Freya's pov "Where am I…?"My voice echoed around me, swallowed by the strange, endless space. It was like being underwater_quiet, heavy, cold.But I wasn’t drowning. I was floating.Darkness stretched in every direction, stitched with flickers of siver light. No wind, no ground beneath my feet. Just… stillness.Then a whisper shove through the silence."Freya…""Daughter of two worlds. Keeper of the broken line."“Who’s there?” I turned around fast, heart racing. “Show yourself!”Suddenly, light burst in front of me_a shimmer that shaped itself into something real.A woman, pale hair, silver eyes. The same eyes I saw in flashes before. Her face was soft but sad now.And I knew her.“…Mom?” I whispered.She smiled faintly. “You remember me.”I stepped closer, tears already forming. “I saw you before. In visions. Laughing in the woods. Holding me…”“You were just a baby,” she said gently. “We thought we’d have more time.”Behind her, the light moved again, this time, a tall man steppe
Finnick's pov She wasn't coming out and the Rift hadn’t moved in hours now.The glow was gone, no light or sound. Just a dull scar in the sky where the magic used to burn. And Freya, no where to be found.It was night again. Cold had settled over the woods, thick and biting, and the stars barely shone through the clouds.Kade sat by a tree, legs stretched out, eyes on the dark. He hadn’t said much, neither had I.We didn’t have to, the silence said everything.She was gone and we were both slowly losing our minds.“I told you she’d come back,” I muttered, breaking the quietness. “She will.”Kade didn’t answer right away. His face was hard, shadowed by the fire’s glow.“She said she would,” he snapped. “And when she does… she’ll fall into my arms, for the peace she'd longed for..”That got my attention, it hurts my ergo. I looked up slowly. “ this is still a game to you?”“No,” he said calmly.“But I know how she looked at me, how she trusted me when no one else did. You can pretend a
Finnick's pov“You think I don’t know that?” I said, my voice cracking under the weight in my chest. “You think I haven’t lived every damn day hating myself for what I did to her?”Kade stood a few feet away, arms tense, jaw tight. The Rift still glitched behind us like a warning, but my attention was locked on him.“She needed someone who made her feel seen,” Kade said coldly. “You made her feel small. I made her feel powerful.”I took a step forward, fury boiling in my blood. “ No, you used her, twisted her pain into your own very weapon.”“And what did you do?” he snapped. “Rejected her, humiliated her in front of all your mates, her mates, whole of the pack, then showed up when it was convenient for you. You think a few sorry looks and whispered apologies are enough?”My fists clenched tigher “No, I don’t but I didn’t come back because it was easy. I came back because I couldn’t breathe without her. Because she is everything I never knew I needed.”Kade’s laugh was dry. “oh, sorr
Freya's pov I stared at the man standing in the center of the circle. The Rift flickered behind him like a living thing, angry, wild, waiting but the man was calm.Too calm now.His eyes glowed gold, and his smile was slow, familiar in a way that made my stomach twist.He looked like me but sharper now, harder.“My name is Kai,” he said, taking one slow step forward. “And I’m your brother.”A million thoughts hit me all at once.Brother, alive.Why now?My legs trembled, not from fear, but from the weight of everything crashing over me. I opened my mouth, but before I could speak....“I need a minute,” Kade said sharply. His voice cut through the silence like a blade. “Alone with her.”I blinked, turned. Kade was still close, his eyes locked on mine now, not the Rift, not Kai.“Kade, this isn’t the time.....”“It is,” he said. “Because I might not get another.”Finnick started to step forward, but Kade held out a hand. “Just give me one minute. You had your chance to speak. Let me ha
Finnick's povThe wind had teeth now, sharp and cold, biting through clothes and skin, I wasn’t looking at the sky but was staring at him.Kade.He stood with that same calm smirk he always wore, like nothing could touch him, like even this, this was all part of his plan.Freya walked to the center of the circle, her back straight, her hands steady. Her hair whipped in the wind like fire. And gods, I couldn’t breathe looking at her.She was stronger than any of us now but even so…. I couldn’t let her face any of this alone.Kade turned to me, his voice quiet but sharp. “You think showing up now makes you worthy of her? Not even close man"I didn’t answer right away. I watched her for another second, just one more heartbeat and then looked back at him.“No,” I said. “I don’t think I’m worthy but I’m not here to prove anything to you.”He stepped closer. “You’re here to get in the way, again.”My jaw clenched. “I’m here to protect her.”“From what? Me?” He scoffed. “I never turned my ba
Freya's pov “ Wait,” Finnick said, his hand grabbing my wrist, his voice low, almost broken. “Please… just stop for a second.”I turned slowly. The wind pulled at my hair, and the glow from the Rift made his face dry and dull, but it was his eyes that caught me full of something I didn't quickly understood.Wasn't power or control, just fear.“For what?” I asked, voice steady. “So you can tell me I’m wrong again? That I’m not enough?”“No.” He shook his head quickly. “I’m not here to stop you. I just… I don’t want you to face this alone.”At first, I felt this softness but I kept my face straight. “You already left me alone, Finnick. That day you rejected me… you didn’t just push me away. You made me believe I was nothing.”He stepped closer, still holding my wrist. “I know.....I know what I did, and I hate myself for it every day. I was scared of what I felt, of what it meant. My mother.....she....”“Don’t,” I cut in. “Don’t blame her. You had a choice. You made it.”His eyes formed