Semua Bab Alpha's Regret: Mommy, Daddy, We Want to Be Together!: Bab 281 - Bab 286

SOPHIA'S POVNathan leaned against what served as the kitchen counter at the cabin, arms folded, jaw tight. “You’re not going alone.”“I’m not asking for permission,” I said, slipping my coat on. “But I am telling you – so you don’t come tearing through the woods after me.”He stepped forward. “Sophia—”“I felt something,” I interrupted, voice low but firm. “Something from them. A flicker I’ve never felt before, not like this. I don’t know how to explain it.”He paused. He knew that as long as it concerned them, I would do anything. He had just come into the room, the scarf fiasco still clear in his mind, and I knew that his frustrations knew no limits.“It’s not a bond. It’s not magic.” I added, already anticipating the look in his eyes. “It’s just... something in my gut. I can’t ignore it.”“You shouldn’t go alone.”“I won’t be.” I glanced toward the hallway where the twins slept peacefully. “They’re counting on me.”His eyes softened for a beat, but then hardened again. “You think

NATHAN’S POVThe forest was quiet – but not in a peaceful way. This was the kind of silence that followed destruction, the kind that crawled under your skin and whispered that something had gone wrong.The kind of wrong you hadn't been expecting.My boots slammed against the damp ground in a hard pump, my breath hard in my lungs as I tore through the trees. The bond between us wasn’t glowing or screaming in my mind – it was something more grounded. Like a splinter under my skin that wouldn’t stop digging. A sense, almost human in its simplicity I would say. She needed me. That was the only thing going through my head as I ran. All the other thoughts were all background noise.I didn’t wait for Theon or any backup. I just moved. Lola’s scent was faint, but it was there, tangled with Sophia’s. And underneath it–Blood.Not hers, not the twins’. I would’ve known.Just… blood.My heart slammed against my ribs as I pushed into a moonlit clearing. The first thing I saw were the bodies – se

NATHAN'S POVThe Devil’s Spine was no place for hesitation.The trail narrowed to a ledge barely wide enough for a wolf to cross, and the wind howled like something alive, hungry and waiting. It was no place for a lesser creature.Far below, the world dropped off into darkness – no trees, no cover. Just jagged cliffs and death if you slipped. Which had happened to wolves more times than I would like to think about.And we were deep into it now.Each step forward scraped against stone. Each inhale burned. Each exhale released the pressure in your chestTheon moved ahead of us, silent but sharp. Vivian flanked the rear, checking our six. Sophia stayed close, her senses locked in, her fingers twitching slightly like she was keeping hold of something – some thread that still led to the twins.“We’re getting close.” She said without turning her head.I didn’t question her. That bond she had with Alex and Alexia – it had only gotten more precise since we started tracking. Like it was learni