All Chapters of Marked By The Four: Chapter 131 - Chapter 136

Evelynn POV“We need the Codex.” I said, already moving.Calder’s hand caught my wrist. “Not alone.”“I’m not going alone.” I met his gaze, steady despite the chaos screaming around us. “But I’m not sending someone else either.”His jaw tightened. Because he understood. Because this wasn’t just strategy anymore. This was mine.Maddox stepped in before Calder could argue further. “I’m going with her.”Of course he was. I smiled.Calder’s eyes flicked between us - calculating, measuring risk against necessity. The battlefield roared around us, wolves clashing, the ground still trembling beneath our feet like something alive and restless.“You have five minutes.” Calder said finally. “No more.”Rafe’s voice cut in from behind, sharp and focused. “We’ll hold the courtyard.”Jaxon grinned, blood already streaked across his cheek. “Try not to bring the whole place down while you’re gone.”I didn’t answer. I was already running. The path back to the packhouse wasn’t clear anymore. It should

Evelynn POVWe didn’t slow. Not for the wounded. Not for the dead. Not even for Elara.That thought should have broken something in me. Instead, it hardened.Because this - this was exactly what the Hollow Mother wanted. Chaos. Delay. Grief turning into hesitation. And hesitation got people killed.Maddox pushed open the doors out of the medical wing, and the noise of battle crashed into us again - louder now, closer to the inner grounds.Too close.“They’re still pushing?” I asked, already scanning movement, exits, threats.“Last wave.” Maddox said. “Or what’s left of it.”Rafe’s voice cut through the bond a heartbeat later - tight, controlled. "Outer ring holding. But barely."Calder followed. "Make it quick."No wasted words. No reassurance. Just fact.I tightened my grip on the vials. They pulsed once. Warm. Alive. Wrong. My fingers stilled for half a second.Maddox noticed. “What is it?”“Nothing.” I said automatically. Lie. Not a good one.His eyes narrowed, but he didn’t press.

Maddox POVThe moment that voice touched the bond - everything in me snapped into place. There were no hesitation or fear.“She knows we are here.” I said, already moving, already positioning myself between Evelynn and the door. Too late to be quiet. Too late to be careful.Now we need to survive.Jaxon exhaled a sharp laugh behind me, rolling his shoulders like he’d been waiting for this exact moment. “Finally.”Calder didn’t speak. He didn’t need to. His presence locked down the room - Alpha command bleeding into the air like pressure before a storm.Eve stood at the center of it, dagger in hand, power still humming through her like something ancient had just recognized her and decided it liked what it saw. - Mine.The thoughts wasn’t clean. Wasn’t calm. It was instinct. - Claim. Protect. Destroy anything that tried to take her.The first impact came before I could say another word. The corridor outside exploded inward. Wood splintered. Stone cracked. Dust and debris blasted into th