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NYALL'S POV Dawn is barely over the treeline when I step outside, and the cold air here is cooler in the mornings with the pine needles dripping with dew.It's all quiet here now, the kind of quiet that makes even the tiniest noise sound too loud.... And I prefer it that way. Fenric and Orien are still inside with Iryn; She’s asleep now, but I didn’t trust myself to stay in there after last night. The ceremony caused heat fever's been dampened, but the bond is still raw and throbbing between us.... So I needed air.A raven croaks once in the distance, and my eyes scan the yard automatically----- it's a habit. The patrol guard shifts at this hour are very predictable, which is why the man running toward me catches my attention before he’s even close enough to call out to me.It’s Karric, one of the younger guards, and I watch him run over to me with his boots crunching over the damp grass and his breath forming a visible cloud in the cold air. However what especially catches my

IRYN'S POV When I wake up, the fever haze and sudden heat that once blistered through my blood is gone.Now my skin is cool against the sheets I'm currently laying on and my body is no longer trembling from the wild pull of the heat ceremony-------- I actually feel like I can breathe without feeling like my lungs are too small for my chest.The bed smells faintly of ash and the scents of Nyall, Fenric and Orien, woven so tightly together that it makes the bond hum quietly.“Easy,” a voice murmurs and I turn my head to see Fenric sitting on the edge of the bed with his elbows on his knees, watching me closely.His hair is damp, and honestly he looks like he hasn’t slept in hours.“You’re awake,” he says.“I think so,” I whisper, my voice sounding raw as it leaves my lips.“You scared the shit out of us,” Orien mutters from the corner and my gaze instantly turns to the side where he is.He’s lounging on a chair and looking somewhat calm, but the tightness in his jaw tells me he's very

IRYN'S POV I wake up with a start, and for a moment, I don’t know where I am... but then I do and my memory suddenly starts reeling inside me.I remember the blackouts, and the strange blood pooling around my bare feet in that vision with Cormac stretching out his hand to me;... And then… I remember Fenric’s swearing, "Fucking Elayne." My breath catches at that.Elayne?How is she the cause of -------?Wait,... I remember now; how could I forget?How had my brain suddenly reshuffled so I ended up completely forgetting all about that day?How on earth could I forget that it was after that drinking that tea that I literally fell into a black hole where my lungs almost died in my first vision of Cormac.I almost died that day. I'd thought it had been a mistake, or maybe I was just not used to drinks meant for nobles, but... My stomach churns at the my next thought and words.“She wants me dead,” I mutter to myself, my voice just barely a rasp. "She... actually wants me dead.”What

IRYN'S POV I gape at their impressive abs and biceps, temporarily forgetting my heat and greedily turn to search for Nyall. ... And I find him bare chested as well, walking to stand in front of me as well.The sight of all three of them steals my breath, and I gulp, drinking in their broad shoulders and scarred muscles, feeling the heat of their bodies pouring over me.Then Fenric leans down, capturing my lips with his fircely. His hand cups my breast through the fabric of my sleeping wear then, causing me to let out a surprised gasp as his tongue slips inside my mouth.Tilting my head up to meet him, I'm so focused on the kiss that I don't feel Orien lean down until his lips trail down my throat.I moan, jolting from the shock when he sucks down hard on my throat.However my moans are drowned by Fenric's low groans as he grips the back of my hair, angling my head back and wrestling on my tongue, dominating it quickly and sucking strongly on it.More sounds I don't recognise escape

ELAYNE'S POV “The spell is not backfiring, it's shifting,” she says in a dull voice. “Magic finds its own path. The spell is feeding her instead because it cannot kill her yet. Your Omega is growing wild and untamed.”A growl rips out of my lips at that, “She is not my Omega!”“Indeed she isn't," the witch says, nodding her head in agreement which makes me calm down by a notch."... She belongs to the triplet Alphas.”The moment those words come out of her haggard mouth, I snap, reaching my claws out for her as I walk even closer. “It doesn’t even look like your spell is working at all.”I should just rip her to pieces.Just as I'm right in front of her, standing very close, the witch raises an eyebrow at me. "Careful, Beta.”“I’m not scared of you,” I hiss, my eyes glowing brighter as I speak. “If you can’t control your own spell, then you’re worthless to me.”Instantly she let out a screeching laugh, as if she's thoroughly amused by my words. “Do you think control is simple, m