something. His eyes widened. His gaze snapped back to Bane. Then to Lupin. And then back again.“Wait,” he said, straightening himself and staring at them more closely now. “Don’t tell me…” he muttered. His eyes narrowed, then widened again as the thought fully formed.“Are you—” He paused, then started again, “Are you both her…”The Gamm
Serafine’s POVI watched in silence as Bran crossed the distance between him and Hope like a man possessed.The anger, the shoutings, the terrifying dominance he had displayed just moments ago had all vanished the instant he reached her.He dropped to his knees beside the stone bed, as though the weight of everything had finally forced him down. His hand trembled as he took hers.That alone startled me. Bran… trembling?He brushed a strand of hair away from Hope’s face with a gentleness I had never seen from him before. His touch was careful like she might break if he was anything less than soft.I stood a few steps away, watching, unable to move. Unable to look away.For as long as I had known Bran, he was always cold and untouchable. And I had thought he only thought of himsdlf and never considered anyone else. But today, he was a different person. It was the first time I was seeing this side of him.“Hope…” he called, his voice low and rough.Her lips curved into a weak smile at
Alpha Bran’s POV“I want to know everything that happened.” I ordered, my voice sharp as the engine roared beneath us.The tires screeched as I took a quick turn and didn’t slow down.Beside me, Serafine held onto the edge of her seat.“I left your house yesterday,” she began, her voice strained. “And went back to mine, where I found Hope outside.” My grip tightened on the steering wheel. “Outside?” “She was unconscious,” Serafine said, swallowing hard. “They were rolling her into an ambulance.”My head snapped in her direction before returning to the road. “Who called the ambulance?”“I don’t know,” she admitted.My jaw clenched.“And Bane and Lupin?” I asked.“They weren’t there,” she said quickly. “They both had gone on an errand for Aric. No one knew what went on in the house.”I slammed my foot on the brake. The car jerked violently to a stop in the middle of the road.“Can you imagine this Gammas?!” I roared, my voice exploding out of me.Serafine sucked in a sharp breath, br
Alpha Bran’s POVSaskia leaned away from me, her expression expectant, and impatient.But I wasn’t looking at her.My eyes were locked on Serafine. Her eyes were red and glassy now. Filled with tears she was barely holding back. And yet she didn’t look away from me. Not even for a second.I swallowed hard.It hurt.Why would she say something like that if it hurt her this much? Why would she ask for something that would almost kill her?I had planned to avoid the rejection by making an excuse to stall Saskia till when we were both ready for it. But now Serafine herself was asking for it. And I was sure she had no idea what rejection truly meant.“Bran,” Saskia called, her voice laced with impatience.“If rejection is what separates the both of us. Let's get it done once and for all.” Serafine added. Then the tears she had been holding back fell. One after the other.My chest tightened. Each tear felt like a blade dragging across my insides. I swallowed again, but it did nothing to ea
Serafine’s POVSaskia's gasp froze me. Fear unleashed within me. She'd blocked the knife, and I stabbed her instead of myself.Bran hurried out of bed. His eyes wide and red. His gaze moved from the frozen me to his swaying fiancée.He didn’t hesitate.He shoved me so hard that I flew back and hit
Serafine's POV Heads turned. Eyes focused on me like I was an uninvited guest.“Don’t try to wander,” Vander warned. The SUV stopped in front of a large stone mansion. The people glaring at me came closer, gathering in front of the SUV. Their murmurs slashed through the air.“Is that… a human?”“
Serafine's POV The elevator stopped with a soft chime. Gamma Bane stepped out first. I followed.The floor we were on was nothing like the lower levels. It was spacious, quiet, the air smelled of cedar and oud. A single hallway stretched ahead with a huge double door at the end.Gamma Bane knocked
Alpha Bran’s POV Aric moved closer, lowering his voice. “If he dies, you know the consequences. Is it worth it?”My wolf, Ryker, paced, savage and relentless inside me. He wasn't heeding to Aric’s advice.“Just kill me, Bran,” Grayson rasped, blood at the corner of his mouth. “I will never tell yo







