MasukKIARA’S POV“Don’t open the Door.”My brother’s words echoed in my head.I stared at him.“Why?”He didn’t answer.His silver eyes were fixed on the glowing mark on my hand.“What is trying to come through?”His jaw tightened.“Something that should have stayed dead.”A cold shiver ran down my spine.“What does that mean?”Kael’s father suddenly turned toward him.“You weren’t supposed to know about that.”The silver-eyed man looked at him.“You knew?”Kael’s father said nothing.“You knew what was behind the Door?”Still nothing.My heart began pounding.“Someone needs to start talking.”Nobody did.Then Kael groaned.I turned.He was still on his knees.His hands were pressed against his head, his entire body trembling.“Kiara…”I rushed toward him.“I’m here.”“Don’t…”His eyes lifted.One was gold.The other was black.“Don’t let him use me again.”My heart broke.“I won’t.”The Architect laughed through him.“You always say that.”Kael’s body suddenly jerked.I stepped back.His
KIARA’S POV“Hello, sister.”I couldn’t move.The man standing behind Kael’s father looked nothing like the little girl.But there was something about him that made my skin crawl.Silver eyes.Silver hair.The same crescent mark.The same strange energy that surrounded the girl.My eyes moved from him to Kael’s father.“Who is he?”Kael stepped in front of me.“Stay behind me.”His father looked at him.“You still protect her.”Kael’s expression hardened.“You’re not taking anyone.”The older man smiled.“You don’t understand what is happening.”“I understand enough.”“No.”His eyes shifted toward me.“You understand nothing.”The silver-eyed man stepped forward.Kael immediately shifted into his fighting stance.The stranger stopped.“I didn’t come to fight.”“Then why are you here?”His gaze remained on me.“To take my sister home.”My stomach tightened.“I’m not your sister.”He smiled faintly.“You are.”“How?”He touched the crescent mark on his neck.“Blood.”I looked at my own
KIARA’S POV“Finally.”The word echoed through the forest.Then everything went white.“Kiara!”Kael’s voice was the last thing I heard before the silver light swallowed me.I couldn’t feel the ground beneath my feet anymore.I couldn’t feel Kael’s arms around me.I couldn’t even feel my own body.There was only the light.And a voice.A voice that didn’t come from the Architect.It came from inside my head.You were never meant to open the Gate.I tried to answer.Then why is he doing this?Silence.Then another voice whispered.Because he doesn’t know what you truly are.My eyes snapped open.I was standing in a dark room.Alone.“Kael?”Nothing.“Rowan?”Nothing.“Ryder?”Still nothing.I turned around.There was a mirror in front of me.But the reflection wasn’t mine.It was the little girl.She stood on the other side of the glass.Her silver eyes were filled with tears.“Where am I?”“You’re inside the Door.”My heart raced.“I don’t understand.”“You will.”She placed her tiny
KIARA’S POV“Hello, Kiara.”My heart stopped.I stared at the little girl standing several feet away from us, unable to understand what I was seeing.She looked like me.Not similar.Not familiar.Like me.Her silver hair fell softly over her shoulders, and her silver eyes reflected the fading light around us. The shape of her nose, the curve of her lips, even the tiny crease between her eyebrows when she frowned—it was all mine.But she was a child.A little girl who couldn’t have been more than six years old.Kael’s fingers tightened around mine.“Kiara…”“I see her,” I whispered.I wasn’t imagining her.She was real.And she was looking at me like she had known me her entire life.I swallowed hard.“Who are you?”The girl’s smile faded.“You don’t remember me?”My chest tightened.“No.”She looked down.“I knew you wouldn’t.”Something about the sadness in her voice made my heart ache.I took a cautious step forward.“How do you know my name?”“Grandpa told me.”Kael immediately st
KIARA’S POVThe mountain exploded behind us.A deafening roar ripped through the night as rocks and dust flew into the air.“RUN!”Kael grabbed my hand.I held Ryder against my chest while Rowan ran beside us.Chloe was behind us, coughing as she struggled through the thick cloud of dust.We didn’t stop.Not until we were far enough away that the mountain was barely visible through the trees.Kael finally turned.Everyone stopped.The mountain was burning.A column of black smoke twisted into the sky.I could still feel the tremors beneath my feet.“Is she dead?” Chloe whispered.I knew exactly who she meant.The first Guardian.I looked toward the mountain.“I don’t know.”Rowan stared at the burning peak.“She isn’t dead.”Kael looked at him.“How do you know?”“She told me.”My heart tightened.“What did she tell you?”Rowan didn’t answer.He simply looked at me.“She said we have to find the fifth.”The words sent a chill through me.Kael’s expression darkened.“Rowan, what do you
KIARA’S POVThe thing behind the throne moved.The entire world beyond the Gate seemed to bend around it.Mountains cracked.The red sky split open.And those enormous silver eyes stared directly at us.I couldn’t breathe.The first Guardian stood frozen.For the first time since we’d entered the temple, she looked completely helpless.“Close the Gate,” she whispered.The Architect laughed.“You can’t.”“Close it!”“I told you,” he said, “you were never the one in control.”Kael tightened his hold around Rowan.I held Ryder against my chest.Chloe stood beside us, trembling.“What is that?” she whispered.The first Guardian didn’t answer.She stared into the darkness.Then the creature spoke.Its voice wasn’t loud.It didn’t need to be.It filled everything.“Four.”The temple shook.“Four children.”The first Guardian lowered her head.“No.”“Four bloodlines.”The creature’s eyes shifted.One landed on Chloe.One on me.Then Ryder.Then Rowan.“Four mistakes.”Rowan suddenly buried h
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







