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Kira's POV I couldn’t stop grinning as we stepped out into the lobby, Miranda’s frantic escape playing on repeat in my head. She hadn’t recognized me…not even a flicker…but I’d planted something. A seed of doubt. Good. Let it grow. Let it choke her.Victoria glanced at me sideways as we wandered toward the hotel’s indoor garden atrium…glass ceiling, tropical plants, a little waterfall trickling like it was trying too hard to be zen. “You okay, princess? That elevator thing was… intense. You went full psychic stranger danger on that lady.”I shrugged, forcing my face neutral even as my mind raced. “Just a vibe. Some people give off bad energy.”Understatement of the century.We kept walking, past plush seating areas and a fancy coffee bar where guests sipped thousand-dollar lattes. My brain wouldn’t shut up. Ways to make them pay. My mind spun with what they could be up to right now. Dad…fake tears at the podium, probably already practicing his “devastated father” speech. Evelyn, h

Kira’s POVJust as Miranda opened her mouth…probably to scream for security again or defend herself, a deep, commanding voice boomed from the corner of the lobby.“What’s going on here?”I whipped around, and my heart slammed into my ribs so hard I almost staggered.There they were.Frederick and Evelyn. My so-called “parents” from my old life. The manipulators. The murderers. The ones who smiled to my face while plotting to shove me off a building and poison my real mom just to steal everything that was hers. They stood there in their perfect black mourning outfits, looking every bit the grieving, respectable power couple.Inside, I was grinning like a maniac. Oh, this just got so much better. The more the merrier.My mind flashed back without warning. Back to when I used to call him ‘dad.’ Back to when we ate from the same table…even further back to when he used to play hide and seek with mom around the house.He’d played her from the start. Seduced her, married into the family, th

Kira’s POVFrederick beamed, oblivious, maybe he’s already calculating how rubbing elbows with Adrian Draven would polish his reputation and that of the company. Evelyn nodded, still pale, her eyes darting to me like I was a bomb about to go off. She must be wondering who I am and how I got to know those things I said to her. She must be scheming inside, trying to decide if I’m an enemy they should eliminate.And Miranda…God, Miranda…stood behind them like the spoiled fake princess, arms crossed tight, glaring daggers at Antonio, who hadn’t moved from Victoria’s side.Adrian’s thumb brushed my hip again, slowly. And I know this might be crazy, but he always seemed to know. He always knows when I was one second from shattering…like we are magically connected in a way.Does that even make sense?Frederick clapped his hands together. “Wonderful! The service is in an hour at St. Augustine’s, then the burial at Rose Hill. We’ll see you there…and after, straight home. Our driver can lead t

Thomas’s POVWe didn’t waste a second. I scooped the bleeding maid up myself…her body lighter than it should’ve been, like whatever had been inside her had sucked half the life out already…and we sprinted for the infirmary, boots pounding, blood dripping down my arms in hot streaks from her mouth. Warriors cleared the halls ahead of us, shouting for everyone to move. The girl’s head lolled against my shoulder, eyes half-open and glassy, still mumbling some things I couldn’t understand.We burst through the infirmary doors and I laid her on the nearest table. “Healer! Now!”The assistant…a nervous omega named Clara…froze, hands full of bandages. “Beta… the lead healer’s not here. He left at dawn for the outer pack in the east. He was summoned by their leader to help cure a mysterious disease that is attacking their pups. Said he’d be back as soon as he can.”I slammed my fist on the metal tray so hard the instruments jumped. “He just left the kingdom? Without a word to the king or me?

Thomas’s POVI shoved the phone deeper into my pocket and zeroed in on her like a heat-seeking missile. Caroline. That smug little smile on her face, half-hidden in the stairwell shadows, looking like she’d just won the damn lottery. Why does she look so damn satisfied?My wolf perked up, hackles raised, but I kept my steps casual, hands loose at my sides. No need to spook her yet.She saw me coming and tried to spin around, all graceful like she was just “passing by.” Too late, kingdom wrecker. I’d already shot a quick mindlink to the three warriors stationed at the end of the hall… ‘Block her. Now. Don’t let her leave.’They moved like ghosts…big, silent, and pissed off on my behalf. Two stepped out from the side corridor, arms crossed, blocking her path back to the exit. The third slid in behind her, cutting off the stairs. She was boxed in tighter than a rat in a trap.I rounded the corner with a lazy grin, stopping just close enough that she had to tilt her head up to glare at