Mag-log inJasmine'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 POVIt took a while for me to get myself back together, and I wasn't proud of it, but I fled.I couldn't stay in that bathroom with Zara's unconscious body and all that wreck. I couldn't think straight. All I could do was run.I stumbled out of the bathroom, my hands still shaking, my mind ra
Iris's POVI closed my eyes, trying to stop crying, but I couldn’t. The images from the dream kept replaying in my mind. The kiss. The way I had smiled at Eric. The way my arms had wrapped around him willingly.It felt so real.What if it wasn’t a dream? What if I had actually sleepwalked to the gar
Iris’s POVWe all just stared at the Alpha King, waiting to see how he would react.Then, to everyone’s surprise, Silas started laughing.It wasn’t a small chuckle or a polite laugh. It was a genuine, deep belly laugh that echoed throughout the hall.“Oh, please,” Silas said, waving his hand dismiss
“I’m so sorry,” I sobbed into his chest. “I’m so sorry I ever made you feel that way. I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to make you doubt my feelings for you. I love you so much, Rowan. I love you more than anything. I’m not leaving you. I would never leave you.”Rowan’s arms came around me i







