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
*I am Lunara. The past doesn't hurt me. Nothing hurts me.* But it did hurt. God help me, it still hurt so much I could barely breathe. "She's gone," Ronan whispered to the witch, his voice carrying clearly through the sudden silence. "Maeve, she's really gone." "No," the witch replied, her voice
*"Let him burn. Let the wolf destroy himself trying to play with magic he cannot understand."* Silas. Somehow, even here, even in Morgana's protected realm, his voice reached me. Fed off my despair. Fed off my willingness to die. *"She is mine now. She will always be mine. And you... you are noth
Chapter 133 **Ronan's POV** She didn't know me. The words kept repeating in my head like a broken record, each echo cutting deeper than the last. She didn't know me. Didn't remember my name, my face, the bond that had connected us since the moment we first met. "I don't remember him. Should I?"
Destroying it would be like tearing out her heart. I didn't hesitate. The magic reached in with claws made of shadow and ripped the memory free. Lunara's body went rigid, her back arching as something fundamental was torn out of her mind. Her scream cut off suddenly, replaced by a sound that was s







