Mag-log inALPHA CADEN'S POVThe taste of blood had become so familiar that I no longer reacted whenever it filled my mouth. I leaned forward over the edge of my bed and allowed another stream of dark blood to spill into the silver basin the healers had placed beside me days ago. My chest rose and fell unevenly as another violent cough forced its way through my throat, sending fresh pain across my ribs until I had to grip the edge of the mattress to steady myself. The room smelled heavily of herbs, incense, and medicine, yet none of them had succeeded in slowing whatever was happening inside my body.The healer standing across the room lowered his head after watching me cough again. His expression had gradually changed over the past few days from confidence to uncertainty, and now there was nothing left inside his eyes except quiet pity. "Alpha..." he began carefully. "Please allow yourself more rest." A bitter smile crossed my lips. "Rest will not undo a thousand-year-old promise." He lowered h
ALPHA CADEN'S POVThe taste of blood had become so familiar that I no longer reacted whenever it filled my mouth. I leaned forward over the edge of my bed and allowed another stream of dark blood to spill into the silver basin the healers had placed beside me days ago. My chest rose and fell unevenly as another violent cough forced its way through my throat, sending fresh pain across my ribs until I had to grip the edge of the mattress to steady myself. The room smelled heavily of herbs, incense, and medicine, yet none of them had succeeded in slowing whatever was happening inside my body.The healer standing across the room lowered his head after watching me cough again. His expression had gradually changed over the past few days from confidence to uncertainty, and now there was nothing left inside his eyes except quiet pity. "Alpha..." he began carefully. "Please allow yourself more rest." A bitter smile crossed my lips. "Rest will not undo a thousand-year-old promise." He lowered h
DORIAN'S POV"I'll leave soon."The words settled heavily inside the room.For several seconds, I simply stared at Sera.The fire crackled softly in the background.The curtains swayed gently from the night breeze.Everything appeared peaceful.Yet her statement had just shattered whatever peace remained inside me.I didn't want to hear those words.Not from her.Not now.Not after spending an entire day believing I had lost her.The thought alone was enough to make my chest ache.Sera lowered her gaze immediately after speaking.As though she regretted saying it aloud.As though hearing the words made them more real.I slowly crossed the room until I stood directly in front of her.Neither of us spoke.Neither of us moved.For a long moment, all I could do was look at her.The woman who had somehow become the center of my world without my permission.The woman I had spent years pretending did not affect me.The woman whose absence had nearly driven me insane.I gently lifted her chin
DORIAN'S POV"Who are you?" The question hit me harder than any weapon ever could. For a moment, I forgot how to breathe. Sera stood several feet away from me, her eyes filled with confusion and caution as she stared directly at me. Not at Dorian Voss. Not at her mate. Not at the man who had spent the entire day searching for her. She was staring at a beast. At a creature she didn't recognize. The realization hurt more than I expected.A low whine escaped my throat before I could stop it. The sound surprised both of us. Then suddenly, a violent sensation tore through my body. Pain exploded across every muscle. My legs buckled immediately. The room spun. Another growl escaped me as I stumbled backward. The transformation was happening again. Only this time it was moving in reverse. I felt the fur receding beneath my skin. My bones shifted painfully. My claws retracted.The process wasn't as violent as transforming into the wolf, but it still felt like my body was being forced into a sh
SERA'S POV"Your time in the Voss Palace has ended." The words echoed through the dark space long after The One stopped speaking. A chill crawled down my spine immediately. Thousands of shadow-like figures remained kneeling around me, their heads bowed as though they were witnessing something sacred. Not one of them moved. Not one of them spoke. Their silence somehow frightened me more than if they had all been screaming. I swallowed hard and stared at The One.For the first time since I arrived in the strange place, anger pushed through the fear. Because I was tired. Tired of cryptic statements. Tired of secrets. Tired of being treated like a piece on somebody else's game board. Most importantly, I was tired of people discussing my life as though I had no say in it. "What does that even mean?" I demanded. The sound of my voice echoed throughout the endless darkness. Unlike the first time I visited this place, blood did not immediately pour from my mouth. The realization made me frown
DORIAN'S POV"Come and get her if you can.” The voice disappeared immediately after the words were spoken. I shot to my feet so fast that the remains of the shattered table beside me scattered across the floor. My eyes darted around the room. Every corner. Every shadow. Every inch of the chamber. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The room remained exactly the same. The broken furniture still littered the floor. The curtains still moved lightly with the wind coming through the open window.nThe fireplace still burned weakly in the corner.Yet the voice had been real. I knew it had. The sound had carried too much weight to be imagined. Too much confidence. Too much mockery. The One had spoken to me. Not through another person. Not through a vision. Directly. A low growl escaped my throat. The sound startled even me. My ears immediately flattened. The realization hit me harder than expected. That wasn't supposed to happen. Nothing about this was supposed to happen. I lowered my gaze and looked
Dr Kade’s POVTime is precious and it waits for no man.That was a quote I had heard countless times throughout my life and unlike many sayings people repeated without understanding, this was one I genuinely believed. Every important thing that had happened in my life somehow revolved around timing
Dorian’s POVA faint smile touched my face slowly. “Make sure Caden doesn’t die wherever you took him to,” I said and Logan smiled briefly before finally leaving the room while quietly shutting the office door behind him. The moment the door clicked shut, silence settled inside the office once agai
Dorian’s POVIt had been five days since the news of Caden’s escape spread across the city and ever since then, fear had settled over the entire place like smoke after a fire that refused to die completely. Every single day reports arrived at the palace from different parts of the city and every re
Mila’s POVThe video started the same way it always did. I stared at the paused screen on my phone while sitting at the edge of my bed and despite watching it several times already, the satisfaction that came with knowing what was inside it still remained fresh. I have watched the video of Eli and







