MasukAeliana's POVThe pack grounds came into view as dawn broke over the eastern ridge, painting everything in shades of gold and pink. I braced myself for devastation...burning buildings, bodies being carried to the medical wing, and the aftermath of battle that I'd felt would come in my absence.Instead, I found our warriors at their posts. Alert, armed, and clearly prepared for combat. But they are alive, whole, and waiting for an attack that apparently never came.Through our bond, I felt Caelan's surge of relief so powerful it nearly knocked me sideways. Then he was there, emerging from the pack house at a run despite his Alpha dignity, covering the distance between us in seconds.We collided more than embraced. His arms wrapped around me with desperate strength, pulling me against his chest like he could physically prevent me from ever leaving again. Our bond is no longer stretched thin; rather, it is snapping back to full strength with almost painful intensity. Through our bond, I
Aeliana's POV Cassandra stops circling. "How would you know that?""Because my Entity knows. My Entity is carrying the Entity network given by the Arbiters, and it carries information that I can access. And because I can prove it to you if you're willing to take me to a secure location where I can access the network without interference."The Seeker is genuinely considering this. I can see her weighing the value of bringing me in alive versus the promotion she'd get for eliminating a rogue Entity collective that's been operating under the Council's radar and is a threat to them."The Council wants the dual-bond vessel," she says finally."And the Council will get it. But they'll get it faster if they eliminate their rival Entity collective first. Right now, those rivals are developing their own integration process. They're learning from mistakes. In another year, they'll be impossible to eliminate. In two years, they'll be Council equals."Most importantly, the Council is not well-
Aeliana's POVBy one hour and thirty minutes later, Sienna begins hemorrhaging blood from her nose and eyes, which is normal for integration trauma but looks terrifying anyway. The entity Seven is anchoring deeper in her, creating new neural pathways and binding itself into Sienna's consciousness in ways that will take months to complete but are already becoming permanent."It hurts," Sienna says, but not in a complaining way. She's tough in the way that alphas are tough... always capable of enduring significant pain without breaking."Yes. The Entity is large, and your nervous system is having to expand to hold it. Pain is the normal response.""And David?""Stable. Not better, nor worse. His organs are healing slowly, but the damag
Aeliana's POVKira and Devon are already in the cabin, in a matter of minutes. Kira has the male on his back, checking for a pulse. While Devon is securing the perimeter, making sure we don't have pack members about to descend on us."He's alive," Kira says, "but barely. His heart's in fibrillation."I move to him quickly, placing my hands on his chest. His integration attempted to burn through his system like electricity, and it left damage in its wake. His heart is a muscle that can't contain the power anymore, so it's trying to shut down.I reach through the network space, past his body, into the actual mechanism of his heart, and I guide the divine power out of the damaged tissue. It's not my power to manipulate… I'm not a healer… but the Entity n
Aeliana's POV The cabin materializes out of the darkness like something that shouldn't exist—isolated, remote, the kind of place you go when you want to hide a crisis from the world. The vehicle skids to a stop, and I'm already moving, already reaching through the Entity network to perceive what's happening inside. Two bodies. One woman, approximately mid-thirties, has her consciousness fractured into four distinct pieces, each one screaming in a different direction. One man, younger, maybe mid-twenties, his body convulsing as power rips through cells that can't contain it. And between them, an Entity that is not fully formed, or fully integrated, caught in the agony of trying to bond with two vessels simultaneously while one of them actively rejects the process. I hit the door running. The cabin smells like blood and terror and copper-sharp ozone, that burnt-air scent of reality bending too far. The woman is on her knees, her hands pressed against her temples so hard that b
Aeliana’s POV I free him from his restraint; he is already thick, hard, and already leaking with precum. I take him into my mouth slowly, my throat relaxing as I suck him deep, my tongue swirling the head, tasting salt and him. He groans, his hand fisting my hair, holding meI suck deeper, my throat relaxing more, taking him until my nose brushes his stomach. I moan around him, the vibration making him shudder. My hands cup his balls, stroking, while I bob slowly then fast, hollowing cheeks, swallowing around him.His hips thrust shallow, wolf growling low. “Aeliana...fuck...”I pull off with a pop and lick from base to tip, then take him deep again. Through the bond, I feel his pleasure spike, hotly. He comes fast, flooding my mouth in thick pulses. I swallow every drop, milking him until he’s shaking.He pulls me up, kisses me fiercely, tasting himself on my tongue.“Not enough,” he growls, his eyes dark. “More.” "If you are going to convince me to let you go, I need more."He lif







