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Chapter 21

LUCIANTwo weeks, and I haven’t left this chair. Not since they pulled the arrow from Leah's side. Not since they said it might take her a long time to heal because it's silver. Not since she stopped moving and the light drained from her face.Her skin is still ghost-pale, and her lips cracked and dry. A sharp scent of blood and bitter herbs still cling to her like her own scent. I don’t know how many hours have passed. I don’t think I’ve breathed properly since then either. I just can't stop asking myself. Why did I leave her that day? Why did I?Over the past couple of days, the pack healers have come and gone, hovering like moths, changing her bandages, and doing everything they can. But all they tell me is that her body is getting better, but her soul seems too far off.Sasha tried to get me to rest. Theron said something about strategy, and I growled at him. No one tries anymore. They just leave food on the table and walk out quietly, while I sit here, watching my mate in pain.I

Chapter 22

LUCIANThe scent of white jasmine clings to my fingers as I head towards Leah's room. I plucked them myself, quietly, from the pack’s greenhouse at dawn. I haven’t done something like this in years. Maybe never, not like this, and not for anyone.But for Leah… I’d do it again.She's asleep when I push the door open. The room is dim and warm, the curtains drawn just enough to let morning light spill across the stone floor like a gold ribbon. She’s curled under the sheets, her lips slightly parted, and her skin still pale, but peaceful. “She's here Lucian, she's still with you,” I unconsciously remind myself. I walk in slowly, careful not to wake her, and set the flowers in the small vase by her bedside. She shifts a little, and murmurs something under her breath. I brush a strand of hair from her face, letting my knuckles trail along her jaw. “Damn, you're beautiful” under my breath.She blinks awake.“Uhmmm… Good morning,” she whispers, her voice still thick with sleep.“Morning, m

Chapter 23

LEAHThe morning is awfully cold today. It's been more than two weeks and my wounds are almost fully healed. A normal wolf would heal from an arrow wound in a matter of hours, but me being my wolfless self, I'm still stuck in my bed.I stare at the ceiling like it's supposed to blink. The huge blankets covering me are warm, but my skin is cold, too cold. Lucian brought me flowers this morning, again. He barely said a word, just set them on the windowsill and tucked the corner of my blanket. He probably thought I was still asleep. Maybe I wanted him to think I was. He didn’t kiss me this time. He just muttered something I couldn't make out in my pretend sleep, and smiled a little. I breathe in slowly, the scent of the white jasmine he brought clinging to the air like a memory. Why won’t he mark me?I press my hand to my chest, my skin bare. A silent thought creeps in my head like a fog. Maybe he won’t because I don’t have a wolf.I bite my lip.Maybe I’m not enough. Alpha’s are know

Chapter 24

LUCIANI feel something off in the air the moment I step into the hall of the pack house. An unusual scent hits me. Like some sort of aura of illness. Like the cloying rot of fevered skin and damp linen. “Leah,” I mutter, my heart dropping.“Where is she?” I bark, already halfway down the corridor.Sasha meets me at the threshold of Leah’s room, her face pale and unreadable. “She’s inside. It’s… gotten worse.”“What?” I don’t wait for an answer. I push past her and into the room. The sight before me shocks me.Leah lies curled in the middle of the bed, her skin is weirdly red, and soaked in sweat. Her lips are cracked, trembling. Blood splatters onto the pillow as she coughs. “What the…”The world blurs as I stagger toward her, falling to my knees beside the bed.“Leah…”Her eyes flutter open, barely. “Luc.. Lician…”She tries to speak, but only a wheeze comes out. Her fingers reach for me, and I catch them, my heart burning with pain. I hold on like they’re the only thing keeping

Chapter 25

LUCIANThe moon seems a little too bright tonight. The harsh silver light spills through the window, cutting sharp lines across the stone walls of my office.Thankfully, Leah's better, and she's resting now. The healers found an antidote just in time. My insides are boiling. I’m… twitching. My jaw locks so tight it hurts, and my fists clench at my sides like they’re trying to hold back a storm. Heat crawls up my neck, settling behind my eyes.Emily? Possessed? How? I can’t sit, I can’t lie down. I’m pacing like an animal in a cage. Because someone… can even call her someone? Something got into my home and poisoned my mate right under my nose, my command. And I didn’t see it coming.“You should sleep,” I mutter, dragging a hand through my hair.“Why?” Fenrir snarls from the shadows of my mind. “So you can pretend none of this happened?”I pace round the room, jaw clenched.“You’re burning through your nerves,” I say, trying to make it about him.“No. You are,” he snaps. “Because if yo

