LOGINAURORANobody spoke for a while after that.The room felt strangely quiet despite the fact that three Alphas were standing inside it.My gaze remained fixed on the floor as Malrik’s words repeated themselves inside my head.Prepare yourself for the possibility that you won’t like her answers.I hated that those words affected me.I hated that part of me was already wondering what those answers could be.The worst part? I wasn’t afraid that my mother was dead anymore. I was afraid she had chosen to stay away.That fear sat heavily in my chest because death was easier to forgive. Abandonment wasn’t.“You look like you’re planning a murder.” Darius’s voice pulled me from my thoughts.I looked up to find him watching me. There was no mockery in his expression.No amusement. Just concern. Which somehow felt weirder.“I might be.”He snorted. “Good.”My brow furrowed.“Good?”“If your mother really is alive, she deserves at least one punch before you forgive her.”A surprised laugh escaped
AURORAI stared at Malrik, waiting for him to laugh.Waiting for him to tell me this was another one of his sick games.Because there was no way what he had just said could be true.My mother was dead.I had spent years believing she was dead. I cried for her. I mourned her. I sat beside her grave and spoke to a stone because it was the only thing I had left of her.Now this monster was standing in front of me telling me she was alive?My chest tightened so hard it hurt.“You’re lying.”My voice sounded weak even to me.Malrik didn’t react.The bastard didn’t even blink.“You think I would tell you something this important if it wasn’t true?” he asked calmly.I hated how calm he was.I hated how he always acted like he knew things nobody else knew.Most of all, I hated the tiny voice inside my head whispering that he wasn’t lying.Because if he was lying, he would be enjoying this.He would be smirking.He would be provoking me.Instead, he just stood there watching me like he was wai
DRAVEN“Well,” Malrik said calmly, his gaze moving between the three of us, “that was faster than I expected.”Nobody answered him.The room felt suffocating.Aurora stood between Darius and me, her shoulders tense, her eyes locked on Malrik. I could feel the bond pulling at all three of us again now that we were together. The hollow ache that had haunted me in the dungeon had eased the moment I saw her.But something else had replaced it.Suspicion.Because Malrik wasn’t angry. He wasn’t surprised and he certainly wasn’t worried.A man whose prisoner had just escaped should not be standing there smiling.Darius stepped forward first. “Move.”Malrik’s brow lifted slightly.“You break out of a dungeon, assault my guards, invade my chambers and now you’re giving me orders?”Darius folded his arms. “Yes.”For a second, I thought Malrik might laugh. Instead, he simply stared at his son.“You’ve always been impatient.”“And you’ve always talked too much.”Aurora grabbed Darius’s arm before
DRAVEN“Left.”Darius didn’t slow down when he said it. He just turned sharply into the corridor like he already knew I’d be right behind him.I was.We moved fast, but not recklessly. Every step was controlled, every turn calculated. The packhouse wasn’t unfamiliar to us, but tonight it felt different. Or maybe that was just Malrik.“You’re sure it’s this way?” I asked quietly.Darius didn’t look back. “I can feel her.”That made something in my chest tighten.“I thought you said the bond was weak.”“It is,” he replied, his voice clipped. “Doesn’t mean it’s gone.”Fair enough.We took another turn. The further we went, the quieter it got. Fewer guards. Fewer voices. That alone was enough to tell me we were getting closer to somewhere important.“Too quiet,” I muttered.Darius huffed softly. “You complain when there are too many guards, now you’re complaining when there are none.”“I’m saying it’s wrong.”“I know.”That was the problem.We both knew it.A shadow moved at the far end o
DARIUSLyra stood at the entrance like she had all the time in the world.That alone told me something was wrong.Or rather… something was about to go very right.Draven didn’t move, but I felt the shift in him instantly. The way his body went still, the way his gaze locked onto her like he was measuring the distance between where he stood and how fast he could get to the door if this turned into something else.“Close the door,” he said quietly.Lyra raised a brow. “No ‘hello’? No ‘thank you for coming to rescue us from this charming little dungeon’?”“Lyra,” I said, my tone flat, “close the door.”She sighed like we were inconveniencing her, then nudged it shut with her foot. The click echoed through the room, and just like that, the space felt smaller again.Selene stepped in behind her.She didn’t speak at first. Her eyes moved over us—slow, precise, taking in everything. The collars. The restraints. The tension sitting on our shoulders like we were seconds away from tearing the p
DARIUSThe first thing I noticed was the silence.Not the kind you get when a room is empty, but the kind that presses in on you, thick and suffocating, like the walls themselves are waiting for you to break.I sat with my back against the cold stone, one knee drawn up slightly as I tried to steady my breathing. It wasn’t working. Every inhale felt wrong, like something inside me wasn’t aligning the way it should.Across from me, Draven didn’t sit.He paced.Back and forth, slow at first, then sharper, restless, like he was trying to burn through whatever restraint still held him together. His shoulders were tense, his jaw locked, his hands curling into fists every few seconds like he was imagining tearing something apart.Or someone.The collar around his neck caught the dim light every time he moved.I hated the sight of it.I hated the one on mine even more.I shifted slightly, the metal pressing uncomfortably against my skin, the faint hum of whatever power it held crawling under
DRAVENI was smiling as I entered my room. I showered, even though I didn't want to get rid of Rory’s scent on my body. But somehow I felt guilty. I shouldn't have allowed my lust to get the better of me. But I couldn't stand there and watch Darius devour my woman! Darius knew she was mine and yet
DRAVENThe woman dragged me to an exclusive room that was decorated in white and red ribbons. There were a lot of things on the bed and I recognized a few. “Your brother claims you're in love,” Lyrita said. Just then the door opened and two girls walked in. Slowly they began to undress themselves
DRAVENI wondered what my brother had planned as he led the way out of our headquarters. He decided he was driving with me alone without any guards. I knew it wasn't dangerous, these humans can't do anything to hurt us but somehow I figured with the way Darius was grinning there was something he w
AURORAI woke up with a sore body and a satisfied smile on my face. Before I could turn I noticed someone was moving away from the bed. I kept quiet and remained still pretending to be asleep because I knew it was Darius who had just woken up. Draven was lying beside me and my head was resting on







