All Chapters of Balance of Light and Shadow: Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

Conrad POVI'm in the back of my limo with Murdock and Conner as we head to the Gala. Both of them are dressed as my security detail, as I'm wearing a fine, custom-made Italian suit. I'm trying to hide my nerves as I know Lewana would have started the raid by now, and I have to keep an eye on the enemy. I get out of the limo to the sight of several flashing cameras going off in my face as reporters start yelling out questions. "Mr Strongheart, Mr Strongheart. Where is your fiancée tonight?". I smile and laugh politely. "She is at home resting. She and the twins need as much as they can get as the big day approaches". I try to keep moving up the stairs as people keep calling out questions. "Mr Strongheart. When is the wedding?". "We will see when the twins allow us time for that, but the priority is a safe delivery". I quickly make my way up the rest of the stairs to get inside, and I'm relieved when the door closes behind me. As soon as the yelling of the reporters calmed down

Leroy POVI have never been more terrified in my entire life. I'm an Alpha. I ran a pack for years. I fought alongside my warriors in a raid and led us to victories, but this. Lost in a dark forest with demonic shadows chasing thousands of wolves, with only glowing crystals protecting us. That and our Luna Queen.She is everything that we need in the world right now, and I would follow her without the Alpha Orders. What the hell was my father thinking, voting for anyone else? She barks orders at us like a true general as she leads from the front to our campsite. "Keep the borders tight and the crystal visible. No wolves are to go outside those bounds". The stench of fear rolling off the one held captive is almost overwhelming. It is making the rapid hike through this forest very disorientating as it is hard to focus on where we are. Luna Queen, however, is commanding like this is any other day. We all make it to the clearing, but we can see the shadows at the edge of the forest su

Lewana POV I wake a few hours later just as the sun is setting. I feel much more rested, but I know we still have a way to go. Azalea was true to her word and left a literal cornucopia of food on the table in the room. I also see the ration bars on the floor, and I am assuming Liam put them on the table, and she moved them. After eating and discussing things with Serena, we decided she should patrol tonight. I still put on a shift suit with my blades just in case, but the shadows know I'm here anyway, and her glow will help settle everyone on the last night of the full moon. As soon as Sernea exits the tent, there is an obvious audible gasp at her beauty. She pretends to ignore it, but I can feel her lapping up the attention. We stay up and watch the pack overnight. Some shifted into wolves to feel the moonlight for an hour or so, but then they went to sleep, exhausted from everything they had been through. The soldiers on patrol are also in wolf form. When the moonlight hits in

Lewana POV I'm sending mindlink after mindlink to get everyone in the pack to the medical centre that I need. Serena runs through the doors, holding Conrad unconscious in her arms. We can see how bad this is in the bright medical lights. We could feel how cold he was as we carried him, and we could sense how slow his heart rate was, but we weren't prepared for how pale he was. Serena starts whimpering as her claw strokes his face, but we both know he needs me right now and not her. I shift back and start hooking him up to the monitor. Heart rate is in the 30s, and breathing is very laboured. I'm losing him. I rip his shirt off and see the hole in his left shoulder still bleeding, and the silver lines following his blood vessels spreading across his chest and up his neck. Silver blood poisoning. I can sense Conrad and Murdock coming into the room and instantly yell at them. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED. YOU WERE MEANT TO PROTECT HIM". Conner is the only one who speaks."Malik had an

Conrad POV I woke up 36 hours ago. I have a burst of energy and make sure I eat each time. Do about two hours of work, then go to sleep for three hours and repeat the process. I am doing all this from the hospital room as I refuse to leave Lewana, but I'm making it work. I can feel myself getting stronger each time I wake and have started moving around the room to get movement going, and Jace is coming back more and more, making it easier. We are probably at about 60-70% right now, but it's getting better. Our only focus is on making our mate proud. The care they have been giving her is amazing. Regular turns to avoid pressure sores. Physical therapy to keep her muscles moving and blood flowing. Mary has even been coming in three times a day to massage and sing to our pups in her belly. She says it's because she doesn't want the pups to worry that their mother is active and that the pack is still here for them. We have most of the pack issues sorted. The refugees are all settling