LOGINLawrence's POVThe prophecy that fell from Maya’s lips struck the great throne room like a bolt of frozen lightning, killing the court’s joy dead. The golden mystical veins on her cinnamon neck sparked with desperate violence, and her silver eyes—still swimming in the vision’s glow—locked on me with a raw human terror that pierced straight through my soul. I held her full, soft frame tight against my chest, feeling the frantic flutter of her pulse.“Seal the iron doors at once!” I roared, my Supreme Alpha baritone ringing with such crushing, lethal weight that the oak hinges groaned. “No one leaves this chamber without my order!”The crash of the gates slamming shut cut off all escape. The air grew thick with tension; it reeked of stale iron, ozone, and the hum of hundreds of swords drawn tight.My three vanguard generals—the three officers I trusted most, who had bled beside me on the east wall—stepped forward at once, dropping to one knee on the cold stone before the dais.“Supreme!
Lawrence’s POVKael’s announcement struck the tactical table like a blessed ice dagger. My left hand closed instantly around the hilt of my dark steel sword, and our equal bond sent a jolt of pure territorial suspicion surging through me, flooding my irises with liquid silver. A Council defector? The very moment Ethan had finished confessing the Grand Temple was a runic vaporization trap? The timing stank of psychological infiltration straight from the capital.“An unescorted carriage with a single passenger?” I hissed, my baritone dropping to that rough, crushing tone of my beast that made Kael take a sharp step back. “The Tribunal does not hand its access seals to traitors, Commander. Bring this herald here in black iron chains, to the throne room at once. If he makes one false move, I will strike his head off before he even greets the court.”“Wait, Lawrence!” Maya stepped forward. Her full curves, wrapped once more in dark imperial silks, pressed against my side, and the golden my
Maya’s POVEthan’s confession hung in the dungeon’s stale air like a shroud of pitch. Lawrence did not step back from the blessed iron bars; his massive shoulders stayed coiled tight beneath his armor, and the rhythm of his breath betrayed his inner wolf weighing the full scale of the invasion laid before us. The capital’s Grand Temple was no mere frontier outpost—it was the Council’s nerve center, a bastion warded by ancient runes forged to unravel the mystical core of any northern Lycan foolhardy enough to cross its threshold without the sacred seal.“A trap for the entire dynasty…” Lawrence repeated, his baritone dropping so low and thick with lethal resolve that Chloe shrank further into the corner of her stone pallet. “You think your High Priest scares me, Ethan. You think this den will tremble just because the capital’s altar has teeth.”“This is no military threat, brother—it is runic truth,” Ethan hissed, spitting a thread of crimson blood onto the rock before slumping his hea
Lawrence's POVThe envoy’s threat hung in the freezing courtyard air like a frost‑bitten curse. My generals tightened their grips on their spear shafts, and the silence that followed the blockade announcement grew so thick that the crunch of snow beneath my boots sounded like a gunshot. I felt my inner wolf clawing at the edges of my restraint; the urge to strike down the white‑robed bureaucrat right then almost tore me loose into berserker rage—until Maya’s warm, firm hand settled on my forearm, holding me back.“Do not give him the satisfaction of seeing your patience snap, Lawrence,” my luna whispered through our mystical bond, and the golden glow on her neck steadied me with the resolve of a King. “The cowards of the capital always strike at bellies when they cannot break chests.”“Kael,” I commanded, my baritone dropping so cold the envoy’s smile died instantly. “Drag this trash to the isolation cells. If a single pup shivers for want of warmth, he will be the first to feed the m
Maya's POVThe searing warmth that had wrapped the arctic wolf furs through our night of healing clung to my cinnamon skin like a mystical shield. I rose from the great oak bed feeling renewed, a pure surge of power flowing straight from the symmetrical mark on my neck. When I looked in the great silver mirror of the royal chambers, I saw the perfect design forged by silver and gold: a runic crown that pulsed steadily, the final seal of my right to rule the North.Lawrence stood by the military wardrobe, fastening the clasps of his dark steel armor. At the sound of my steps, he turned slowly, his gray eyes flooding at once with that wild, unbridled liquid silver, devouring the fullness of my curves with a lazy, possessive hunger that made my pulse race.“You wear the pride of my line beautifully, my Queen,” Lawrence rumbled, his baritone thrumming with rough, protective strength as he walked to me, wrapping his huge hands around my waist and drawing my lush form tight to his hard, ten
Maya’s POVThe icy chill that had begun seeping into my limbs after the shield collapsed faded the instant my back settled against the thick arctic wolf pelts of our royal bed. I was not fully conscious, but my mystical core recognized the rough, desperate care with which Lawrence pressed me to his chest. The air in the chambers still hummed with the static of battle, but the door was bolted shut, sealing us away from the defeated legions and the fate of the North.“Look at me… do not fade on me now,” Lawrence’s baritone vibrated against my ear, raw with a territorial terror I had never heard from him before.I forced my eyes open to find my Alpha gazing down at me, his gray irises flooded with liquid silver that burned with urgency. His massive torso, glistening with the sweat of carnage, radiated searing heat that clashed with the cold of my cinnamon skin. The double mark on my neck throbbed like embers pressed into my flesh; the surplus power I had absorbed to hold the barrier was







