جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 60

Gunnar's POV “You shouldn’t have fucking left her!” Caden growls, his voice echoing off the stone walls of the inner hall as he shoves Cane hard in the chest.Cane growls back instantly, his eyes flashing gold as he bares his teeth. “Why?” he snaps, stepping forward like he is ready to fight. “It was all about Mother so we all left thinking something might have happened, you do not expect me to protect a woman over our mother?”Caden exhales sharply, running a hand through his hair as he steps back before this turns ugly. “You know that’s not what I meant,” he says, his voice tight. “You know damn well she shouldn’t have been left alone in the middle of Obsidian Veil, not with everything going on.”I stay quiet, my fists clenched at my sides, my jaw locked so tight it hurts. My mind isn’t even fully here in this room because all I can see is Riley’s face when I turned away from her, the confusion in her eyes, the way she didn’t even understand what kind of danger she was standing in.

Riley's POV Just as quickly as I sensed them, the feeling disappears.One second there is this sharp pull in my chest like something strong and familiar is close, and the next second it is gone like it never existed. I sit up slowly on the cold stone floor of my cell, my heart beating fast, trying to feel it again.Nothing.The silence presses in on me.“What was that?” I whisper to myself.Did they come and then leave? Did something stop them? Or did I imagine everything because I am desperate and scared and losing my mind in this place?I wrap my arms around myself and shake my head.The Alphas just coming here to save me is even ridiculous. I am just Ethan’s wife. Just a human. They barely know me. They are powerful leaders of Obsidian Veil. Why would they risk everything for someone like me?Those men are not caring enough to take risks like that.I let out a weak laugh at my own thoughts, but it sounds wrong even to me.Before I can think further, my cell door slams open loudly.

Riley's POV Day one passed slowly.It felt like every second stretched forever and I could not even sleep properly because my mind would not stop thinking. About Bane. About what he told me. About that ridiculous name. About the fact that nothing in my life suddenly felt real anymore.I kept telling myself he was lying. I kept repeating it in my head over and over because if I stopped, even for one second, fear would swallow me completely.Now it is day two.And I know he is coming.Laden has visited me every single day since that sentence. He comes, watches me, asks questions, threatens me, and then leaves like he enjoys seeing me slowly lose my mind.I hear the footsteps today again before I even see him.Slow. Calm. Confident.The guards unlock the cell door and it creaks open.I do not look up.I just sit on the floor with my back against the wall, staring at nothing as he walks inside.I can feel his presence even without looking up. It is heavy and suffocating.He stops beside

Caden's POV Gunnar was about to move when I stopped him with my hand and forced a smile on my face. I turned slowly to the guard and shook my head like he had just made the biggest mistake of his life. I leaned a little closer to him and lowered my voice so it sounded dangerous and calm at the same time.“If I report this to Laden because of your insults on a personal supervision he sent us to do, I hope you will like the punishment that will follow after,” I said to him, my voice a little threatening.The effect was instant.His sword wavered. His hand trembled. His face lost color and his eyes widened in fear as he faltered on his steps a bit now, unsure and terrified.That name had power here of course, Laden was their ruthless leader and no one would want to cross on his bad side. They would be as good as dead.“Drop the weapon,” I added, my tone cold and commanding at the same time.He did not even hesitate. The sword fell from his hand and clanged loudly on the floor. He bowed

Caden’s POVGunnar was about to growl and I knew that sound too well because it meant the control he had been holding on to was about to break, so I moved without thinking and grabbed him hard before he could even take a step forward. I pushed him down and we both tumbled to the ground, rolling across the grass while the beasts around us growled louder, their eyes fixed on us like we were their prey. I locked my arm around his neck and held him there even though he struggled because I knew I had to stop him no matter what happened to me.“No,” I said through my teeth as I tightened my grip. “You are not fighting today.”He tried to shove me off but I did not let go because the memory of our mother’s warning hit me so strongly that it felt like she was standing right there beside me again. I could still hear her voice from years ago when we were still teenagers and had no idea how dangerous the world would become. She had looked at me and Cane with serious eyes and told us something