MasukKiara’s POVThe ground moved beneath my feet.Not shook.Moved.Like something enormous had rolled over in its sleep beneath the mountain.I grabbed Kael’s arm before I could fall, my heart hammering against my ribs.“Kael…”“I know.”His voice was low.Too calm.The kind of calm that meant he was terrified.Around us, the dead warriors remained on their knees.Dozens of them.Maybe hundreds.Their heads were bowed toward Rowan.Toward my son.Rowan stood in the middle of them, his silver eyes glowing brighter than I had ever seen them.Ryder was pressed against my chest.His tiny fingers were tangled in my dress.The black circle on his palm pulsed.Once.Twice.Then again.And every time it pulsed, the mountain answered.Boom.Boom.Boom.I looked down at the ground.A thin silver crack had appeared beneath my feet.“Get everyone away from here!” Kael ordered.The pack immediately began moving.“Where?” one of the warriors shouted. “The border is surrounded!”“Then we make a path.”
Kiara’s POVThe words refused to leave my mind.The Gate isn’t trying to come into your world.It wants you to go into theirs.I stared at Seraphine.For once, she wasn’t smiling.There was no satisfaction in her eyes.No mockery.Only something that looked dangerously close to fear.“What is on the other side?” Kael asked.Seraphine’s eyes moved toward the Gate.“I don’t know everything.”Kael laughed bitterly.“You expect us to believe that?”“I expect you to listen.”The Gate pulsed behind her.Black.Silver.Alive.Ryder whimpered against my chest.I looked down at him.The black circle on his palm was glowing again.It had spread farther up his wrist.My stomach twisted.I grabbed his hand.“Why is it doing that?”Seraphine looked at it.“Because the Gate knows where its lock is.”I tightened my grip around Ryder.“He’s my son.”“And he’s also the lock.”“No.”The answer came from Rowan.Everyone turned.He was standing beside Kael, his silver eyes fixed on his brother.“He’s not
Kiara’s POV“Ryder!”The moment I saw my son through the opening, everything else disappeared.The screaming.The broken walls.Kael.Chloe.Even the creature wearing Kael’s father’s face.There was only Ryder.My baby was sitting on the other side of the Gate.His tiny golden eyes were fixed on me.And the woman holding him…Looked exactly like my sister.“Give me my son!”I stepped toward the opening.Kael grabbed my waist.“Kiara, don’t!”“That’s Ryder!”“I know!”“Then let me go!”“The Gate wants you to cross!”I struggled against him.“He’s my child!”“And that’s exactly why they’re using him!”I stopped.Kael was right.But knowing that didn’t make it easier.Ryder stretched his little arms toward me.“Mommy…”My heart shattered.“I’m coming, baby.”Kael tightened his grip.“No.”I turned toward him.“I have to.”“Not like this.”The woman holding Ryder smiled.“He’s afraid.”My eyes narrowed.“Put him down.”She ignored me.Instead, she kissed Ryder’s forehead.Then she looked
Kiara’s POVThe walls exploded.I screamed and pulled Rowan against my chest as pieces of stone crashed around us.Kael threw himself over us.Dust filled the room.For several seconds, I couldn’t see anything.Then silence.Terrifying silence.I slowly opened my eyes.“Kael?”“I’m here.”He lifted his head.Blood trickled down the side of his face.“Are you hurt?”“No.”I looked down at Rowan.He was still in my arms.But he wasn’t crying.He was staring at the hole in the wall.His silver eyes were glowing.“Rowan?”He pointed.“He’s coming.”My heart pounded.“Who?”He didn’t answer.Then Chloe spoke.“Your father.”Kael turned toward her.“My father is dead.”Chloe shook her head.“That’s what everyone was supposed to believe.”Kael stood.“You knew?”“No.”Her voice trembled.“I only remembered pieces.”“Then tell me what you remember.”Chloe looked at me.“Your father wasn’t trying to open the Gate.”Kael frowned.“What?”“He was trying to create something that could live beyond
Kiara’s POV“ROWAN!”I tried to run toward him.Kael grabbed me around the waist.“Kiara, wait!”“Let me go!”My son was standing only a few feet away.Alive.Unhurt.But something was wrong.His silver eyes were glowing so brightly that I could barely look at them.Seraphine stood behind him.And beside her was the creature wearing my sister’s face.The creature smiled at me.“Come closer, Kiara.”I froze.Seraphine laughed softly.“Don’t.”Her voice was calm.“She wants you to.”I looked at her.“You have my son.”“Not yet.”I frowned.“What does that mean?”Seraphine placed one hand on Rowan’s shoulder.“He came willingly.”My heart shattered.“No.”Rowan looked at me.“Mommy…”His voice was tiny.Normal.My baby.I took one step forward.“Rowan, come to Mommy.”He moved.Seraphine’s hand tightened.Rowan stopped.I felt my magic rising.“Take your hand off my son.”Seraphine smiled.“Or what?”“I’ll kill you.”She laughed.“You’ve threatened me before.”“Then you know I’m capable
Kiara’s POVThe moment Chloe stepped into the room, every instinct in me screamed to run.But I couldn’t.Not because I was afraid of Chloe.Because the creature wearing my face was still sitting inside the old cradle.Two enemies.Two identical smiles.And somewhere outside this room, my son was screaming.“Where is Rowan?” I demanded.Chloe’s eyes moved toward me.“Still asking the wrong question.”“Then give me the right one.”She smiled.“Ask yourself why the creature wants you to believe she’s your sister.”I turned toward the creature.Its face shifted again.My face disappeared.Then my sister’s face returned.Silver hair.Silver eyes.The crescent mark.“Don’t listen to her,” the creature said.Chloe laughed.“You still don’t understand.”“Enough!”Magic burst from my hands.The force slammed Chloe against the wall.She grunted but smiled.“You’re stronger.”I walked toward her.“What did you do to Rowan?”“Nothing.”“Where is he?”“Safe.”“Where?”Chloe tilted her head.“With
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
KAEL’S POV After the meeting I had with the elders in the pack asking me to give them an heir that would pass the wolf legacy down I decided to leave the pack for some days to free my head.But still I couldn’t get her off my mind. It's been four months and just a one night stand. All I knew was t
KIARA’S POVThis trip was never ending. It felt like we had been driving for days and I was getting really tired of it. One day was like the other. We would stop at gas stations, drive on highways and stay in motels that smelled like dust. All of this was for one person. Kael.We almost found Kael
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







