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
The binding stone pulses against my chest. Hot. Insistent. Pushing back against every protective instinct I have. "Because last I checked," Celeste continues, "I'm the Beta's daughter. Future mate to the next Alpha. And you're... what exactly?" The words are designed to destroy. To remind Jessic
EVANGELINE POINT OF VIEW The hallway falls silent before I even see her. I'm walking toward my locker, thinking about how quiet things have been lately, when conversations die around me like someone turned off a switch. Students stop mid-sentence. Some actually step back against the walls. Ce
The question hangs in the air between us. I realize I don't have an answer. Don't even know how to put what I'm feeling into words. "Something dangerous," I whisper. "Something that scares me." She turns from the window but doesn't come closer. "Fear can be useful. It keeps us careful." "Caref
A nobody from a nowhere pack. No family. No money. No breeding. Living in some run-down apartment and working part-time jobs just to survive. Everything I'm not. Everything Ronan would never want. "She actually thought the Moon Goddess would pair her with him," Madison says with a laugh. "Can







