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Gabriel’s POVAfter the trial ended, I didn’t let the silence settle. I caught one of the elders before they could disappear into their shadows. My hands were clenched at my sides, my jaw tight, every instinct in me on edge."What do you think you're doing right now? This is insubordination," the elder snapped at me."Insubordination my foot. I have questions for you, and I want you to answer them truthfully.""What exactly do you want from me?"“If she passes all three trials,” I asked, keeping my voice low, controlled, “what happens?”The elder studied me for a long moment, like he already knew the answer would destroy someone.“The bond will choose,” he finally said. “The one her soul burns for.”The words stayed with me long after I walked away. Later at night, I found her by the lake.The moonlight spilled over the water, pale and bright. Carlota was kneeling at the edge, sleeves pushed up, washing dried blood from her wrists. The sight hit me harder than the trial had. She looke

Carlota’s POVThe council chamber was a graveyard of stone and shattered magic. Marble tiles cracked, pillars splintered, and the place was still filled with the power I had released. Dust floated like sparks caught in sunlight, and the elders stared at me as if I’d just torn their world apart."What have you done?" one of them came, looking at me like I had killed someone."What exactly does it look like to you?" I replied to them.“She broke the Rite,” one whispered, voice trembling. “The moon won’t forgive this.”I lifted my chin, letting the glow of gold and silver in my eyes fade into something colder, something sharp. My heartbeat was steady, my breath even. “Then let it come for me,” I said, my voice sounding across the ruined hall. “The same moon has already ruined a lot of things for me. What else do you think I have to lose?”A moon heir being threatened about what the moon will do. It looked like I was controlling the moon, and now that I am having a hang of my powers, I do

Paxton’s POVI rushed outside to check what was going on. That idiot Gabriel wouldn't dare to come outside anyway. He's always acting like he's the only one who is being romantic with her instead of thinking about her well-being in this kind of situation. I found the source of the crash at the end of the west corridor.Two guards lay crumpled against the wall, blood soaking into the stone beneath them. Their throats were slashed clean; it was so precise that there were no struggle or hesitation signs around.I moved to the other side and saw that one of them wasn't dead. Maybe the person made a mistake, and I decided to ask what was going on."Hey, what happened here? Who did this to you?" I asked him.But he only pointed in the direction that I did. He didn't say anything else. He couldn't say it until he stopped breathing. I tried to hit him to get more answers from him, but I couldn't get any. I checked the others, and they were all dead. Even though they were told to watch us, the

Gabriel’s POVWe dragged Dante’s unconscious body into the council hall like a warning they never asked for. Paxton gripped one arm. I took the other. Dante’s blood left a dark smear across the marble floor, and I made sure every elder saw it. Let them choke on the proof of what they failed to stop.Carlota walked behind us, calm, silent, terrifying. The elders didn't rush to her. They didn't even look at Dante for long. Their horror isn’t for the attack or the dead guards or the blood soaking into sacred stone.It was for her. I knew this was going to happen when we decided to bring Dante here. She might be accused of illegally killing people or doing the wrong things, or they might try to frame her for half of the deaths of those innocent people, but it wasn't her fault anyway.Even if they wanted to say something against that, they wouldn't be able to say it because they are afraid of her. It's good enough to know that they are afraid of her. Unless you know how they are going to s

Carlota’s POVThe full moon hung low in the sky, like a silver eye watching over us. Its light spilled across the forest clearing, turning everything red and magical. I stood there feeling that pull deep in my chest. I didn't know if I was the only one who felt like this. I wanted to know if Gabriel and Paxton could also feel it.My heart raced, and heat bloomed low in my belly. Why did the moon make everything so intense? I wondered if they felt it too, this wild need that clawed at my thoughts.I had tried to fight it earlier. We were supposed to be talking strategy, about their pack's future and my role as heir. But the moon rose, and everything changed. My body betrayed me, aching for their touch. Is this what happens when they both have the bond with me?Gabriel stepped closer first, his shadow long under the moonlight. Just looking at his eyes meeting mine told me he couldn't control himself. That was exactly how I felt. The moon was making us do this."Carlota," he murmured, hi