LOGINJasmine's POVI watched Rowan pull Iris closer to him and adjust the blanket over her with one arm. Iris tipped her head back and said something that made him almost smile, and I sat on a sofa opposite them and felt something warm settle in my chest.He had found it.After everything. After Raven, a
Iris’s POVAbout twenty minutes later, Jasmine appeared in the doorway.She looked different from the last time I had properly seen her. The distant, distracted look that she had had for weeks was still there, but it was quieter now. Like she had come to some kind of decision and it had given her a
Iris’s POVRowan was silent for a moment. Then he said, "She's dead."My eyes widened slightly at that.I waited to feel something. Maybe guilt, or sadness, or at least something that would make me feel like a decent person.But what I felt was intense relief. And I didn't feel bad for it."The inju
Iris's POVThe first thing I saw was the incubator.It was beside my bed. It was close and low enough that I could see her clearly without any effort. She was small, wrapped in a pink blanket with only her face showing.My throat tightened.She was beautiful.I don't know how to fully explain what l
Iris’s POVThe darkness didn't feel empty.It felt warm, soft, and safe. There was no pain here. No fear. No yelling.Then light came.It was bright and gentle.I was standing in a room that looked familiar in a way that made my chest tighten.Evie's room.I knew it immediately. The same pink walls.
Iris’s POVRowan was standing over her, breathing heavily, still half shifted, his hands were dark with her blood. Chloe was on the floor and she was not moving. She was alive. I could hear her shallow breathing from across the room. But I almost didn’t recognise her. Her face was swollen. She was f
Iris’s POVThe door clicked softly as Rowan left, and the silence that settled after felt suffocating. My chest throbbed as if it were trying to urge me to stay, but I had made my decision, even if a huge part of me resisted.I let out a frustrated sigh, running a hand through my hair. The way Rowan
Iris’s POVI whipped my head around so fast that my neck ached, but there was nothing. My chest squeezed painfully and it became hard to breathe.I forced myself to move again, this time, I increased my pace.I walked fast for a long time, ignoring my tiredness, pushed forward by adrenaline.Eventua
Iris’s POVA Week LaterI was healed. At least, that’s what the healer said.The truth was that my body had recovered physically. The pain was gone. The dizziness had faded. I could move without any form of pain or ache.But inside? Inside, I was still a mess. The fear still lingered at the back of
Iris’s POVThere was silence for a moment, then Rowan sighed.“Sorry won’t save you next time,” he said flatly.My chest ached with guilt, and shame flooded through me as the memory of those rogues flashed through my mind. The shame of being so weak that I couldn’t even protect myself. I could still







