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 nightmare came back.I was in that same forest again. The same trees from my previous nightmares.In the distance, I saw a figure standing with his back to me.Not again. Please not again.I tried to stop myself from walking forward, but my feet moved on their own, carrying me toward
Rowan’s POVI stepped back, staring at him. The scar was the clue.“Shane,” I said quietly. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”Shane clenched his jaw, nodding. “He was my number one suspect”I gritted my teeth. “This just confirms it. Alpha Maximus took Iris.”Of course. It made perfect sense. I
Iris’s POVThe next morning came too quickly.I hadn’t slept at all after the nightmare. I had spent the entire night sitting on the edge of the bed, too terrified to close my eyes again.Every time I felt myself starting to drift off, the memory of that nightmare would jolt me awake. The feeling of
Iris’s POVI sat on the cold hard floor with my back against the wall, staring at nothing.There was no way to keep track of time down here. There were no windows, and the only light here was from the torches on the wall.I had no idea how long I had been here. Maybe hours? Because it felt like hour







