LOGINThank you for reading! Almost to the end!
"The diplomatic mission—""Can burn to the ground for all I care," he says with fierce conviction. "There will always be another crisis, another negotiation, another political emergency that supposedly can't wait. But there's only one you, only one us, only one chance to protect what matters most."
Sage (The night of Elara and Dom's party)The private royal chambers are finally quiet after days of crisis, celebration, and family chaos.I stand at the window overlooking the palace gardens, my violet eyes distant as I process everything that's happened—the revelation about my sister, the final b
"It’s such a gift to live in a world where nobody has to choose between love and duty," I observe, echoing conversations we've had countless times over the years. “I just wish someone would have told our younger selves eight years ago.”"Same." Elara leans back against my chest with the kind of trus
Five years laterI'm standing in the doorway of our family library, watching my wife read bedtime stories to our three children, and wondering how I got lucky enough to deserve this life.Seraphina, now seven, sits primly beside her mother with a leather-bound book of prophecies in her lap, occasion
Representatives from six different kingdoms step forward to report on the success of the magical partnership programs we've helped establish. Young couples who've learned to integrate their abilities rather than compete with them. Healing centers where traditional and supernatural medicine work toge
Two years later"Mama, the lights are dancing again!"I look up from the correspondence I'm reviewing to find my daughter, Seraphina, standing in the doorway of my study with her violet eyes bright with wonder and her tiny hands extended toward magical currents that are invisible to most people but
SageThe ancient text blurs before my tired eyes as I search for anything that might help our situation. I've been in the library since dawn, surrounded by dusty tomes about healing pack history, hoping to find some precedent, some loophole in the laws Eris is using against us."—dangerous powers—"
SageMy hands shake as I try to heal another warrior, the mutations fighting my power in ways I've never encountered. Black corruption spreads through his veins like living ink, pulsing with wrongness that makes my stomach turn. Each time I push it back with healing energy, it adapts, finding new pa
AlaricFor a moment, I can only stare up at her in stunned disbelief. No one has dared use power against me since I became king. Even my father... My chest tightens at the thought, but Sage's foot pressing firmly against my sternum demands my attention."Did you just—" I start, rage building."Knock
Sage Focusing on work is the only thing keeping me sane. As long as there are wounds to heal, herbs to prepare, techniques to teach... I can almost ignore the constant ache of the mate bond. Almost.“He tries to apologize,” Aura reminds me for the hundredth time.“After believing the worst about us







