เข้าสู่ระบบRaven / Scarlett’s POVSeven days had passed since Alpha Dimitri walked out of my cell.Food arrived three times a day, always warm and far better than anything I expected a prisoner to receive. Fresh water came with it, and every meal was large enough that I should never have gone hungry.Most of it left the cell almost exactly as it had arrived.I tried to eat for the baby, forcing down a few bites whenever the guilt became stronger than the nausea twisting my stomach, but I had no appetite.At first, the meals made me wonder if Alpha Dimitri still cared. Maybe he had ordered them himself. Maybe some part of him was still worried enough to make sure I was taken care of.I quickly reminded myself how foolish that was.For all I knew, this was simply how prisoners were fed in Bloodfang. The guards could have been following standard orders, and Alpha Dimitri might not even know what was being brought to my cell.Still, I couldn’t completely kill the hope that he had something to do wit
Alpha Dimitri’s POV“I don’t know!” Xena gasped.I pulled harder.Her knees hit the stone.A broken scream tore from her throat as the silver burned hotter against her skin. Tears spilled down her face, and the smell of burning flesh grew stronger until every breath filled my lungs with it. My own palm was blistering around the chain.Dimitri! Zedd yelled through our mindlink, but his relentless screaming could not provide me with the answers I so desperately needed.“I don’t know anything about witches!” Xena sobbed. “I swear!”I released enough pressure for her to breathe, but I didn’t let go of the chain.“Why did Scarlett save my life?”Xena stared up at me through tears, clearly thrown by the change in question. “What?”I tightened my fist around the silver. Agony shot through my hand and up my arm, but I kept my face still. “The night she found me dying. Why did she save me?”“Because she’s a healer!” Xena cried. “What was she supposed to do? Stand there and watch you die?”“Th
Alpha Dimitri’s POVI left Scarlett in that cell and sent one of the warriors outside the dungeon to summon Petru to my study.By the time I reached the room, my anger had only worsened. Petru had known Scarlett was Raven Moonshadow before I did, and he had used that knowledge to control her while lying to me. Several minutes passed before a knock sounded.“Enter,” I ordered.Petru stepped inside, closed the door and bowed his head. “You summoned me, Alpha?”“Sit.”He obeyed and I remained standing.“You told me Tomas became aggressive after Scarlett healed him. You claimed you broke his neck because he tried to attack her,” I stated.Petru met my gaze. “That is what happened, Alpha.”“Don’t lie to me again.” I moved around the desk. “You expect me to believe Tomas survived whatever happened during that transfer, allowed Scarlett to heal him, and then suddenly tried to attack the woman who had just saved him?”Petru’s jaw tightened. “He became violent after she healed him. I dealt wi
Raven / Scarlett’s POVI went quiet.“Do you even understand what you did to me?” His voice rose as he came closer. “Was last night part of Petru’s arrangement too? Was that why you came into my room? Why you kissed me? Why you climbed into my bed and let me believe that, for once, you were choosing me?”“I was choosing you.”“Stop lying to me!” His roar shook through the cell, and I flinched.“I’m not lying,” I cried. “What happened last night was real.”“And I’m supposed to believe that?” His eyes began to change as his wolf pushed closer to the surface, and claws slowly extended from his fingertips. “Your name was a lie. Where you came from was a lie. You stood beside me every fucking day and let me trust someone who didn’t even exist.” I had no answer to that, because he was right.He crossed the space between us and slammed one clawed hand into the stone beside my head.I flinched so hard my entire body recoiled from him.Alpha Dimitri froze.His eyes found mine, and whatever he
Raven / Scarlett’s POVI forced myself to stay upright, even though every part of me wanted to curl into myself and disappear.Xena sat against the far wall, watching me with the same concern she had shown since the day we fled Ironclaw. I could barely stand to look at her. None of this would have happened if she hadn't tried to save me. I had married Lucan. I had stayed with him until escaping meant Xena had to abandon her own life too. She had changed her name, her hair, destroyed her Ironclaw mark and become a fugitive because she refused to leave me behind.And now she was locked in one of Bloodfang's darkest cells because she had protected me again.“I'm fine,” I told her, but even I could hear how weak the lie sounded.Xena shook her head. “You're not, Raven. And none of this is your fault.”That only made the guilt worse. Of course Xena would say that. Even now, sitting in a dungeon because of me, she was still trying to protect me from myself.I looked away before the tears co
Raven / Scarlett’s POVI felt terrible before I even made it back to the healers’ quarters. At first, I blamed Beta Petru. The conversation had left a sour feeling in my stomach, especially after hearing myself talk about what happened between Alpha Dimitri and me as though it had been nothing more than a task I had completed for him. Part of me wanted to turn around and slap him across the face. But the farther I walked, the more I realized this was something else.The warmth I had felt beneath my skin since last night was still there, but something had changed. A strange coldness now ran through the connection I still didn’t fully understand, growing stronger until I stopped in the middle of the corridor and pressed a hand against my chest. What was wrong with me?A frightening thought surfaced before I could stop it. Maybe I should tell Alpha Dimitri the truth myself.I pushed it away almost immediately, but keeping the truth from him was beginning to frighten me almost as much a







