Lunessa's POVAfter everything I read, I still held onto a sliver of hope. That somehow, all of this was a misunderstanding. That my uncle, the man who helped me, who smiled through my motherhood wasn’t the villain, but he is. He always was."I'm still confused," I whispered, my voice brittle."About what, dear niece?" Thorne asked, too casually, as if we were discussing family matters over tea."Everything," I breathed. "First, you kill all Lycans just to spare one. Then you say you need his offspring, but not me. Why not me?"His eyes darkened as he looked at me. “Because you’re exactly like Tala.”The name cracked through me like thunder. My mother.“What?” I gasped."You heard me. You're like her, that same foolish compassion. That same reverence for things that don’t deserve to be worshipped,” he said, and for the first time, I saw the resentment that had lived in him for decades, maybe longer.“We, the Kaerwyn Line, started this order,” he said proudly. “Because it's not fair. 
 Last Updated : 2025-09-05
Last Updated : 2025-09-05