MasukJasmine'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 POVHenry stood in the doorway, his chest heaving with anger. Behind him, I could see Asher looking apologetic and helpless. He had clearly tried to stop Henry from barging in but had failed.“Henry,” Rowan said, and I could hear the tension in his voice. He was frozen in place, caught betwee
Iris’s POVRowan’s expression softened slightly as he looked at me, and he reached up to gently wipe the tears from my face.“Your wolf came back,” he said quietly. “Even if it was only for a moment, she came back to protect you and our baby. That’s a good sign, Iris.”“But she left again,” I said,
Iris’s POVI laughed, sitting beside Jasmine. Shane moved to sit on the sofa, also waiting for the story.“It was last night,” I began, feeling my cheeks heat up. “After Henry left. We were talking, and I told him I loved him for the first time.”“You told him you loved him?!” Jasmine interrupted, h
He turned to look at me, and I could see the pain in his eyes.“Henry gave me everything when I had nothing,” Rowan muttered. “And I repaid him by humiliating his daughter in front of the entire pack. By rejecting her publicly. By choosing someone else.”“You chose to be happy,” I said firmly. “You







