登入DORIAN'S POV"Sera!"My voice echoed through the corridor as the healers pushed her bed toward the emergency wing.The wheels rattled violently against the polished floor while healers and guards rushed around us. Their faces were pale. Their movements were frantic. Nobody knew what was happening to her.Nobody knew why she had suddenly collapsed. Nobody knew why she had been found alone in a room covered in blood.And that terrified me. I kept pace beside the bed, my eyes fixed on her unnaturally pale face. "Sera..." I called again. There was no response. Not even the slightest twitch. Her body looked fragile beneath the white sheets. Too fragile.It didn't make sense. This was Sera. The woman who fought through everything life threw at her. The woman who survived things that would have broken anyone else. Yet now she looked like she was slipping away right in front of me. "Move!" One of the healers barked as they pushed through the double doors.The doors swung open and we entered t
Sera’s POV “Sera….. Sera”, I heard a loud and thick voice deep in my consciousness and I recognized it immediately. The voice belonged to Dorian. I opened my eyes immediately to see him and know why he was calling my name so loud when I am right with him. “Uhmm”, I groaned when I opened my eyes and all I saw was darkness all over. Fear took the best part of me immediately and all I could do was groan as I tried to stand up and find my way out of wherever I was. After struggling for a very long time, I was finally able to stand up but I fell back immediately. “Arrggghhh”, I groaned and stood up again. As I walked around the dark space, I used my hand to trace out how the place looked like because I couldn’t see anything and it was hard figuring it out. “Sera… Open your eyes”, I heard Dorian’s cracked voice again this time, it sounded closer than the last time. “I am in here”, I screamed at the top of my voice and what I was replied with was a loud echo of what I just said. “Dorian….
DORIAN'S POVThe moment the guard uttered those words, every trace of exhaustion vanished from my body. "His grave is empty." he reported fluently. For a second, the entire courtyard seemed to freeze around me. The wind stopped mattering. The palace walls disappeared from my awareness. All I could hear was the pounding of my heartbeat as the implications of those four words crashed into me.Beside me, Logan's expression darkened instantly. “What exactly do you mean the grave is empty?" I demanded. The guard swallowed nervously. "We discovered it less than thirty minutes ago. The soil had been disturbed during the night. When the guards investigated, they found the coffin open." he explained and I felt a cold sensation spread through my chest. “What about his body?" I asked slowly, hoping to get a positive reply but even with the look on his face, I knew I shouldn’t be expecting anything positive from him.The guard lowered his gaze as he muttered gently, “It wasn't there." As soon a
DORIAN'S POVI woke up the next morning with my head still resting against Sera's chest. For a few seconds, I remained completely still, listening to the steady rhythm of her heartbeat beneath my ear while the events of the previous day lingered at the edge of my consciousness. The council meeting, Caden's triumphant smile, the accusations, and the probation all waited patiently to reclaim my attention, but for that brief moment, none of them mattered.Sunlight filtered through the curtains and painted soft golden patterns across the floor. Sera was still asleep. One of her arms remained wrapped around my shoulders while her fingers rested lightly against my back. A faint smile appeared on my face. The palace might have been falling apart around us, but moments like this reminded me why I kept fighting.Carefully, I lifted my head and adjusted the blanket over her shoulders. She stirred slightly but did not wake. I sat on the edge of the bed and released a slow breath. Reality immedia
DORIAN'S POVThe moment the council chamber doors closed behind me, the weight I had been carrying all afternoon crashed into me with a force I was no longer strong enough to resist. I continued walking through the palace corridors because stopping would have drawn attention, and the last thing I wanted was for anyone to witness the cracks that were beginning to form beneath the calm expression I had forced myself to maintain throughout the meeting. The servants who passed me lowered their heads respectfully, but I barely acknowledged them. My thoughts remained trapped inside that council chamber, replaying every word, every accusation, every carefully planned move Caden had made. The man had returned to the palace for only two days and had already managed to reshape the balance of power. I hated myself for admitting it, but it was impressive.He had entered that meeting with everything prepared. Every document. Every statement. Every accusation. He had controlled the narrative befor
ALPHA CADEN'S POVPower felt exactly the way I remembered. Not the throne or the office. Power was the look in people's eyes when they realized they could no longer challenge you without consequences. It was the silence that settled over a room the moment you entered. It was watching people carefully choose their words because they understood that a single mistake could cost them everything.For two days, I had enjoyed every second of it. Two days since the council restored my position as Alpha of Voss Palace. Two days since Dorian's supporters were forced to watch the authority they thought was secure slip through their fingers. Two days since I reclaimed what always belonged to me.I sat behind the large desk inside the Alpha's office and slowly ran my fingers across the polished wood. The room had barely changed since my imprisonment. The shelves remained exactly where I remembered them. The paintings still hung on the walls. The massive windows still overlooked the palace grounds







