LOGIN"Did I...did she...condemn his entire bloodline?" I asked, horrified as fragments of memory returned.
Liam nodded, his green eyes serious. "And more. She called their wolves home to her realm."
I pressed my hand to my forehead, trying to process what had happened. Diamond stirred weakly in my mind, as exhausted by the divine possession as I was.
"I didn't mean to do that," I whispered. "I never intended..."
"It wasn't you," Kane assured me, his thumb gently stroking my cheek. "The goddess made her own judgment."
Alpha Maxwell approached slowly, his weathered face pale with shock. "In all my years, I've never witnessed such direct
Lucious sat silently across from me, his expression thoughtful. "You speak of them with surprising...restraint. If what you've told me is true, they kept you isolated and weak for years.""They did," I admitted. "But they were also pawns in a larger game, just as we were. The true enemy was always the Northern Alliance.""The people who raised me," he said quietly.I leaned forward, choosing my words carefully. "The people who stole you from our family and tried to turn you into something you're not."He nodded, his fingers unconsciously touching our mother's pendant around his neck. "The Priestess showed me our family tree yesterday. Seventeen generations of Blackthornes, all the way back to the founding of Shadowmoon Pack.""What did you think?" I asked."It made everything more real somehow," he admitted. "Seeing our parents' names there, and then ours... Lucious and Seraphina Blackthorne. Not Elias Shadowthorne and Iris Delta.""O
As we prepared for bed, I found myself thinking about the future that now seemed possible. A future where I wasn't alone, where I had not only my mates but my brother as well. It was overwhelming in the best possible way."What are you thinking about?" Brent asked as he slid into bed beside me, his amber eyes warm in the dim light."Everything," I admitted with a small laugh. "How much has changed in such a short time? A few weeks ago, I was just Iris Delta, the nobody that everyone ignored. Now I'm Seraphina Blackthorne-Maxwell, mate to four Alpha heirs, with a long-lost brother and apparently some kind of divine connection to the goddess herself.""When you put it that way, it does sound rather dramatic," Liam teased gently, settling on my other side.I smiled, leaning against his shoulder. "It's just... a lot to process. Good things, mostly, but still overwhelming.""You're handling it better than most would," Kane said as he finished his nightl
He nodded, relief flicking across his features at not having to absorb any more information today. "Thank you. All of you," he added, glancing around at my mates with cautious acceptance. "For... everything.""We'll have more time to talk tomorrow," I promised, standing and giving his hand one final squeeze. "Try to get some rest."As we left the library, I felt a complex mix of emotions flowing through me: relief at having found my brother, concern for his mental state, and, beneath it all, a growing determination to help him reclaim his true identity. Diamond stirred contentedly within me, her presence a constant reassurance that we were on the right path."He's handling this remarkably well," Liam observed as we walked toward the dining room where dinner would be served. "Considering everything he's been through.""He's in shock," Kane countered, his expression thoughtful. "The real challenge will come in the days ahead, when the reality of his situati
“True, however, with a male Heir, the Shadowmoon Pack, not Blackthorne, should have been taken over by you, Lucious, when you come of age, it's…it's in our pack's law or at least was. I’m not sure how it works now since the fall, who becomes Alpha when two heirs have been separated from basically birth?”The Priestess looked thoughtful, her ancient eyes studying both of us. "The goddess's bloodline follows different rules than ordinary packs. When the original Shadowmoon Pack was established, leadership passed to the most worthy heir, regardless of gender or birth order.""So either of us could lead," I said, trying to process this information."Or both," the Priestess suggested. "There is precedent in your family's earliest history for dual leadership—sibling
Lucious's fingers traced the edge of an open book, a genealogy of the Blackthorne line stretching back centuries. "It's... overwhelming. To learn that everything I was taught was twisted to one that suited the Shadowthorne name they had even changed the last name in the books beyond changing details of our packs history and its founding including changing our connection from the Goddess to her twin brother Elias. It was said in their version that her brother was the one who blessed our pack with the ability to shift.”I watched as my brother's expression shifted between disbelief and dawning comprehension. The weight of these revelations was clearly overwhelming him, yet I could sense his determination to understand the truth."They rewrote our entire history," I said gently. "Not just our personal history, but the history of our bloodline."
“Why do I feel like your not ready to share me with the outside world at the moment,” I teased.Kane chuckled, his chest rumbling pleasantly against my back. "Is it that obvious?""We almost lost you twice in one week," Brent said, his amber eyes serious despite his relaxed posture. "First with the goddess speaking through you, then with Helena. Forgive us for wanting to keep you to ourselves for a little while."I sighed, understanding their concern but feeling the pull of responsibility toward my newly-found brother. "I know. But he's all alone in a strange place, surrounded by people he doesn't know. I can't just leave him to fend for himself.""A few hours won't hurt," Liam assured me, pressing a gentle kiss to my te