Chapter 26

LEAH"You're back," I murmur, my voice still scratchy. My body is sore, I feel like I'm floating. I almost blew up when the pack healers told me I was poisoned, but they found an antidote already, so there's no need to panic. But is it possible not to?Why me? First the nightmares, then the sudden, glowing hands, then I got shot with a silver arrow… and now it's poison, why?Lucian’s alluring smell pulls me from my thoughts. He's already beside me, seated at the edge of my bed like he never left. His presence seems to be the only thing keeping me sane. Goosebumps ruse all over my body as I stare at him, blankly.His hair is damp, the curls pushed back haphazardly. His shirt’s halfway buttoned, and his collar looks crooked. There's a streak of soil on his sleeve. His eyes look haunted, dark, and beautiful as they meet mine."I said I would," he says.He leans forward and places something cool and fragrant on the sheets beside me. A bundle of lavender, snowdrops, and night roses. My tum

Chapter 27

LUCIANThe car engine hums low like a caged beast as we travel through the packs. I sit in the back seat, one leg bouncing, the other still. Fenrir growls inside me, agitated. He hates this. “Faster,” he growls. “We should’ve been there already.”“We’ll get there,” I mutter.“You’re too calm, too fucking calm! They touched what’s ours.”“And that’s why I’m not storming in blind.”“They poisoned her, they left her bleeding in our arms, and you’re sitting still?”“I’m not still,” I grit out. “I’m calculating. If we lose control now, we lose the kill.”He snarls savagely. “I don’t just want the kill, I want the slaughter. I want their bones under our claws. I want their screams to echo in their goddess-damned bloodlines.”“You think I don’t?”Then why are we in this metal coffin, crawling?My voice lowers, dangerously controlled. “Because Leah’s still breathing, and she needs me alive. Not torn up in some half-shifted frenzy with my guts in my hands.”He goes silent for a while. Then h

Chapter 28

LEAH"Luna, you're really out here, huh?"Sasha's voice floats toward me before I even step fully onto the training field. She's standing with her arms crossed, and her hip cocked, with a towel slung over her shoulder. Her braid swings as she tilts her head, watching me approach like I’m a baby deer trying to be a lion.I roll my eyes but can't suppress the grin tugging at my mouth. "Don’t start Sasha. I need this.""You need rest," she counters, walking towards me. "You almost died, again. Do you like the medic ward that much? Is it the soft pillows or the bloodletting?"I smirk. "It's the herbs. They smell like moldy strawberries."She huffs a laugh, shaking her head. "You’re impossible.""And you're stalling," I shoot back, stretching my arms slowly, careful not to show how much the movement tugs at my healing muscles. There's still a dull pain in my side, where the arrow hit. But I don't show it, it's nothing. At least, it's not enough to keep me bedridden. Not today.Sasha watche

Chapter 29

LUCIAN“This is too quiet” I mutter under my breath, “too damn quiet.” Even with warriors murmuring near fires, with boots crunching leaves in the distance, everything seems awfully quiet to me. It's just too still, like the forest is holding its breath.I sit in the dim flicker of the oil lantern, its scent sharp and metallic. We had flawless victory in the battle, no casualties. But my mind just won't rest. The warriors are all over the camp celebrating before we return to the pack, and I'm supposed to join them too. But I can't, because I know deep down, that this is far from over.I eye the scroll on the table, remembering its haunting content, and the ugly stench of blood that stained it. My knuckles are still split, healing slowly. The screams of the rogues that I killed echo in my head slowly. Or were they already dead? It looked like they were soulless already. Anyway, we won. And I should feel better for that, but I don’t.Leah’s face stuck to my mind like it's glied, it jus

Chapter 30

LUCIANThe jeep screeches to a halt just outside the pack house. The tires are still groaning when I push the door open. Dirt clings to my boots, the ugly scent of war still lingering on all of us.Theron steps down beside me, one arm clutching the sealed scroll tightly. Hayes follows him. The others, warriors, scouts, and trackers, cluster behind us, their eyes sunken but sharp, the adrenaline not yet gone.I don't wait for anyone to speak.“Theron,” I bark, not looking back. “Secure the scroll in the vault. Not the eastern wing, move it to the cold chamber. I want runes etched around it by dawn.”He nods once. “Understood.”“Hayes,” I turn to him. “Double border patrol tonight. Rotate the western watch. No one sleeps.”His jaw tightens, but he doesn’t protest. “Consider it done, Alpha.”“And the rest of you, go be with your families. Remember, speak to no one outside this circle. Not until I say otherwise.”They begin to scatter, boots thudding against the floor.Then I hear it. “L

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