LOGINNoah’s POV
I was currently in a meeting with the elders when suddenly a sharp crushing pain tore through my chest. It was so violent that I doubled over gasping for air my hand clutching hard over my heart as the breath was ripped right out of my lungs. The room suddenly blurred around me and the voices of the elders faded into a distant hum.
In that heartbeat I knew exactly what it meant. There was no mist
"Liar! There are too many of you for a robbery! This was planned! Every step of it! Who ordered it? Who told you to hurt my Luna?"Still they refused to speak, their jaws set, their eyes hard and unyielding. I turned to the others, my fury growing with every passing second of silence. I would not be denied, I would tear the truth from them piece by piece if I had to."So you will not speak?" I growled, stepping closer, my shadow falling over them. "You know very well who I am and exactly what I am capable of when I am angered. If you do not speak right now, then it will not just be you who dies. I will hunt down everyone you care about, every member of your family, every one of your bloodline, and I will burn it all to ash. I will not stop until your entire line is erased from this world."Under the crushing weight of my rage and the absolute certainty of their doom, one of them finally broke. His face drained of all color, he trembled violently, his eyes
Noah’s POVI was currently in a meeting with the elders when suddenly a sharp crushing pain tore through my chest. It was so violent that I doubled over gasping for air my hand clutching hard over my heart as the breath was ripped right out of my lungs. The room suddenly blurred around me and the voices of the elders faded into a distant hum.In that heartbeat I knew exactly what it meant. There was no mistaking it and I had felt this same agonizing pull before the exact same cold piercing dread the last time Lily was in danger. And now it returned sharper than ever and I knew with absolute terrifying certainty that something terrible had happened to her.The feeling washed over me in great crashing waves. Through our bond I felt everything. Her fear rising like wildfire, the cold tight knot of panic coiling deep in her stomach and the trembling desperate certainty that something
"The guilt and the pain are eating me alive from the inside out," I continued, my shoulders shaking with sobs. "It feels like a part of me has been torn away and thrown into the darkness and like I will never be whole again. He must be so lonely wherever he is right now, so small and all alone. Sometimes I wish I could have gone with him too because I do not know how to bear this empty space where he used to be. It is everywhere I look, everywhere I touch.""Oh my poor Lily, I know this is hard, but please stay strong," Georgia said soothingly as she patted my shoulder."Why does everything that matters to me get taken away?" I asked, the question bursting out of me raw and broken."First my parents when I was still just a little girl, too young to understand why they had to leave me. Then Michael, who was the only family I had left, who protected me and kept me safe. And now my child, who had become everything to me, the very center of my whole world. Is
When Georgia found out what had happened, she came to visit me right away. She knew how deeply this loss would cut into me, how much I had loved and waited for the little one growing inside me, and I know she could not bear the thought of me going through it alone. She found me sitting on the edge of the bed, my arms wrapped around myself as if trying to hold everything together, staring blankly out the window, seeing nothing but shadows and memories. My gaze was far away and lost somewhere in the moments before everything broke."Hey Lily," she spoke gently, her voice soft and heavy with care and hesitation as she stepped into the room."I heard what happened and Noah sent me to keep you company." Her voice was so full of kindness and sorrow that it pulled me right out of the numb daze I had been lost in, as if her words were a hand reaching through the darkness to find mine.She walked in quietly, her own eyes red and swollen from the tears she had alrea
"No, my luv, please do not say that. This is not your fault, it is mine. Forgive me we arrived too late to reach you. I should have been there sooner. I should have kept you both safe." he spoke with difficulty, his voice breaking, every word heavy with his own pain."No!" I cried, pulling back to look at him, grief, anger and guilt all warring inside me. "It is my fault. If I had not gone out that day, if I had been more careful, if I had protected him better, he would still be here. It is all my fault, Noah. Our baby is gone because of me.""No," he said gently, wiping the tears from my face, his own falling faster. "It is not your fault. You did everything you could to keep him safe, I know that. Blame me instead for not getting there in time. Blame those heartless rogues who attacked you and took everything from us." He tried to soothe me, he tried to hold the pieces together, but nothing could stop the pain tearing me apart."I do not think I can bear
Lily's POV:I woke slowly as though my eyelids were made of lead, every movement heavy and labored. Every inch of my body ached with a deep throbbing pain that settled in my very bones. My limbs felt as though they had been bruised all over, my skin tender and sensitive to the slightest touch and that deep bone-deep ache would not fade no matter how still I lay. When I finally forced my eyes open, I found myself back in our bedroom, the soft curtains drawn low to filter the light, the air quiet and heavy around me.Noah sat beside the bed, his head bowed low, his hands clasped so tightly together his knuckles blanched as though he were using every ounce of strength just to hold himself together. The moment he heard me stir he looked up quickly, his face pale and worn thin, dark circles etched deep beneath his eyes, every line of him carved with exhaustion and sorrow."How are you feelin







