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
Rowan’s POVI stood frozen behind the one-way glass, staring at the woman who had Iris’s face but…wasn’t Iris.Raven.Maximus’s dead mate was inside Iris’s body.“What the hell?” I mumbled to myself, my ears ringing.This couldn’t be real. This couldn’t be happening.Inside the interrogation room, I
Then he collapsed, falling unconscious to the floor.Maximus stood there, breathing heavily, blood dripping from various wounds.But before the King’s guards could reach him, Iris ran forward.She threw herself in front of Maximus, her arms spread wide.“No!” she screamed. “Don’t touch him! He didn’
Rowan’s POVThe palace felt like a prison.I stood in the hallway outside the room where Iris was being held, with my fists clenched so tight my knuckles had turned white.Two days had passed since we brought her back from Maximus’s territory. Two days of watching her scream for him. Two days of hea
And Maximus knew it.He grinned as he landed another blow to my ribs. I heard more bones crack.“What’s wrong, Rowan?” Maximus taunted. “Too afraid to fight properly? Too worried you might hurt your precious mate?”“Shut up,” I growled, spitting blood.I tried to push past Iris again, to get a clear







