Vilkas POV.I sit here looking at the wall in the volcano that hasn’t broken since it formed over a year ago. I come here every day to try to break through, and no matter what I use or do; it doesn’t budge. It is well and truly sealed shut.In the past year, the kingdom has been rebuilt. The human survivors and the shifters loyal to me have been training harder than before in preparation for the war that is coming. The war I caused. Lara has spelled the kingdom, so we will know if Starci or any Lycan enter. She has also enchanted weapons and magic bombs which have been infused with wolfsbane and silver. She has also put a spell on the wolf shifters so they are immune to silver and wolfsbane. Their fangs have been moulded with silver and their claws infused with wolfsbane. As for the vampires, she has infused their armour with magic so they won’t die.Everyday more humans enter the kingdom and they are put under a truth spell and so far they have all been truthful. The kingdom has grow

Serana POV.Where the hell am I? I look around through the phoenixes eyes at the battle below me. What the … When it all comes flooding back to me and I become angry. Anger as hot as the lava below me.I look closer and I see the one I’m after, the one who caused me pain, the one who tried to kill me. The dragon!“Don’t let him escape.” I say with an anger that boils inside me as my wings ignite. Shrieking loudly, we soar before we dive.“Bedelia, grab him!” I shout at her and she acknowledges my command when he ducks as we swoop over them with a loud caw.With a flap of my wings, I send flames at the Lycans when I turn my head again and see the dragon looking at me with confusion when I growl in my chest at his audacious.“Do it, Bedelia.” I scream at her when she dives again, our talons out as we snatch him up and fling him. I look as he shifts before he hits the ground. The black dragon with silver edging to his scales. I smirk at him. He is no match for me.We land and I caw loudl

Vilkas POV.For six months we have been banished, but it hasn’t been so bad, we have always been outdoorsy. Long before you could buy your food, we hunted and this to us is like going back to our roots. We hunt, bathe in the streams, and sleep under the stars. However, we miss Serana more than ever, knowing she is alive.I rub my chest and I know Serana is in emotional pain. Whatever is causing it is breaking my heart for her.“Let’s go back to her, she needs us Vil.” Jaka whines in my head and I look out over the kingdom from the top of the mountain.“I can’t. She will be pissed if we just show up without her calling us home. I don’t fancy getting into a fight with Bedelia again. She is too strong.” I mumble when he huffs to the point where smoke comes out of my nostrils.“No, she needs us. She is in pain. She needs us, her mate, to help her. She can fight us later. Stop being a pussy and go to our mate or so help me Vilkas. I will take over when you sleep and fly us down there.” I r

Serana POV.After breakfast, we head out. According to Wesley, Lupus Rock is a couple of hours away on horseback. But I need to get there sooner. Fuck it.“No, you will ride on my back.” I say as I step away, and they have the decency to give me privacy. I don’t see the point they have all seen me naked before. But it does warm me further. I strip down and close my eyes and envision Bedelia.Her black feathers with the reds, oranges, and golds running through the centre of my tail feathers. Her beautiful orange eyes and gold beak and talons. I open my eyes and see I am looking down at really small people. I wait for Vilkas to shift in to Jaka and him and Bedelia rub against each other as she shakes out her neck feathers and he does the same.I move to my belly and open my wings as Wesley climbs up and sits behind my neck.“You pull out my feathers, wolf, and I will make you a snack.” Bedelia warns, and Wesley raises an eyebrow at us and I chuckle. Joel, however, is riding on Jaka. I l

Starci POV.That little bitch. She knows of the gathering. If she arrives there and goes to the Alphas, they will be pissed, not at her, but at me. I know word would have spread about what I have done, but I need their help.I went against a direct order not to attack the Phoenix Kingdom. Fools the lot of them, they were scared of Marcia’s wrath. But I needed to take the heart scale so I could use it to defeat the Alphas and become the top dog, so to speak.But that plan failed yet again. Now I have no choice but to grovel on my belly like a stray dog. The Alphas will love that. They have been hunting me for years, but I have always managed to evade them. Now I need their help.“You won’t be able to lie to them Star, they will see through it. It’s best to tell them the truth, otherwise they will kill you,” Lex says in my head as I watch Jaka and Bedelia fly back to the Phoenix Kingdom.“They could try to kill me on site. What we did was treason.” I say as I sit on the floor and think