LOGINChapter 97Amber's POVMy chest still felt squeezed. But I put all thoughts aside as we stepped out of Maggie's room to see Mina waiting in the hallway.My breath shook instantly and my eyes filled up."Amber!" She rushed to me. Panting from the strain as her arms came around me. "Thank the Goddess. I was worried. It was taking so long and Delilah told me about the surgery. You had a surgery?!! Then went to face Maggie alone. So soon after your humanity came back and-- " She pulled back, turning my face this way and that. "Your humanity is back, isn't it? I would like to avoid being thrown against the wall again and--- "I burst into tears immediately.Mina's rambling froze and her eyes went wide. "Oh!" She gasped. "What have I done? Did I say something? She looked behind me to Delilah. "What did I do, what did-- ""Shut up," I sobbed, throwing my hands fully around my best friend and holding her while I breathed her in.My true sister. In everything, she'd held me down. Had constant
Chapter 96Amber's POVLuna Natalie's words rippled through me as my spine froze in place. "What do you know?"If she took note of the lack of warmth in my words or my voice. She didn't say. Her eyes just stared past me, listlessly towards Maggie."The day she was buried, I saw your mother. She- She came back for you. To hold you for a moment.""Before or after? When did you see her?" My heartbeat roared in my ears as Luna Natalie's lips parted, and she whispered. "After."The weight of her words almost made my knees weak.She saw my mother after she was supposedly buried? "And you said nothing?" I asked aloud, my voice coming out harsher than I'd intended.But it made no sense. if you attended the funeral of a person and saw them afterwards, wouldn't you say something?And all the times I'd actively searched for information about my mother. Why had she never said anything?"I was glad for her to be gone." Luna Natalie shrugged. Sniffling for the first time as her blue eyes began to
Chapter 95Amber’s POVAnd so the hospital room descended in silence.No sound save for my voice as I told Maggie of my journey.Living life twice.Almost dying the second time, and finding ways to persevere.They were words, I’d never uttered to a soul.Details of my death.My own drowning fear as the metal table had bitten beneath me and the bright lights shone into my eyes above me.When I finished at last, her eyes were closed.Twin tear tear tracks rolled down each sides.My breath caught. For a moment, I feared she had passed.That the details of my story had made time move faster for her.But then, Maggie’s lids fluttered and relief shattered my chest as she turned slowly and held my gaze.“W- will I get a second chance too?” Her voice was a hoarse whisper.The thinness of it brought tears to my eyes because I knew it was time.This was what she’d been holding on for.Me.I had to pass my rebirth to her.Slowly, I nodded as my tears rolled down my cheeks.The air in the room f
Amber’s POVI wasn’t sure what I’d been expecting.The same sickly white figure drowned beneath hospital sheets.Beeping machines loud as a gas mask covered her face.Or the wailing scream I’d come to recognize as Luna Natalie.Yet when I entered Maggie’s room, what awaited me was none of that.She was awake.My heart stuttered violently as my feet came to a pause and I took in the scene before me.Maggie sat straight up on the bed. Her form was frail, her hair— straw thin and her back was supported by a pillow.By her bedside unfailingly was Luna Natalie.But the other side… my breath caught as my eyes locked with my father’s.Alpha Logan.Or the former Alpha Logan.Both he and his wife had been deposed.Criminals waiting for her daughter’s death before their punishment tenure would begin.With my humanity off, I could face him head on. Be cruel even.Now, I could barely breathe as a range of emotions slammed into me. Prevalent among them was anger.Still, I schooled my expression. N
Chapter 93Amber’s POVSurgery, in a way, feels like rebirth. The same sinking dread as the world slips away. The same breathlessness as the world snaps back in place.And it seems to you like you just blinked but in actuality, you’ve been gone for a couple of hours or an entire lifetime.“Amber?” Delilah’s soft voice pushed past the fog in my head. “She’s awake!” I heard her yell to someone, the noise around me becoming clearer with each second.I was in a room. The several machines had been unhooked, leaving only one that beeped incessantly.Then the lights. They were still bright, but didn’t feel as harsh as I groaned and blinked open my eyes.“D– ““Shhh.” Delilah was at my side. She grabbed my arm and shook her head firmly. “No need to talk. Here.”Amusement flashed through me as she gently brought over a glass of water and raised it to my lips.I was fine.Already, I could feel the new power in my veins threading me back and healing the surgery site. But I didn’t want Delilah
It was fine.Everything would be fine.All I had to do was close my eyes, and when I opened them, it’d all be over.And yet.My fingers curled over the cool metal of the hospital bed as I tried to control my breathing.“Behave,” I whispered, admonishing myself.These people were not killing me.This wasn’t some grand conspiracy to take all my organs and abandon my empty corpse.No, I had volunteered for this surgery.I’d stepped forward, choosing to give Maggie part of my liver and one of my kidneys. And yet—The movement of the bed as they wheeled me into the theater, the blending voices of the medics as they conversed over each other.The bright lights shining on me above all took me back to that day.My past life and how everything had shattered.“Hey, hey.” Delilah’s warm voice suddenly crashed me back to the present.I gasped, gulping in air greedily as I held on to her hand.Her eyes watched me with concern and something akin to fear.“You don’t have to do this, Amber.” She whis
Chapter 60Amber’s povMy entire brain felt fuzzy. Bursts of pain shot down my arms and my feet. From my place on the floor, I could hear the silence in the arena. Feel the deep dread in my belly, and a trickle of fear that ran down my spine.The creature roared and charged towards me again.This t
Chapter 57Amber’s pov“I already said I was sorry. Don’t come at me like that. We both know how the trials can be. Especially without training,”Through my sleeping hazy, I heard Gwen’s voice. She was speaking to someone. Her voice softer and more tender frank I had ever heard it.“Wait please—don
Chapter 51Amber’s pov“How did I ever agree to this?” I grumbled with a sigh. Ahead of me, Tristan’s little finger twitched. The only sign he had heard me.I sighed again. Of course, he wouldn’t react. No surprise there.We were trudging through the narrow Silver Moon pack slums. Since my arrival
Chapter 47Amber’s povI’m going crazy.I’m convinced, I’ll surely run mad.“The candles have arrived ma’am, which ones should be on display? And what candlesticks are we to use?”“Erm, that one,” I pointed hastily at one of the designs thrust into my face by a maid.“For the music, the orchestra m







