LOGINALPHA REXTON~~“The potions are here, Alpha.” Nicola’s voice was unmissable because I had been waiting for him. The entire pack's future depended on what he carried. My eyes darted away from my Beta, Ethan, and my Gamma, locking onto Nicola as I stepped forward and collected the crate. I turned, preparing to face my men again, when the heavy realization hit me that Nicola wasn’t the only person I had been waiting for. That I had been waiting to see again. “Where is she? Seraphina?” I asked, holding Nicola’s gaze long enough to see the fear that flashed through them. My brows furrowed, and my patience wore thin as Nicola took his sweet time to respond. “What’s wrong? D-Did you let her go?... Goddess, Nicola, tell me you didn’t help her escape—"“She doesn’t need me to help her do anything, Alpha Rexton," Nicola countered, sighing as he added, “But I did need her help to escape the witch that has been living under your roof for over five years.” A suffocating silence fell over
SERAPHINA~~No. T-this couldn’t be happening. I can’t be too late. There’s no way I came too late to save my baby. She has to be here somewhere. Her scent was still very strong in the room, and I couldn’t perceive it anywhere but in the scattered living room. My eyes darted around the space… the same one that had looked clean and luxurious when I entered it about an hour ago, but now looked like the war had happened here. My paws scraped against the broken glass littering the floor, the physical pain of my healing spine entirely forgotten as I began to frantically tear through the wreckage. I flipped over the splintered remains of the luxury sofa, my claws gouging into the expensive material, desperate to find a hidden trapdoor, a hollow wall…Anything!Anything as long as it led me to my baby. “She isn't here, Sera,” Kia whimpered, her voice booming around me and her spirit completely broken.Her Lycan energy was trembling all around my skin as she stated with fear but convi
KIERAN~~Every second I spent away from Ina felt like hell, especially after I found the rebels' camp. I could feel my heart racing even as I raced hundreds of miles back to give Jesse and the Lycan warriors the needed heads-up, not because I was out of breath but because I couldn’t shake off the worry latching onto me like a parasite. “Thank you, Beta Kieran. We will make use of the potion we have left from the last batch created back home.” Jesse had said to me. He gave me one of the vials, and I kept it safely as I began to run back to my Ina, my legs aching from exhaustion and lungs burning. But none of that could be compared to the explosive ache that attacked my chest just when I thought I was getting close enough to feel, perceive, and see my Ina again. I stumbled mid-stride, my boots digging deep trenches into the dirt as I nearly went flying into the bushes. My hands flew to my chest, my fingers curling like claws over my shirt as if I could physically rip out the ag
SERAPHINA~~I was terrified. There was no doubting that. Just like there was no overlooking the way my heart clenched and unclenched as I zoomed through the forest, following the dark scent and the throbbing heart of Nicola, whom I believed was doing everything he could to throw Dahlia off. That would explain why I couldn’t perceive his scent. But nothing could explain the way I felt as I betrayed myself for what anyone would call the greater good. However, there would be no greater good if I lost my daughter… the word "good" would fade away forever in my life because Celeste was my good. My everything. “Then we should be glad for our secret weapon.” Kia tried to encourage me even though she was just as torn as I was. I didn’t understand what she meant. Hell! I couldn’t understand because my mind was wandering in one direction while my legs were heading in another. “I mean, our strength level. It’s high because we gave our essence to make the potion.” Kia explained, pumping
SERAPHINA~~I didn’t see it until it happened. Just like I didn’t see the truth until Dahlia was standing before me with a different aura and a confident smile. But unlike then, I couldn’t mask my shock or overcome the terror that slammed into me… and sadly, Dahlia could see it. It started when Nicola left the lab, and right before my eyes, Dahlia’s frame split. It was crazy, but she literally became two of herself in a twinkling of an eye, leaving me utterly stunned. Both versions of her wore that exact same, sickeningly pleased smirk. The dark, suffocating witch aura remained the same though, wrapping around my neck like a tightening noose.“There are two of you, Seraphina.” Both versions of Dahlia purred in perfect, dread-infusing unison. “So it’s only fair if there are two of me too, right?” I couldn’t even find my voice to answer. My mind was racing, trying to calculate the sheer volume of magic it took to pull off a replication spell this flawless.How could she even per
DAHLIA~~Oh, I was happy. No, I was ecstatic. Watching Seraphina freeze with her hand still glued to the doorknob, gazing at me with absolute, intriguing confusion, was pure perfectionI could just hear her calling out my name with a tone that carried the question in her head, even though her lips didn’t part. “Hi, Bitch. Let me reintroduce myself.”Those words flowed out of my lips easily because, unlike the woman in front of me, I came prepared, and I had been listening to her conversation long before I let my aura slip to lure her out. “What are you doing here, Dahlia?” To my surprise, the bitch dismissed me as if I wasn’t shutting down her airway with my witch aura that she had never perceived on me before now. The confusion I once saw in her eyes faded as if it had never been there… and that pissed me off more than I could admit. “Are you sure that’s the question you want to ask, Seraphina?” I let out, wearing a smirk even though she didn’t flinch. “And you shouldn’t dis
SERAPHINA~~These past five years, I have been training with warriors while studying medicine, yet I wasn’t prepared to hear a public declaration of war. War was normal to our people, but the mere thought of it made me sick to the stomach. “Might have something… everything to do with the fact
SERAPHINA~~Th-the world… M-my world had gone silent. The music, the clinking of glasses, and the hum of hundreds of voices had faded. It all vanished, replaced by a rhythmic, heavy thrumming in my ears that matched the frantic beating of my heart.It’s t-the m-mate bo-bond…It was screaming, b
SERAPHINA~~The air felt thin. Or maybe my lungs had gotten too greedy with the past closing in on me. I wanted to turn and walk away. To disappear into the library annex and find the safety of Dr. Nicola’s medical theories or run back to Kieran, but my legs felt rooted to the marble floor.“I
SERAPHINA~~It’s happening tomorrow. The gala that I have dreaded for the past week will happen tomorrow, and while I genuinely looked forward to picking Dr. Nicola’s brain, I still wish I didn’t have to attend."But you have to." Kia's thoughts collided with mine. "You know how important this i







