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 POVI was in that forest again.The same trees. The same atmosphere.But this time, something felt different.In the distance, I saw a figure standing with his back to me as usual.My heart leaped.“Rowan?” I called out.The figure turned around, and relief flooded through me so intensely I a
Rowan’s POVI sat on the hood of the car, staring at nothing. Everything felt meaningless. I felt like a failure, and that feeling pressed down heavily on my chest.Almost two days had passed since we first tried to breach Maximus’s territory. We had to retreat to a nearby human town to rest before
Iris’s POVWhen I opened my eyes, I was no longer in that ritual chamber.I was back in the first underground room. The one where Maximus had first told me his plans.My entire body hurt. Every muscle ached like I had been thrown down a flight of stairs. My head was pounding so hard I could barely t
Rowan’s POVI didn’t back down. I didn’t lower my eyes. I stared directly at the King, my own aura flaring to match his.“I will get my mate back,” I growled. My voice was low and deadly calm now. “One way or another. With or without your permission.”The room went deathly silent. Shane, Marcus, and







