LOGINOLIVIA'S POVThe witches believed I was weak.That was their first mistake.For years, I had hidden my magic.Not because I feared it.Because I feared what others would do if they discovered it.The enchanted chains around my wrists burned every time I moved.They were designed to suppress witches.Designed to keep us helpless.But whoever forged them had never met someone from my bloodline.I slowly opened my eyes.The dungeon was quiet.Only two witches stood guard outside the iron door.Perfect.I closed my eyes once more.Not to sleep.To remember.My mother had once told me, "The strongest magic is the one your enemy never knows you possess."Seraphine believed she knew every spell I could cast.She was wrong….Very wrong.I slowly pressed my thumb against the palm of my hand.A tiny drop of blood appeared.Instead of falling...It floated.The crimson droplet hovered in the air before glowing with soft golden light.The chains around my wrists trembled.One of the guards looked toward
KAEL'S POVThe hardest battle I had ever fought was the one where I wasn't allowed to fight.The sky was still dark, but dawn was slowly approaching. Every instinct inside me screamed to gather my warriors and storm the Coven. Every second that passed made me imagine my mother chained inside that dungeon, waiting for a fate she did not deserve.Yet I remained standing on the balcony outside our room.Because of her.Because she had trusted Kiara enough to reach her through a vision.And because I trusted my mother.Behind me, I heard the nursery door creak open.Kiara stepped outside quietly."You're still awake.""I couldn't sleep."She walked beside me, wrapping a blanket around her shoulders against the cold morning air."You were thinking about going.""I still am."She looked at me sadly."I know."Kael rested both hands on the stone railing."My father always told me an Alpha protects his family."He laughed bitterly."Today I don't even know what that means.""If I go...""I lea
KIARA'S POVSleep came unwillingly.My body lay beside Kael, but my mind refused to rest. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Olivia bound in chains, Seraphine's cold smile, and the silver bowl that would steal away her magic by sunrise.Kael hadn't said much after reading Seraphine's message.He had only held our sons for a long time before placing them gently in their cribs.Then he stood at the nursery window for hours, staring into the darkness.I knew exactly what he was thinking.If he surrendered Rowan and Ryder...He would lose his sons.If he refused...He might lose his mother.There was no choice a son should ever have to make.Eventually, exhaustion claimed me.The darkness around me disappeared.When I opened my eyes again, I wasn't in our bedroom.I was standing in a field covered in silver flowers.The sky above me was neither night nor day. It shimmered with stars, while a full moon hung impossibly close above the earth.The wind carried whispers I couldn't understand."Kia
KAEL'S POVThe entire pack was awake.No one had slept since my mother disappeared.Warriors searched every inch of our territory while scouts ran messages from one patrol to another. Every passing minute tightened the knot in my chest.They hadn't come for Rowan.They hadn't come for Ryder.They had taken my mother instead.The witch doctor stood over the large map spread across the council table."They planned this."Liam nodded grimly."They used Olivia to distract us."I slammed my fist onto the table."They're trying to force my hand."The witch doctor looked at me."Yes."Before anyone could speak again, one of the guards rushed into the room."Alpha!""What is it?""A raven."He held out a black raven perched calmly on his arm.Tied to its leg was a rolled piece of parchment sealed with black wax.The seal bore the symbol of the Coven.Seraphine.I tore the message free and unrolled it.The room fell silent as my eyes scanned the page.My blood ran cold."What does it say?" Kiara
CELESTE'S POVNo one moved.The entire battlefield had fallen into an eerie silence.Hundreds of witches stood beyond the pack's borders beneath the crimson glow of the Blood Moon. Their black cloaks swayed gently in the wind, but not a single one stepped forward.Across from them stood the pack.Every warrior remained in position.Weapons drawn.Wolves growling.Kael stood at the very front, his golden eyes fixed on Seraphine.Beside him were Liam, the witch doctor, and the strongest warriors the pack had.Behind them...Inside the pack house...Kiara refused to leave Rowan and Ryder's side.The tension was unbearable.Everyone expected the attack.But it never came.Seraphine simply stood there, her silver eyes sweeping across the pack before finally resting on Kael.A faint smile appeared on her lips."Interesting," she murmured.The witch doctor stepped forward."What do you want, Seraphine?"Seraphine didn't answer.Instead, her gaze drifted toward the nursery windows.As though she coul
KIARA'S POVThe Blood Moon hung high above the forest, bathing everything in an eerie crimson glow. The entire pack was on high alert. Warriors patrolled every corner of the territory while Kael commanded the defenses outside the pack house.Inside, I stood beside the nursery window, holding Rowan against my chest while Olivia rocked Ryder gently to sleep.The mark on Rowan's back had finally stopped glowing, but I knew it wasn't over.Not even close….Something inside me refused to settle.A strange feeling...The same feeling I had experienced before every vision.The same feeling that warned me whenever danger was close.I carefully handed Rowan to Olivia."I'll be back."She frowned."Where are you going?""I just need some air."Before she could stop me, I quietly slipped out of the nursery.The hallways were almost empty, most of the warriors already outside preparing for an attack that had yet to come.As I walked toward the courtyard, movement caught my eye.Someone dressed in a
CELESTE'S POVFour months.That was how long I had been gone.Four months tracking rogues and helping one of our allied packs clean up a mess near the northern border. It had been exhausting, but I had missed home.More importantly…I had missed Kael.Kael and I had grown up together. We had trained t
KIARA’S POVI kept on thinking about what Kael said to me about what he witnessed Chloe trying to do in the nursery with the babies. I couldn’t get my mind off the fact that Kael could actually believe Chloe could be up to no good in harming both me and the babies and I just want to prove him wron
KIARA’S POVIt had been a week since the twins were born, and despite everything that had happened, they were healthy. Kael had become completely obsessed with them. He barely slept anymore and spent most of his time carrying one of the boys around while the other slept on his chest. I honestly did
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







