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
Corvina studied me for a long moment. Then she began to fade back into the mist. But before she disappeared completely, her voice rang out one last time, heavy with prophecy: "Remember this night, girl. When the shadows come for you, and they will come, don't cry for mercy. You think you're becomi
Silas appeared at my side, offering a goblet filled with wine that gleamed like liquid rubies. "A toast," he said, raising his own cup. "To the return of the Shadow Queen." I lifted my goblet, and the entire hall fell silent. Hundreds of eyes watched as I prepared to speak my first words as thei
"You don't know that!" "I know you were about to abandon everything for a ghost!" Her eyes blazed with vicious satisfaction. "Your family, your pack, your future.... all of it! For what? For some pathetic little nobody who couldn't even handle being at school without crying?" The mate bond in my
My heart stopped. "Shadow Queens?" "Descendants of the first witches. Beings of pure magical power who ruled the dark realms for centuries." Corvina knelt down and picked up the locket with a piece of cloth, careful not to touch it directly. "If this girl truly is what I think she is..." "What?"







