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
Fresh tears spilled down my cheeks.Soon, Raven would be in control of this body. And I would be gone or maybe trapped somewhere inside my own mind?Maximus had said my consciousness would be “suppressed” and pushed into the background.Did that mean I would still be aware? Would I be able to see an
Iris’s POVI turned my head slightly to look at Maximus over my shoulder.He was still sitting there with an unreadable expression.“The witches said you resisted it stronger than they expected,” Maximus continued. “Raven’s spirit tried to enter, but your mind fought back. You built walls that even
Iris’s POVI stared at Maximus and the figures behind him, my heart pounding so violently it hurt.“It’s time,” Maximus said quietly.Before he could step into the room, one of the witches pushed past him. It was the head witch, the older woman with sharp eyes.She looked around the room and her gaz
Rowan’s POVWe were surrounded, and these wolves didn’t look like they wanted to talk. Their aggressive stances and bared fangs made it clear they had been given orders to attack on sight.But I forced myself to stay calm and analyze the situation.There were at least thirty wolves around us. Maybe







