(Tiernan’s P.O.V) She’s gone! Tala had mind linked Steele telling us she and Siobhan had felt like they were being followed and when we made it to the fort that Patrick and I had built as kids, they were gone. Their scent was all but gone as well, just like the children. That’s when I received a letter, the letter that turned my world upside down and inside out. I lost complete control and burned about half our forest down in my anger. Patrick had to tell the pack that it was dark magic used by those who had kidnapped Siobhan that caused the fire. No one here in the pack can know who I truly am. Scàthach was making me choose between the children and my mate, I know that Siobhan would force me to choose the children, but I was so torn. Artemis came to me, and I told him I needed to meet with grandfather, within 20 minutes of seeing Artemis, I was standing in front of Gramps. “She has Siobhan and she’s bargaining her life for the children. She’ll kill Siobhan

(Tiernan’s P.O.V) Day of attack on Annwn Siobhan had recovered well from her injuries over the last few days, and she was able to let us know that the children were in a cell that was sealed by magic. Alpha Brock’s warriors had been training hard alongside my wolves and the spell casters and we felt ready. I asked everyone to congregate near the new portal house, to make sure that everyone was prepared and knew what we were doing. Looking out over the crowd, I couldn’t help the pride that coursed through me seeing all of these people willing to help children who were not their own. It’s easy for people to turn a blind eye to something when it doesn’t directly affect them. However, that’s not the case this time around. Everyone here felt like this was a personal attack on them and they were going to fight to the death to save these children. “Good morning, everyone. Thank you for assembling here and for being willing to go into this war with so many unknowns. You have all

(Tiernan’s P.O.V) Taking Steele’s suggestion, I got pissed off; thinking about the children trapped here, Siobhan’s kidnapping and subsequent torture and assault, Scàthach’s need for power. The Celestial magic begins coursing through me, filling my veins with its heat. My muscles began to expand, ripping my shirt from my body, ripping the seams of my pants, my shoes breaking apart as my feet grew. I started to shoot upward and knew that the magic was giving me a new body. HULK SMASH. All you need to do is dip yourself in green body paint and you’ll be good. The enemy warriors stop their fighting, as do the warriors on our side, looking at what was happening before their eyes. Flames began to form around my body, licking my skin without harming me. Once again, taking Steele’s suggestion, I go Hulk-smash on these fuckers. Using my new size to bulldoze over the enemy, using my fire magic to burn these fuckers to a crisp. It’s like everyone gained their senses b

(Siobhan’s P.O.V) Tiernan was taking up the fight with Scàthach. The spell casters had gotten the children outside and, hopefully, through the portal to the Human Realm. James had collapsed to the floor after Tiernan’s water lasso-thing extinguished the fire whip that Scàthach had created. “James, are you okay?” “I’m…fine…I just…need a minute.” He pants out. The air inside the palace was crackling with electricity; the power coming off both Tiernan and Scàthach was so oppressive I was shocked I was still standing. They both moved with a grace that I thought would be impossible, like dancers doing a sort of tango with one another. Tiernan takes a blow to the chest. It was a black orb of some kind that Scàthach had shot out of her hand. “Oh, no.” James tells me, as his face pales. “What? What happened?” “That’s the soul orb. She’s trying to collect his soul.” As he finishes his sentence, unimaginable pain courses through my body, and a feral scre

(Siobhan’s P.O.V) It had been three days since Arawn, Tiernan and I had come home through the portal, burned Scàthach’s heart and buried it, and Tiernan was still in a coma. The steady beeping of the heart monitor was grating on my nerves, he needed to wake the fuck up. “You can’t leave me.” I whisper, my hand squeezing his. I hadn’t moved from my chair that was next to his bed for more than a few minutes to use the bathroom or to stretch. I couldn’t leave him alone, because I knew that the moment I left him alone for longer than a few minutes he would wake up. I wanted to be there the moment he opened his eyes. Arawn was going to make sure James would be a warrior for the Pure and Innocent souls, having proven himself by killing Scàthach. I really hoped that the Celestials changed their rulings on this shit because James should have never been a Lost soul for protecting his sister. There’s a quiet knock on Tiernan’s door and the doctor pokes his head in befo