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 POV“Why?” Maximus repeated, his voice dropping to a dangerous growl. “Are you really asking me that? You took her from me! You killed Raven! You let her die because you were too weak, too broken, too pathetic to protect anyone!”“It was an accident!” I shouted back. “I didn’t—”“I don’t car
Iris’s POVAs Maximus's lips pressed against mine again, my body responded eagerly, and it made me sick. My hands moved to his chest, pulling him closer, while internally I was screaming and pleading.Stop! Stop! This isn't me! Please, someone help me!Suddenly, the door burst open with a loud bang
Rowan’s POVI didn’t think or hesitate.I lunged.My body launched forward, charging toward Maximus with a roar of pure rage.I would kill him. I would rip him to pieces for touching Iris, for kissing her, for whatever he had done to make her act like this.But before I could reach him, Iris moved.
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







