LOGIN“Stopped at least for now.”I nodded, “So, Mr Big Bad Alpha, as the eldest of the four of you, how are you feeling about all of this? I mean, I asked Brent when we only thought it was one pup. I wanted to talk to each of you, but there wasn’t really the time before we had to go into battle.”Fin's expression softened, a rare vulnerability crossing his usually analytical face. He took my hand, his thumb tracing gentle circles against my palm."Terrified," he admitted quietly. "And in complete awe. Three lives, Seraphina. Three little beings who will be part mine." He shook his head, wonder replacing the momentary fear in his eyes. "I've always approached life with careful planning, with strategies and contingencies. But this..."I squeezed his hand, understanding his struggle to articulate feelings so profound."I keep thinking about what they'll be like," he continued, his voice low and intimate. "Will one have your silver eyes? Will another inherit Kane's leadership or Brent's passio
Clara nodded, her expression softening as she continued her examination. "Three distinct energies, Luna. You're carrying triplets." The room spun around me, and if I hadn't already been sitting, I might have collapsed. Triplets. Three babies are growing inside me. Diamond's protective presence surged despite her exhaustion, wrapping more tightly around the precious lives we carried. "Three?" Kane repeated, his normally composed voice cracking slightly. "Yes," Clara confirmed, her hands still resting gently on my abdomen. "Strong, healthy energies, all of them. Though," she added with a pointed look at me, "they need their mother to rest and recover after today's exertions." I nodded numbly, still trying to process this revelation. One child had seemed miraculous enough, but three felt impossible, overwhelming. My head began to swim at the knowledge. I looked up at my mates, seeing my own shock mirrored in their expressions. "Is this... normal?" Fin asked, his voice cracking as h
I struggled to sit up, and he helped me, his strong hands supporting my back. The ritual chamber had been transformed into a recovery area, with several cots now occupied by wounded warriors receiving treatment. Lucious still slept on the cot across from mine, his chest slept on the cot across from mine, his chest rising and falling in the deep rhythm of exhausted sleep. Through our bond, I could sense Apollo's depleted presence, much like Diamond's within me."The others?" I asked, scanning the room for my other mates."Fin's helping coordinate the integration of the freed captives. Brent and Liam are with Alpha Maxwell, debriefing the allied pack leaders," Kane explained, his voice kept low to avoid disturbing the other recovering wolves. "Everyone made it back alive, though we have some injuries."I squeezed his hand, relief washing through me. "And the facilities?""All three successfully neutralised," he confirmed. "We found over a hundred captives between them, mostly wolves who
Diamond gently pulled me back, her silver energy wrapping around me protectively as we began our journey back to our physical bodies. The spiritual pathways that had seemed so strange on our outward journey now felt familiar, Diamond guiding us with confident precision.As we travelled, I sensed Lucious beside me, Apollo's golden presence keeping pace with Diamond's silver light. Through our connection, I felt his exhaustion mirroring my own, but also his fierce determination. We had won this battle, but the war was far from over.The journey back seemed both instantaneous and eternal; time moved differently in the spiritual realm. One moment we were watching my mates fight in the ritual chamber, and the next I was gasping awake in the circular room of the Maxwell estate, my hands still clasped tightly with Lucious's."Breathe," the Priestess instructed, her weathered hands steadying my shoulders as I swayed. "Return fully to your body before you try to move."I blinked, my vision adj
Too late. The cracks in the crystal widened, purple energy seeping out like toxic gas. The masked figure threw back their head in triumph, arms raised toward the ceiling."Yes!" they cried as the chamber began to tremble. "Come forth, Master! The vessel breaks, the way opens!""What have we done?" Lucious's presence wavered beside me, Apollo's golden energy fluctuating with dismay.I felt Diamond surge forward with renewed determination. "We can still contain this," I insisted, focusing all my will on the leaking crystal. "Not by destroying it, but by purifying it."Drawing on every ounce of Diamond's silver power, I directed a concentrated beam of cleansing energy at the corrupted artifact. Lucious followed my lead, Apollo's golden light joining with Diamond's silver in a brilliant fusion that illuminated the spiritual plane.The masked figure screamed in rage, lunging toward the altar as if to physically protect the cracking crystal. "No! You cannot interfere! He comes!"Behind the
Diamond surged forward eagerly, her silver energy filling me completely. Through our joined hands, I felt Apollo responding in kind, his golden light meeting Diamond's silver in a brilliant fusion that made my breath catch. The water around our submerged feet began to glow, first silver, then gold, then a shimmering blend of both."The veil between worlds thins," the Priestess intoned, her voice seeming to come from everywhere and nowhere at once. "Follow the path of water, of light, of blood. See with more than eyes. Reach with more than hands."I felt a peculiar tugging sensation, as if something essential was being gently pulled from my physical form. Diamond's presence intensified until she wasn't just within me, but was me, our consciousnesses merging more completely than ever before."Breathe together," the Priestess guided. "Let your wolves lead you now."My awareness expanded suddenly, stretching beyond the confines of the ritual chamber. I sensed Lucious beside me, and beyond
"You'll regret this," he said, but the threat sounded hollow even to my ears. "When they get tired of you, and they will, you'll have nowhere to go.""She'll always have a home here," Alpha Maxwell's commanding voice came from the top of the stairs. I hadn't even heard him approach. "But you, Jon, a
"What?" I interrupted. "What am I to you, really? Because before yesterday, I was the girl you told to kill herself. The girl you mocked for having no parents. The girl you made cry herself to sleep more times than I can count."All four of them flinched as if I'd physically struck them. Good. Let t
"You were just leaving," Liam's voice interrupted as he emerged from a side hallway, flanked by Fin and Brent. All three brothers looked murderous, their eyes fixed on the three girls with barely contained violence."But we haven't had our meeting yet," Miranda protested, though she took a step back
"Stop," I whispered, pressing my palms against the cool glass of the window behind me. "You can't just say things like that and expect them to erase everything.""I'm not trying to erase anything." He reached out slowly, telegraphing his movements like I was a wild animal that might bolt. His finger







