LOGINLilaIt’s strange how the smallest sound, like the brush of quill to parchment, can fill a room with thoughts.The palace beyond our chambers is silent now, its pulse softened to the rhythm of domestic life. I can hear faint laughter drifting through the open balcony doors: the twins chasing each ot
DamonSomewhere below, laughter spills faintly through the gardens: high, bright, unguarded. The twins again, playing well-past their bedtime but I don’t have the heart to call them inside.I walk the long hall that leads from the council chamber to our private suite, the torches low, their flames s
Every tree leans toward the wind, every leaf trembles like it recognizes us.Ruby hums beneath my ribs, her joy is an endless echo. Faster, she urges. The world will wait for us to slow down later.So we run.Zane’s golden form stays just ahead, his stride long and sure, the light from the moon catc
LilaI could feel it in the stone beneath my bare feet, in the calm rhythm of the sentries’ hearts beyond the gates: the kingdom was in a time of peace.I slipped through the eastern corridor, skirts gathered in one hand, the cool floor pressing against my soles. When I reached the stables, I found
The crowd quieted instantly as she lifted her hands over the flame. The moon above flared brighter, its light spilling across her skin like liquid light.This was her kingdom. Our kingdom. I realized it had never really been mine alone.LilaThe fire crackled, alive and breathing. Its gold bled into
DamonThe air burned cold and clean beneath the full moon.From the dais, I could see the courtyard stretch endlessly below; lanterns hanging from the ramparts, petals scattered across stone, banners of every Pack rippling in the silver wind.Wolves, healers, and warriors stood shoulder to shoulder.
RonanThe candle burned low, its flame small and steady like a heartbeat refusing to falter. The only sound was the subtle rasp of her breathing: uneven, soft, but no longer labored.She slept.Finally.Lila’s head rested against my shoulder, her fever-warmed body curled lightly against mine beneath
He’s crossing the line, Zane snarled. End this.“I won’t,” Ronan said, low and rough, “stand here and watch you destroy her.”His words were a punch to my gut. I felt them deep, twisting in the same place where Lila’s hollow eyes had already carved me raw. My hands flexed at my sides, claws starting
DamonThe pre-dawn fog was still thick when the first howl broke the sky. It was a challenge. The kind of sound that split bone from breath.My heart raced, nostrils flaring to take in all the scents. The others behind me stiffened, their wolves bristling beneath human skins.We were halfway down th
LilaThe sun was out again.I could tell by the thin slant of light crawling across the floor, catching the edges of my bedframe and turning the dust motes into slow-moving stars.The window had been allowed to be open just a crack, and the air drifting in smelled like damp stone and distant flowers







