LOGINBorgov's POV"You're lying."Emilio raises his sword again, a wild look in his eyes, tears glistening on his cheeks."Elena Ahearn?" He laughs, but it’s a harsh, empty sound. "You’re blaming her for everything?""That’s the truth.""Truth?" He spits blood. "You've been feeding me lies for years, Borgov. And now you want me to believe that some dead woman is behind it all?""She’s not dead. Not back then." I keep my sword low, trying to calm him. "Just listen to me.""Why should I?""Because I’m the only one who ever told you the truth. Even when it hurt, even when you didn’t want to hear it."He pauses, uncertainty flickering in his eyes.I take a breath, willing him to understand."After Castor died, Elena wanted vengeance. She didn’t care about him; she wanted control. But she needed someone to blame, someone to punish.""So she picked us."
Borgov's POVWe close the gap. Twenty feet. Ten. Five. It’s just us now—the mud, the blood, the steel gripped tightly in our hands. The battle swirls around us, but I’m deaf to it, blind to anything but him.Emilio comes to a halt."It’s been ages, Brother."His voice hasn’t changed. Still rough, still low—the same voice that called my name a thousand times.I raise my sword. He does the same.Then we charge.The first clash sounds like thunder. Steel screeches against steel. Sparks fly. Shockwaves pulse up my arms. He’s as strong as ever, but I’ve got two decades of training under my belt.He pushes against my blade, and I hold firm."You look old," he remarks."You look worse," I shoot back.He abruptly changes tactics, swinging low. I leap over his blade, land hard, and press him back. He regains his footing, spins, and strikes again. I parry
Borgov's POVI crawled towards them, feeling the rough wooden floor scraping against my knees. My trembling hands reached out, finding Elle's shoulder. Her skin felt so cold—too cold. Gently, I turned her over, and that’s when I saw it—the blood was everywhere, on her chest, her stomach.Two holes. Neat. Precise.Nearby, a suppressor pistol lay, still warm."Elle." My voice cracked as I called her. "Elle, wake up."She remained unresponsive.My gaze shifted to Lia. She was curled up on her side, her small hand still reaching toward her mother. A single wound marred her back. She didn’t suffer long, I kept telling myself. She couldn't have.I pressed my palm to her cheek. It was soft. Cold."No. No, no, no, no—"I pulled her into my arms, holding her close to my chest. Her head lolled back, and her empty eyes stared at nothing.She was only two years old.I rocked
Borgov's POVDays turned into weeks, and weeks rolled into months.We kept pushing forward. The transport business had no idea of our inner emptiness. The trucks had to be filled and the goods delivered. Customers expected smiles, too.So, we moved and smiled.But when night fell, we sat in silence. Emilio with his chair, me on the floor, the fire flickering low. We didn’t talk about it. The knife. The blood. Aldric’s expression when he found us.We just sat there.One afternoon, we were loading crates near the market. A truck had broken down, so we were handling things on our own. The sweat, the dust, the scent of aged wood.Then a man strolled by, loud and confident, chatting with a companion.“Did you hear? The Alpha of Silvermoon just killed his own brother. Right at the pack house.”I froze. Emilio halted with the crate he was lifting.“Castor? The Bloodmoon A
Borgov's POVThe box was still open.That finger. My grandmother's finger. The ring she wore every single day. She never took it off, not even when she was scrubbing floors or sleeping.He'd cut it off her. While she was alive—or maybe after. It didn't even matter anymore.I couldn't look away."Borgov."Emilio's voice sounded like it was miles away."Borgov!"I still didn’t reply. I was focused on the dried skin, the bone peeking out, and that silver ring catching the light from the lamp.Castor was talking, I could hear him, but the words didn’t sink in. Something about loyalty, ownership. How she was his.Then Emilio moved.He pulled out his knife. The noise was like metal scraping against bone. He lunged forward.Castor dodged him, quick as a whip. Older than us but still pretty fast. He’d been Alpha for ages, survived challenges, wars, assassins. He kn
Borgov's POVI can't recall running at all.One moment, I was standing outside the door, and suddenly I was on my knees next to her. The floor felt sticky and warm beneath me. I lifted her head onto my lap, and her skin felt so cold."Grandmother."She lay there naked, her clothes torn and scattered around like fallen leaves. Her arms, chest, and stomach were covered in cuts—deep gashes from a knife. There were so many I couldn’t even begin to count them, and her face was a mess, split open from cheek to forehead.Blood pooled beneath her, spreading further."Grandmother, please. Open your eyes."She was breathing, but it was shallow and wet, a rattling sound coming from her throat."Who did this?" My voice shook. "Who?"Her lips moved, but no words came out—just blood."Please. Please, Grandmother. Tell me."For a brief moment, her eyes met mine, and she seemed lucid. Then s
Dawn comes gray and cold.I haven't slept. Just sat in the corner of the hunting lodge's main room, Mom's bracelet wrapped around my fingers, staring at nothing. Around me, Silvermoon pack members sleep on floors and benches, exhausted from the fire, the fight, the fear.Damian hasn't slept either.
Selena's POV~I wake up before the sun rises.Damian is still sleeping next to me, his arm resting across my waist, his breathing calm and steady. I don’t want to move. I don’t want to wake him. We’re heading to the mountains today, and I’m not sure when we’ll have another morning like this—quiet,
Selena's POV~Here I am, standing in a field.The grass is tall, glowing gold in the sunset, swaying like waves. I’ve never set foot in this place before, but it feels so familiar, like somewhere I’ve been longing to discover.In the middle of the field, a woman stands with her back to me. Her hair
Maya's POV~The box is pretty old, its corners all crushed and the lid stained with some stuff I really don’t want to think about. I stumbled upon it tucked away in the back of a supply closet, buried under blankets and rusty tools. It hasn’t been touched in years. Maybe no one really wanted to.No







