LOGINKIARA’S POVFor several seconds, I couldn’t move.I stared at Seraphine.“She’s been inside the pack?”Seraphine nodded.“All these years.”My heart began pounding.“Who is she?”Seraphine looked toward the pack.“I can’t tell you.”My anger rose immediately.“You brought this information here and now you’re telling me you can’t tell me?”“Because she will know that I exposed her.”“And?”“She’ll run.”I stepped closer.“Let her run.”Seraphine shook her head.“That’s exactly what she wants.”Kael moved beside me.“Enough games.”Seraphine looked at him.“I’m not playing one.”“Then tell us who she is.”“I can’t.”Kael’s eyes flashed gold.“You have five seconds.”Seraphine didn’t move.“Kael.”I touched his arm.He looked at me.“Let me handle this.”He hesitated before stepping back.I faced Seraphine again.“My mother is trapped beyond the Gate.”“Yes.”“The Void wants Ryder.”“Yes.”“The Architect wants the Gate opened.”“Yes.”“And my mother’s sister is helping him.”“Yes.”I swa
KIARA’S POVThree nights.Those two words followed me everywhere.Three nights until the Gate opened.Three nights until whatever had been waiting beneath Moonfall Peak was released.Three nights until we discovered whether the figure wearing Kael’s father’s face had been telling the truth.And somehow, through all of it, the only thing I could think about was my sons.Rowan and Ryder were sleeping peacefully in the nursery as though the world outside wasn’t slowly falling apart.I stood between their cribs, watching them breathe.They were too young to understand any of this.Too innocent to know that ancient witches, wolves, the First Circle, and something far darker were fighting over their existence.I reached into Ryder’s crib and gently touched his cheek.His eyes opened.For a moment, they were normal.Then silver flooded his irises.The black symbol appeared again.I froze.“Ryder?”He stared at me.He didn’t cry.He didn’t move.He simply watched me.Then his tiny hand reached t
KIARA’S POVThe words my mother’s voice had spoken wouldn’t leave my mind.Kiara, don’t open the Gate.That was the only thing I could think about as we climbed out of the Black Chamber.Not the Void.Not the Architect.Not even the prophecy.My mother was alive.And she had warned me not to come for her.Why?If she was trapped beyond the Gate, why would she tell me to leave her there?Unless…She knew something I didn’t.Kael walked beside me without saying a word.His face was hard.His anger wasn’t directed at me.It was directed at Adrian.Behind us, Adrian followed silently.The witch doctor kept looking over her shoulder at the darkness below.Nobody trusted what we’d just witnessed.When we finally reached the surface, the cold night air hit my face.I breathed deeply.Kael stopped.“Adrian.”Adrian looked up.“Yes.”“Tell me everything.”Adrian remained silent.Kael’s voice became colder.“I am done hearing half-truths.”“I know.”“Then start talking.”Adrian looked at me.“Your moth
KIARA’S POVDarkness swallowed everything.For several seconds, I couldn’t hear anything.Couldn’t see anything.Couldn’t even feel the ground beneath my feet.Then I heard Kael.“Kiara!”I opened my eyes.He was kneeling beside me, one hand beneath my head.“Are you hurt?”I tried to sit up.“My mother…”Kael helped me up.“That wasn’t your mother.”“I know.”I looked toward the chamber.The woman was gone.But the darkness remained.Adrian stood several feet away with his sword drawn.The witch doctor was beside him, her staff glowing.“Where did she go?” Kael demanded.Adrian looked around.“I don’t know.”“You said you knew this place.”“I know the Chamber.”“Not whatever is inside it.”A low laugh echoed through the darkness.I froze.The same woman’s voice.“Adrian.”He immediately turned.The voice came again.“You lied to them.”Adrian’s face tightened.“Show yourself.”A whisper moved through the chamber.“You’ve been lying for years.”Kael looked at Adrian.“What is she talking
KIARA’S POVI didn’t tell Kael what my mother had said.Not yet.I couldn’t.The words were still burning inside my head.Don’t trust Adrian.Adrian had become part of our lives so quickly that sometimes I forgot he had been missing for years.He had fought beside Kael.Protected the pack.Helped us find the twins.Warned us about the Gate.He had even helped us survive the battle at Moon River.But my mother had looked me in the eyes and warned me against him.And now the Architect had spoken through Ryder.Something was terribly wrong.Kael was still standing beside the twins’ cribs.Ryder had stopped glowing.His eyes were normal again.“He’s fine,” Kael whispered.I nodded.But I wasn’t convinced.Neither was he.He turned toward me.“What did you hear?”I forced myself to breathe.“Nothing.”His eyes narrowed.“Kiara.”“I said nothing.”He stepped closer.“You’ve never been able to lie to me.”I looked away.“Maybe I’m learning.”He gently lifted my chin.“You saw your mother.”“
KIARA’S POVI couldn’t take my eyes off Ryder.The black symbol inside his silver eyes had disappeared almost as quickly as it appeared, leaving his eyes completely normal again.But I had seen it.So had Kael.So had the witch doctor.Nobody could tell me it hadn’t happened.I held Rowan closer while Kael stood beside me with Ryder.“Why him?” I whispered.The witch doctor shook her head.“I don’t know.”“You said the Gate chose him.”“I said I believe it did.”“That’s not enough.”My voice cracked.“I need to know why.”The witch doctor looked at the twins.“Perhaps the answer isn’t with them.”“Then where is it?”She looked at me.“With your bloodline.”I frowned.“My bloodline?”“Your mother.”My heart stopped.“My mother?”The words felt strange coming out of my mouth.I hadn’t heard anyone mention her in years.Not in this way.Not as though she were connected to everything happening around us.“What does my mother have to do with this?”The witch doctor didn’t answer.Instead,
KIARA’S POV Chloe, wait what do you mean ?…. What is the doctor trying to say?… I’m pregnant with twins? I mean how is a one night stand supposed to get me pregnant even after I used a protection spell on myself not to get pregnant and now I’m actually pregnant with not just one but two freaki
KAEL'S POVNothing has felt more important to me than the event four months ago. The elder was still talking.I stopped listening approximately six minutes ago.Twelve seats. Twelve men. Eleven of them were sweating through expensive suits trying to convince me that their proposal was worth my tim
KIARA'S POVIf anyone had told me there would be a day I would run so hard for my life, from the place I call home I would have run a sharp blade through their gut.“Stop her..” I couldn't hear her voice from behind me, desperate and shameless. She fucking killed my mother. The sky began to dark
KIARA'S POVI gripped the sheets so tight the moment he thrust deep into me.To hell with the moon goddess.“Arghh….” The sound escaped my lips before I could stop it.To hell with mate bonds and coven rules. I turned twenty-three today and still haven't gotten mated.I tried to keep clean….I rea







