LOGINThe robed figures emerged from shadows that had been given form and they moved across the ground with unnatural speed.The shocked gasp from someone behind me pulled me back to reality. I raised both hands, magic erupting from my palms in a blinding wave. My magic slammed into the first line of followers and their bodies jerked backward.Raka lunged forward, his massive jaws clamping down on the nearest one. The figure shrieked, jerking away from his hold and moving backwards.“How do we kill them?” Trevor asked, getting ready to shift too. My arms shook from the strain of using so much at a time. Sweat dripped down my temples. The magic pulsed, flickered.A follower broke through on the left. Alessia intercepted, but another one slipped past, getting stopped by a wolf that flung it far away.“Alpha, Luna, we need–” someone started but I cut them off.“I know!” I gritted my teeth, scanning the environment for the nearest threat. My vision blurred at the edges.They were steps away fr
Elara’s POVWe didn't wait for long. After a sleepless night that seemed like it wasn't going to end, it was morning again. Day three since we got back from the Ruins of the Luna Temple. Day three since I've been more on edge than I had ever been in my life.Not even when my mate forced me to return to Moretti Brun with him. The distant memory of that day's events floated in my head but I quickly shook them off before my head could become clouded with them.I was laying on the couch in our room while Sandro sat beside me, with his hand stroking my hair when I felt a sudden sensation crawl down my arm to my fingertips. My body went cold for a moment and I shot out of bed. “What? What is it?” Sandro asked, giving me a puzzled look.My magic pulsed in my veins and I started to feel my body vibrate with a low hum. “He's here,” I whispered and then turned to my mate. “Malachi is here.”A loud thunder boomed in the sky and the sky began to darken. I heard a strange sound and then a loud
“It’s one single line,” I whispered to myself, reading it over and over in milliseconds. “You outsmarted me, Luna. Your pack will pay for it,” I read only to his hearing. Sandro paused, taking in the words.“He's coming, isn't he?” I choked out, the words too heavy for my mouth to carry.Sandro looked at me with devastation evident on his face. We knew this was going to happen, I guess we had just hoped it would happen much later than now.“Leave us,” Sandro told the young warrior and the warrior who had been standing guard in the dining room.They scrambled out immediately and Sandro crouched down in front of me. “Look at me, Princess,” he whispered.I shook my head, unable to pull my eyes from the ground. Warmth flooded through my body when I felt his hand under my chin, tugging my face to look at him.“Hey hey hey,” he rushed out when he got a full look at my face. “It's okay. I promise you, it's fine. We'll get through this, we always do.”I stood up shakily and he rose along wit
“Sure you’re ready for this?” I asked Sandro as we stood outside Silas's recovery room. I dusted invisible particles off his shirt then turned his chin so he looked right at me. When Sandro heard Silas was awake later that evening, he was itching to pay him a visit.His jaw was set and his eyes were hard. “No.”“Sandro–”“It's fine.Let's just get this over with.” He pushed the door open without waiting for any response from me.Silas lay propped up against pillows, bandages wrapped around his torso. His face was pale, withdrawn. When he saw us, something flickered in his eyes. Shame, maybe. Or fear.“Alpha. Luna.” His voice came out rough, strained. Sandro said nothing. Just stared at him with an intensity that made the air around us feel suffocating.“I know you have questions,” Silas started. “And of course, I know I owe you both an explanation. Most especially you–”“You think?” Sandro's voice was deadly calm. Which somehow made it worse. “You were with us for weeks leading up to
My eyes creaked open and I was almost immediately blinded by the sharp ray of sunlight that aimed directly at my eye.“Oh shit,” I groaned, rolling to the other side of the bed. I was immediately jolted awake by how cold that part of the bed was. “Sandro?” I called out, moving to a sitting position. “Where are you?”“I'm right here, Princess,” I heard his voice join in. A breath of relief escaped my lips. “Where'd you go?” I asked with a pout as he walked closer to place a kiss on my forehead. “And why isn't it sunset yet?” I added, looking back at the open window that led streaks of sunlight into the room. Sandro looked at me with amusement dancing on his lips as he plopped on to the bed beside me.“What?” I asked, laughing slightly. “What's so funny?”“You are, Princess,” he said, bopping my nose with his finger. “It's a new day and the sun rose a few hours ago. You slept through yesterday,” he told me.My eyes widened. I didn't think I would sleep as long as I did or even half as
Sandro's POVThe words I had heard echoed in my head, refusing to settle into something that made sense.“Congratulations Luna, you're pregnant.”Pregnant.My hand froze mid-air, inches from the door. My heart hammered against my ribcage so hard I thought it might break through.Elara was pregnant. With my child. Our child.A baby.Joy flooded through me instantly but was quickly strangled by something darker, something that made my chest constrict until I couldn't breathe properly.Malachi was still out there. Umbra Mundi was still there. The entity that had nearly killed her, killed both of them, was still out there, plotting and getting ready to hunt us.And now there was a child involved. Our child.I pressed my palm flat against the door, steadying myself. My other hand clenched into a fist at my side.She knew. The realization hit me like a physical blow. She'd known before coming to the clinic to get confirmation. That's why she'd rushed here without telling me where she was go







