LOGINI moved through the shadows with Derek and Jax close, the night pressing around us, the enemy just beyond sight. Every step made my pulse thrum, the child inside responding, energy coiling like a living thing. Jax’s hands pressed along my sides, teeth brushing my neck lightly, tail coiled behind him, tense and protective, and I let myself lean into him, letting the heat thread through us, letting instinct sharpen.Derek’s lips brushed my shoulder as we crouched low, hands gripping mine lightly, anchoring, steadying. “We do this carefully,” he murmured, voice smooth, steady, and I nodded, letting control coil through me. The pulse inside me thrummed stronger, subtle but insistent, weaving through the night air, drawing instinctive attention without effort. Jax growled low, tail twitching, muscles taut, ready to strike at the first sign of danger.The enemy was testing, cautious, unseen, and I moved with quiet precision, leading a small strike, letting Derek and Jax flow beside me, hand
The message came quietly, slipped under the door, but its weight slammed into the room. Derek caught it first, eyes narrowing as he read aloud. “The Alpha of Kars refuses your authority. He calls your child… an abomination.” My body stiffened, pulse spiking, and the child inside me reacted instantly, subtle tremors echoing through my core.Jax pressed close behind me, teeth grazing my shoulder lightly, tail flicking with tension. His hands curled around my waist, grounding me as the anger coiled in him. “I want to strike,” he muttered, low and dangerous, voice barely a growl. Derek’s hand tightened on my back, lips brushing my temple, grounding me. “Not yet,” he said softly, steadying, holding us both. “We control this.”I exhaled slowly, leaning into both of them, letting instinct thread through us, letting the child pulse subtly, weaving energy along our heartbeat. “Patience doesn’t mean weakness,” I murmured, letting the words flow, energy threading through the tension. Jax’s growl
The hall smelled of tension and leather as the European Alphas gathered. Derek’s hand rested on my shoulder, steadying me, while Jax circled silently, muscles taut, tail flicking with restrained aggression. I could feel the child pulsing inside, subtle yet insistent, energy coiling with my heartbeat, echoing the undercurrent in the room.One Alpha stepped forward, jaw tight, eyes flicking to me with wary calculation. His voice was low but firm. “We can’t allow this… what you bring… it disrupts order.” The child stirred sharply at his tone, a pulse radiating outward, subtle but undeniable. Jax growled, pressing close to me, nose brushing my hair, and Derek’s fingers tightened, grounding me.I exhaled slowly, leaning into both of them, letting instinct coil. My hand slid along Jax’s, teeth grazing my shoulder lightly, energy thrumming between us. “This isn’t about disruption,” I murmured, voice low but steady. “It’s about balance. About survival.” My pulse accelerated, the child respond
I could feel it before I even noticed, a ripple moving through the air, faint but insistent, like the pulse of a distant heartbeat drawing closer. My body shivered, the child inside reacting sharply, energy thrumming violently along my spine. Jax’s hands pressed firmly on my hips, tail brushing mine, teeth grazing lightly against my shoulder as he growled low, alert. Derek pressed against my back, hands sliding along my sides, lips brushing my temple, grounding me, but I could feel the energy spreading beyond the clearing, uncontrolled, unstoppable.“Raya,” Derek murmured, voice low, tense. “It’s spreading… It’s reaching them.” I gasped, shivering violently, letting instinct coil, letting the child pulse, and the energy flared outward like a wave, brushing the trees, touching the distant territories without command. Wolves beyond the border shivered, some halting mid-step, some kneeling instinctively, and I moaned softly, feeling the pull, the resonance threading through every heartbe
Jax’s growl rumbled low, vibrating through me as he pressed closer, tail wrapping around mine like a shield. His eyes scanned the shadows beyond the clearing, muscles taut, every nerve alert, teeth bare for just a moment before he inhaled sharply, forcing control. Derek moved behind me, hands firm on my hips, grounding me, but his gaze was sharp, assessing, calculating every threat the forest might hold. I shivered against both of them, letting their heat anchor me while the child inside reacted violently, energy surging in sharp pulses.“Stay close,” Jax murmured against my ear, his voice rough, possessive, vibrating along my skin. I could feel his claws digging lightly into the earth, tail brushing mine, a constant warning against anyone daring to come near. Derek shifted, pressing fully along my back, hands firm on my stomach, thumbs tracing the pulse of the child. “I’ve got her,” he murmured, lips brushing my temple. “No one moves without us knowing.”I leaned fully into them, let
I sank fully between them, chest pressed against Jax’s warmth, arms sliding over Derek’s back as our bodies molded together. Jax’s teeth grazed lightly along my shoulder, low growl vibrating through him as he shifted closer, tail flicking against mine. Derek’s hands pressed firmly along my sides, fingers tracing the curve of my belly, thumbs brushing against the pulse that had become a living drum beneath my skin. I shivered, moaning softly, letting instinct and desire coil together, electricity sparking along every nerve.Jax growled again, lips brushing my ear, teeth teasing my neck, while Derek pressed closer, lips brushing along my temple and jaw, grounding me as the child shifted inside, responding violently, alive and aware. My hands slid along their shoulders, tracing their muscles, feeling heat and tension, letting it merge with the pulse that ran through me. We moved together without words, bodies communicating instinctively, heartbeats syncing, energy coiling tighter with ev
Jax noticed it before anyone else.He always did.Raya was standing at the long windows of the eastern hall when he stepped behind her, close enough for his breath to stir the loose strands of her hair. The estate was quiet; patrol rotations had shifted an hour earlier, and the tension from the inc
They did not cross by accident.The eastern patrol reported movement just before dawn—three signatures cutting through river fog, disciplined spacing, no attempt to mask scent once they breached the shallows. That alone told me this was no test.It was a statement.By the time Derek, Jax, and I rea
Drail’s cell was empty.No broken stone.No blood.No scent.The iron restraints lay undisturbed on the floor as if carefully removed. The door remained locked from the outside. The guards stationed beyond it were alive, confused, shaken, but unharmed.“I checked the hinges myself,” Marcello said,
The dream did not feel like sleep.It felt like stepping sideways.I knew I was dreaming because the air shimmered silver, because the ground beneath my feet was neither earth nor stone but something luminous and endless. Yet I was fully aware. Whole. Breathing.And I was not alone.Derek stood to







