LOGIN"They'll never get tired of that story," she murmured. "Good. They should know what we went through to get here. What we survived." She pulled me to a stop, looking up at me with those eyes that still made my heart skip. "I'm glad you came for me. Even though I would have been okay eventually. I'm
"That's how you killed him?" This from Marcus, practical as always. "With the bond?" "With the bond and with magic and with determination to protect what we loved." I touched Hope's hair, then Marcus's. "To protect our future. Our chance at the family we'd been trying to build for seven lifetimes."
Chapter 159 Epilogue **Ronan's POV** "Tell us again, Papa." Hope tugged on my sleeve, her golden eyes bright in the firelight. "Tell us about the Shadow Realm." "You've heard that story a hundred times," I said, but I was already settling into the big chair by the fire. Marcus climbed into my ot
"I can't do this," I gasped as another wave of pain hit. "It's too much. I can't." "Yes, you can." Ronan's voice was steady even though I could feel his terror through the bond. "You fought Silas. You survived the Shadow Realm. You can do this." "That was easier," I groaned. He actually laughed.
The bond blazed so bright I could barely breathe. His emotions crashed into mine. Love and regret and hope and determination all tangled together. Helena turned to me. "Your vows, Lunara." My birth name. My true name. It still felt strange to hear it. I looked at Ronan and suddenly all my prepare
Chapter 158 **Evangeline's POV** The moon hung full and silver above us, so bright it hurt to look at directly. I stood at the edge of the clearing, barefoot in the grass, and tried to remember how to breathe. My dress was simple. White silk that moved like water. No train. No veil. Just me and t
"What?" "Your mother was never my mate, Ronan. The moon didn't choose her for me." My world tilts sideways. Everything I thought I knew about my parents, about their relationship, about what it means to be mated, crumbles to dust in my hands. "That's impossible," I whisper. "Is it?" He sets
**Ronan's POV** The heavy oak door closes behind me with a sound like a coffin lid slamming shut. My father doesn't even let me take off my jacket before he's calling my name from his study. "Ronan. Now." His voice carries the weight of command that's been drilled into me since I could walk. T
Then Ronan does something that surprises me. He smiles. But it's not a nice smile. It's the smile of a predator who's cornered his prey. "You want to know what I think?" he says quietly. "I think whoever's helping you filled your head with lies. Made you think you're stronger than you are. But you
EVANGELINE POINT OF VIEW After lunch, I head to the library. It's always been my sanctuary, the one place where I could disappear completely. But today, I don't hide in the back corner with a book over my face. I sit at one of the main tables with my journal open in front of me. For weeks, I've







