LOGINKIARA'S POVThe nursery was quiet.Too quiet.The soft glow of the fireplace painted dancing shadows across the walls as I stepped inside. Rowan and Ryder were asleep in their cribs, their tiny chests rising and falling in perfect rhythm.For a long moment, I simply stood there.Watching them.Memorizing every little detail.Rowan had somehow managed to kick his blanket halfway across the crib, while Ryder had one tiny fist curled beneath his cheek.A small smile tugged at my lips."My little warriors..."I walked over and gently covered Rowan with his blanket again before brushing a kiss against each of their foreheads."I'll never let anyone hurt you."Never again.The nursery door opened quietly behind me.Olivia walked in.She looked exhausted.The ordeal at the coven had drained her more than she cared to admit, but despite the dark circles beneath her eyes, she still smiled warmly when she saw her grandsons."They're beautiful when they're asleep."I nodded."They're peaceful."
KIARA'S POVI didn't remember how I left the chamber.One moment I was still on my knees, unable to breathe after hearing Seraphine's confession.The next...I was walking.The sound of my footsteps echoed through the ancient tunnels beneath the mountain while everyone else remained behind. I could hear voices calling my name—Kael's, Olivia's, Liam's—but none of them reached me.All I could hear were Seraphine's words."She is my daughter.""I planted her in your life from the very beginning."Every memory I had of Chloe replayed in my mind.The day we met.The nights we stayed awake talking.The tears we had shared.The promises.The laughter.Had any of it been real?Or had I spent months pouring my heart into someone who had been sent to destroy me?By the time I reached the mouth of the tunnel, night had already fallen over the forest.The cool breeze struck my face, but it did nothing to calm the storm raging inside me.For the first time in years...I felt my magic slipping beyo
KIARA'S POVThe chamber fell into an unsettling silence.The battle had stopped.Even the Guardians remained still, their glowing golden eyes fixed on Seraphine as though they were waiting for her next move.She didn't attack.She didn't raise her magic.Instead...She laughed.It wasn't loud.It was soft.Cold.The kind of laugh that made every hair on my body stand on end.Kael instinctively stepped in front of me."What are you laughing at?"Seraphine ignored him.Her silver eyes remained fixed on me."Tell me, Kiara..."Her voice echoed through the chamber."How long have you known Chloe?"My heart skipped."What does Chloe have to do with this?"She smiled."Oh...""So you still don't know."Kael frowned."Enough games."Seraphine slowly began walking toward us.The Guardians watched her carefully but made no move to stop her.It was as if they knew this battle wasn't one of magic.It was one of truth."You met Chloe by chance."She chuckled."Or at least...""...that's what I wa
KIARA'S POVThe golden eyes did not blink.Hundreds of them stared from the darkness beyond the massive stone doors, motionless and silent. The chamber, which only moments ago had been filled with the sound of battle, fell into an eerie stillness.Even Seraphine stopped moving.For the first time since I had met her...I saw fear.Real fear.Her confident smile vanished as she slowly took a step backward."No..." she whispered."They're not supposed to awaken."The witch doctor's face turned pale."The Guardians..."Liam frowned, tightening his grip on his sword."What guardians?"No one answered him.The ancient doors continued opening until they slammed against the walls with a thunderous boom.A cold wind rushed through the chamber, extinguishing half the torches.Then they emerged.Massive wolves.Larger than any wolf I had ever seen.Their fur shimmered like molten silver beneath the faint light of the chamber, while their golden eyes glowed with an ancient intelligence. Strange
KIARA'S POV"Olivia..."The word escaped my lips in a whisper.She stood at the end of the chamber beside Seraphine, perfectly still. Her clothes were torn from captivity, her silver hair fell loosely over her shoulders, and yet something was terribly wrong.Her eyes.They weren't the warm amber eyes that had welcomed me into the pack.They glowed with an eerie silver light.Empty.Cold.As though someone else was looking through them.Kael stepped protectively in front of me."Mother."No response.He took another cautious step."Mother... it's me."Olivia slowly lifted her head.For one brief moment, something flickered in her eyes.Recognition.Then it vanished.A cruel smile spread across her face."You've grown weak, Alpha."Kael froze.Those weren't Olivia's words.Nor were they spoken in her voice.The tone was deeper, layered with something ancient and unnatural.Seraphine laughed softly."Don't look so surprised.""You didn't think I'd simply let my greatest hostage escape, d
KAEL'S POV"She was never yours."The voice echoed from every direction.I stood frozen, unable to tear my eyes away from the scene before me.Kiara stood beneath the Moon Tree.She was smiling.Not at me.At another man.He was taller than I was, his silver eyes fixed on her with unmistakable affection. He reached for her hand, and instead of pulling away...She let him.My wolf growled deep inside me."No..."The stranger gently brushed a strand of hair away from Kiara's face."I've waited for this day.""So have I," she replied.Her voice was soft.Full of love.The kind of love that was supposed to belong to me.My heart clenched.The stranger raised a ceremonial blade."I, as your true mate, accept you before the Moon Goddess."Kiara smiled."I accept you too."The words struck me harder than any sword ever could.Around them, the entire pack erupted into cheers.Liam stood among them, applauding.Olivia wiped tears of happiness from her eyes.Even the witch doctor smiled proudly
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 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







