LOGINSERAPHINA~~Kieran and I didn’t get to talk even after the ritual was done. Even after I approached him, dying to eradicate the tension I had noticed when I looked at him in the mansion earlier. I still didn’t know that his tense aura wasn’t really about the funeral and the fact that he blamed himself for what happened to Rexton. But it was mostly because he had made a big decision that would break us both when I found out. I didn’t get to tell him that I was sorry for being distant and detached these past few days, because before I could, Ethan and Remi interrupted us. “Sera, can you look after him while I’m gone?” Ethan snatched my attention first, his voice forcing me to take my eyes off Kieran.I was about to blurt, "Who?" but when my eyes fell to the smaller hand in Remi’s, the question died in my throat. It was Arlo.The little boy looked like his entire world had been turned upside down within the blink of an eye. Sadly, that was true. The mother he knew wasn’t truly h
KIERAN~~Four days under the same roof and I hadn’t seen her once. We were so close to each other, yet I had never felt so far away from her, not even when I was thousands of miles away from her in a pursuit to save the little one. Four days and I hadn’t seen my grief-stricken chosen mate, and I couldn’t bring myself to go up the stairs to see her or even cross the hallway and knock on her bedroom door. I just gave her space, acting as if my heart hadn’t been breaking over and over again. I resisted because I believed she needed that space from me after I killed the man she obviously loved… after I let him die and–“Finally, Sera!” Remi’s voice broke through the thick wall of my guilty thoughts. Her voice hit me even before I could let myself perceive my mate’s scent, and even after that, I still couldn’t bring myself to look at her. How could I? She probably hated me already, and because of my failure, she was about to attend the funeral of her daughter’s father. Damn! I cou
SERAPHINA~~Just as fast as I was thrown into that memory, I was snatched out of it. My chest rose and fell like I had been in a race, even though I had been sitting in the same spot. My vision blurred with tears; I couldn’t decide if I should let them out or hold on to them just to be strong for my daughter, whose eyes were on me. The decision was taken out of my hands, though.After all, there was only a little I could do to hold back hot tears. They came rushing down like water from a broken faucet, and I let them, sobbing so hard I couldn’t keep my eyes open. “Don’t cry, Mama. Please.” My daughter didn’t know what to do in that situation, but Goddess did she stay with me, whispering words to me, and hugged me with her small arms. “You shouldn’t be sad anymore. I showed you because I didn’t want you to be sad.” Celeste whimpered when she realized that I couldn’t stop the tears. “I shouldn’t have shown you—" “No, baby. This isn’t your fault.” I tried to speak without my vo
SERAPHINA~~One second, I was sitting in a bedroom within the childhood home I never thought I would find peace in, carrying my daughter on my lap. But the next second, I was pulled out of that reality and gently shoved into a realm I didn’t know how to navigate. I had no choice but to struggle for control. But soon I heard Celeste’s voice in my head, “Relax, Mama. Let go.” W-what? I tried to make use of the same link I felt her through, but for some reason, I couldn’t connect to her. I could sense her presence, perceive her smell, and hear her heart beating, yet I couldn’t connect to her. Not in this realm that seemed completely out of my control. But somehow, Celeste was in charge, and the second I listened to her, I didn’t have to navigate. Instead, I was carried on floating clouds, or should I say something close to that? Anyway, I soon found myself in the middle of a forest. And I wasn’t alone. I was surrounded by warriors, both Lycans and werewolves, on one side. On
SERAPHINA~~Death had shown itself to me in so many different ways. I have seen it happen in the Lycan hospital more than a few times. I have witnessed it as a healer, and I have seen near-death experiences that were just too—too near to death. Perhaps that was why I had held on to hope for the past few days, convincing myself that Rexton’s death wasn’t permanent. “He would wake up soon.” I have told myself countless times in the past four days. “Nicola can heal him. He just needs time.” That was funny because I knew that the heart of even the strongest being in the realm couldn’t survive after being still for over four days. There was no way… and time wasn’t on Rexton’s side anymore. Yes, I knew that. Yet, I disregarded the fact, longing for the second someone would come into the Beta Mansion to tell me that Rexton was back. That he was alive. That he was–“Mama…” My daughter’s voice yanked me out of my thoughts, causing my eyes to leave the plain white wall I had been star
KIERAN~~The heart. It has always been a powerful organ, but also the weakest. Aside from the brain, the heart was the powerhouse of the entire body, and even the most powerful being on the surface of Earth will fall as long as the heart remains dead, lacking beats.The same organ that had made Rexton one of the bravest… that in fact helped him to make a big sacrifice was also the same organ that kept him cold on Nicola’s table, lifelessly. The irony. And not to compare the loss of his life to my heartache, but Rexton’s heart wasn’t the only one that failed that day. Mine did too in so many ways that I could think of as I held on to Ina, keeping her from sacrificing her own life to revive the man she obviously cared about. Her destined mate. I mean, he was destined to be her mate for a reason, right? The Goddess wouldn’t have made a mistake. Perhaps she knew that Rexton was a good guy deep down, even though he had made some grave mistakes. Maybe she knew he was a better matc







