LOGINOlivia POVA hypocrite?A coward?Someone who spoke about protecting the world but couldn’t bring herself to act when the lives of her loved ones were at stake?I couldn’t accept that.But the price I had paid was Alpha Kingsley—the mate I had wanted nothing more to do with, despite his attempts to right his wrongs.Despite my cold shoulders and constant reminders that I didn’t need his help, he had still stepped in at the last moment.He had given up his life to buy me a chance at survival.An opportunity to live, even if he believed it would only be brief.I pressed a trembling hand against my chest.Why did it hurt so much?I had spent so long convincing myself that I was better off without him. I had reminded myself countless times that his regret didn’t erase the pain he had caused me.And I still believed that.But none of it changed what he had done in Blood Valley.He had chosen to die so I could live.And I didn’t know what to do with that truth.A thousand thoughts—no, milli
Olivia POVMy eyes flew open as I woke up from what felt like a coma, only to discover that I was back in the Moon Temple.How long had I been out?At first, I was dazed, struggling to make sense of my surroundings. The familiar ceiling above me and the faint scent of herbs in the room slowly brought me back to reality.For a few precious moments, I wished I could remain in that state of blankness, where I was completely clueless about everything happening around me.Just a moment of peace, even if brief.A moment to escape this cruel world and all its schemes.Unfortunately, the respite didn’t last.The memories came rushing back, one after another, until I could no longer pretend that I had forgotten anything.The battle at Blood Valley.The ancient god.The dark sphere.And him.Alpha Kingsley.My deadbeat mate.I was supposed to hate him. I was supposed to have nothing more to do with him.Not after everything I had been through. Not after what he had done to me. Not after the pai
Olivia POVThe four elements of the universe began to dance around me.Fire gave birth to lightning, thin white threads that crawled up my arms and snapped at the air. Earth gave birth to metal, and the broken stones of the chamber lifted from the ground, hardening and gleaming as they rose. Water gave birth to ice, a cold mist that spiraled around my legs and froze into jagged crystals. Wind multiplied into countless blades, spears, and swords that circled my body, humming with a fearsome aura.Then I called the Moon.Silver light poured down from the cracked sky and wove through every element, binding them together. I added my bloodline power, the oldest thing in me, the thing the First Moon had left behind in my veins. And last of all, I bit down on my lip, let a single drop of blood gather on my tongue, and mixed it with the tear that slid down my cheek.The Moon Staff screamed in my grip.The energy gathering around it was unlike anything I had ever summoned. Even Lucy fell sil
Alpha Kingsley POVI had never run so hard in my life.The courtyard behind me was a field of corpses and smoke, and the way into the ruins had been choked with fallen stone and black cultists who threw themselves at my claws as though death were a gift. I tore through them all. Argon drove my legs, and my paws split the rubble like it was dry bark."Faster," he snarled inside my head. "She is going to get hurt," he urged me."I know," I muttered, irritated by his constant nagging, as if I could not understand the stakes too. Whenever it involved Olivia, he forgot that he was my wolf.I could feel it. The bond had been a thin, trembling thread for the last several minutes, and now it flared with a pain that was not mine. It lodged in my ribs and my left arm, and it made my vision swim.I burst through the last collapsed pathway and skidded to a halt.The chamber in front of me was destroyed. Pillars lay broken like the bones of some enormous beast, and the floor had split open, leakin
Olivia POV A black sphere appeared in front of Baalzelbul, sparkling with dark, destructive energy that sent chills down my spine. Even those standing at a distance seemed affected by the terrifying force radiating from it. Baalzelbul continued pumping more energy into the sphere, causing it to grow bigger and bigger. I watched as dark veins protruded from his neck, spreading towards his forehead and other parts of his body like wild snakes. His once-fluctuating aura was now gathering around the sphere, feeding it with a terrifying amount of power. Whatever spell he was casting was powerful, and it was taking a heavy toll on him. He was risking himself to finish me off. Or perhaps he intended to destroy both of us in one swoop. I clenched my fists, determination hardening inside me. I had to stop him before he finished. The Moon Staff appeared in my hand as I began gathering the last remnants of Moon Magic within me. The little energy I had left was barely enough to sustain a
Olivia POVI looked up at him.His robes were in shambles, torn in several places. The dark energy surrounding him had become even more unstable, fluctuating dangerously as though something inside him was struggling to settle.He seemed to be in bad condition, but I knew better than anyone that there was more than met the eye when it came to this god. I couldn’t afford to be careless, not when one wrong move could cost us our lives.“Lucy,” I called out.“Watch him closely. The attack earlier seems to have affected him,” I said to her.“The dark energy signature around him is more unstable and behaving strangely,” Lucy replied.“But we cannot confuse instability with weakness.”“Ordinary attacks can’t harm divinity,” Lucy added.“What a touching scene,” Baalzelbul remarked, his tone laced with mockery.“The Lycan bloodline and the Heir of the First Moon.”“Interesting.” He chuckled.“Together, you both could have offered a little bit of a challenge.”His crimson eyes shifted towards K







