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TITAN'S POV I stood over Viktor, my breath hitching as blood soaked my tunic. “You're really going to kill me right now?” He snapped, his voice still steady despite what he'd just gone through.“What did you think would happen, Viktor? Did you think the stones of this castle would weep for your return? You were banished. You are a ghost haunting a house that has already moved on.”Viktor forced himself up, shaking like a leaf in a gale but standing tall, his eyes burning with a terrifying fire. “I came for my wife,” he rasped, his pride intact even as his face puffed with bruises. “Consequences be damned. I’ll burn this whole kingdom down to get her back from you.”I let out a harsh, dry laugh. “Your wife? Have you truly gone mad? Kari is my mate, by the very laws of the moon.”Viktor’s lip curled in a sneer that cut deeper than his claws. “Mate? You call yourself her mate, yet you're standing here talking up a storm while she wanders the woods alone? You couldn't even keep her be

KARI'S POV I swallowed hard, determined to keep him talking so as to buy myself more time to prepare for the attack I knew would happen.“The humans are a varying bunch, from what I've heard…it's quite impossible to get bored of them.”The vampire scoffed, “when you've lived over a hundred years, not much tends to interest you,” his eyes trailed over me, “but I believe I may have struck gold.”“So I interest you?” I asked, my throat feeling dry.He studied me silently for a moment, then chuckled as he shifted, dried leaves crunching under his boots.“The blood of a werewolf is like a fine brandy…strong, heady. But the blood of a pregnant she-wolf?” “I'm quite sure our blood is meant to poison you dirty creatures!” I spat.“Is that what your folklore told you?” Luca asked, his eyebrows arched. “Is that what you read in your ancient books?” He added, laughing quietly.Seriously, for a dead creature who claimed to be bored with his existence, he was much too cheerful, in a way that un

VIKTOR'S POV “The hell it has!” I bellowed angrily.“I know my wife and I trust her enough to know that you're merely bluffing.”Alan let out a short, mirthless laugh. “Your wife? Titan calls her his mate. You call her your wife. Has anyone asked Kari what she wants to be called lately?”“Do not lecture me about anything, you have the morals of a sour cherry,” I snapped. “You realize what this is, don't you? If Titan finds out you are helping me escape, he won't just banish you. He’ll flay you alive.”“I don't care,” Alan deadpanned, his voice flat and devoid of fear. “Titan is blinded by his ego and this obsession with Kari.” He scoffed, “and besides, as far as the guards are concerned, the great Viktor broke out on his own.”Alan gestured towards the ruined bars and grinned at me, “look at those bars, no one will ever think you needed help to escape .”I looked back at the mangled iron. It was a mess of brute force. “Well then, I suppose you owe me your gratitude, because thanks t

TITAN'S POVI had never felt so dead inside.It was as if nothing else mattered, besides the heavy weight pressing against my chest as I walked out of the castle gates, my boots thudding against the gravel.My skin felt too tight on my body, and my wolf kept clawing at my ribs, howling to be let out as it mistook my frustration for agitation.I paused at the edge of the troop, signaling for the line to hold. Tia stood there, her expression unreadable, though the slight tremor in her hands betrayed her.“Is there anything else?” I demanded, my voice a low growl that made the horses nearby shift and whinny in unease. “Tell me you have a trail…anything, please.” I moved closer , ignoring the way she was squeezing her fingers, “tell me Kari is okay.”Tia shook her head, her eyes casting downward.“The trail is cold, Titan. I cannot see the lady, nor pick up on her trail.”She shrugged, “I suspect she's headed for the troll bridge though, but the forest can be quite confusing for one who

KARI'S POV My eyes flew open at the heavy thud of a bolt sliding home echoed through the stone chamber, pulling me sharply from the clutches of sleep.I gasped, sitting up as best as I could with my hands bound.My heart hammered against my ribs like a trapped bird as my eyes darted around the dim room, landing on the cold grey stone and the silver glint of the chains.I fell asleep.“Damnit,” I cursed under my breath, the frustration stinging more than the silver rubbing over my raw skin. I had promised myself I would remain vigilant, that I would watch the door until my eyes bled if I had to, but my condition was making it harder to stay awake even during the day. I found that I was now less nauseous but constantly tired and hungry.The hunger was the worst part, and it didn't help that I hadn't eaten anything in almost two days.There was a gnawing, hollow ache in my stomach that made me feel as though I were being eaten from the inside out.My heart skipped as the door creaked