로그인ArselLiv immediately walked over to me to calm me down and squeezed my arm tightly, which helped my beast settle down a bit so it wouldn’t tear anyone apart. My electrical power was about to burst forth, and my back was itching badly—a sign that my divine powers were trying to emerge.I swallowed hard, but I didn’t have to do or say anything.Kiel tensed beside me, immediately sensing the danger in the proposal, so my friend didn’t hold back from questioning anything.“Are you suggesting that the Alpha declare the bond publicly right now, Merton?” my best friend asked without hesitation, and the council members tensed at the sight of my golden eyes. “Elina is in a fragile mental state. She’s not ready for the pressure of being this pack’s Moon, nor does she know what that means for our world. She’s barely recovering.”I bit my tongu
ArselAfter leaving Elina safely in her room under my mother’s strict and protective watch, I locked myself in my study. My hands were still tingling with a residual electric current, a remnant of Leo’s fury that was clawing at the walls of my mind, demanding blood and submission.I had cast Dania out.You should have killed her, Leo snapped angrily.And that cut deep in ways I couldn’t fully explain without revealing what was really happening.I swallowed hard and poured myself a little liquor, but the reinforced wooden door burst open, shattering the deathly silence.Kiel entered first. His face, usually serene and analytical, showed a deep line of worry between his eyebrows. Behind him, jaw clenched and arms crossed over his chest, Keil walked in a state of complete alertness.But it wasn’t their expressions that really alarmed me; it was Liv’s.She was responsible for the settlers’ internal security, so seeing her with a completely serious expression, without cracking a joke befit
MaxonThe smell of dried blood and burnt wood was strangely comforting.People associated comfort with absurd things like perfumes or flowers, but not me. True comfort was the silence after a good session of domination. The exact moment when the screams faded away and only the ruins of the submissives remained was the zenith of my comfort.One of my men took the wounded woman away and removed her from my sight, so I simply rested a hand on the massive oak table that occupied the center of the room and looked around with boredom.None of them will be my pet, I thought bitterly.Elaine was the perfect doll for me.No trained submissive was capable of matching the fear she had of me, so I clenched my fist and focused solely on the map before me, right on the table.That map contained the sites I was to raze, the exact places where my vengeance was to triumph, and it held all the names of the people I would kill with my own hands.I stared intently at the names of the main perpetrators of
ArselI went to my office and wasn't surprised to find my parents there with Amelie and Zanders.The four of them were standing near my father’s portkey, and he looked at me seriously.“Good morning,” I said calmly.“Good morning, son." Mom said and kissed me on the cheek. “Amelie and Zanders are ready to leave. We were waiting to talk to you about something important.”Something isn’t quite right here, my wolf, Leo, said, on guard.“What’s going on?” I asked very carefully.My father’s gaze grew deeper and his cheeks turned red, so I knew the situation wasn’t going to please me.“We think you should explain to Elina what’s going on between the two of you,” my father said, and I raised my eyebrows in surprise. “She—”“Have you two lost your minds?” I asked bluntly, and my mother cursed under her breath. “She doesn’t remember her life; she’s traumatized without knowing it. She's learning to remember, and to tell her that she’s the woman of my life, both magically and—”“It’s not just t
ElaineLiv cleared her throat.“They are, as far as we've been able to verify,” she said, and my soul returned to my body. “The current director responded to an indirect inquiry from Belmont. She didn't give any details, but she confirmed that no children have gone missing and that the institution recently received external legal protection.”I covered my mouth, and relief overwhelmed me.It was as if a part of me could finally rest easy, but it didn’t explain a single thing about the situation. It was complete and utter madness, all because I couldn’t remember anything.But the feeling was there, just beneath the surface.Arsel was there before I fell from the chair; he held me firmly, without making a sound, without telling me not to cry.“You didn’t abandon them,” he said against my hair, and I didn’t look at him because shame was suffocating me, yet his words had an effect as devastating as my fear. “Do you hear me? Even while fleeing, even terrified, you found a way to protect th
ElaineI discovered that happiness wasn’t always a burst of excitement; sometimes it was a routine.A cup of tea served at the same time every day. Arsel’s hand brushed my back as he walked past my chair during breakfast. Selene asked me if I’d slept well without turning my answer into an interrogation. Tris burst in like a whirlwind to steal some sweet bread before practice. Liv showing up with reports that smelled of danger and fresh ink. Sorine saving a pretty stone for me every morning as if she were building, one by one, the physical proof that she wanted me close.All those things were joy, and I had grown accustomed to it with astonishing ease.Life began to take shape in Crescent with a delicacy that scared me to touch, but I gave myself to it without hesitation.Every morning I had breakfast with Arsel, sometimes in the great hall, sometimes on a small terrace overlooking the forest. He had discovered that I liked tart fruits, warm bread, and coffee with more milk than a resp







