All Chapters of The Lycans Twins Hidden Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

We hit darkness first.Not empty darkness. Not peaceful. This one had weight. It slammed into my ears, my chest, my skull, like the world itself folded inward and decided to crush us for daring to exist in the wrong place.My scream never made it out.Air vanished. Gravity twisted. My stomach lurched so violently I thought I might split open. The blue light vanished in a snap and the gold and white blurred together around me.Hands tightened.Real. Solid. Desperate.One grip was burning hot, rough, unyielding.The other was cold fire, steady and shaking at the same time.Kaden.Kael.Both of them.My heart slammed so hard it hurt.We were falling together.The thought cut through the chaos with terrifying clarity.Not one.Not the other.Both.The curse inside me went berserk.Pain ripped through my spine, white hot and blinding. I choked on it, breath tearing in and out of my chest like my lungs had forgotten the rhythm. My vision flashed blue, then gold, then fractured into somethin

The Hollow Realm screamed.Not sound exactly. Pressure. A crushing, ear splitting vibration that slammed through my skull and rattled my teeth like they wanted to jump out of my mouth. Stone split open under us, cracks racing like lightning across the cavern floor. Blue light poured through everything, too bright, too alive.Kaden’s arms locked around me. Solid. Burning. Real.Kael’s grip clamped onto my other side a heartbeat later, fingers digging into my sleeve like he was afraid I might evaporate if he let go.“Do not let go,” Kaden growled.“I am not,” Kael snapped back.I laughed once, hysterical and broken. “This is really not the time.”The Arbiter roared again, its stone body tearing apart as the pull dragged it toward the widening chasm. Massive chunks broke free, smashing into the walls, shattering pillars that had stood for centuries. Symbols flickered wildly across its surface, glitching, reforming, collapsing again.“Anchor instability confirmed,” it thundered. “Core rej

The shadows hit first.They did not rush like beasts. They slid. Poured. Crawled across the floor and walls and ceiling like the room itself had decided to turn against us. Cold slammed into my skin, stealing my breath, my fingers going numb as the air thickened.“Down,” Kaden shouted.Too late.The shadows wrapped around my legs, my waist, my ribs, squeezing just enough to remind me how easily they could crush. Panic spiked, sharp and ugly, clawing up my throat.Kael ripped into them with a snarl, white fur blurring as his claws tore through darkness that screamed when it split. Light flared where he struck. Not enough. Never enough.Guards shouted. Steel rang. Someone screamed.The Dark King stood in the center of it all, untouched, hands relaxed at his sides like he was watching a game unfold exactly as expected.“Stop fighting,” he said calmly. “It only makes the choice louder.”“I am not choosing you,” I snapped, forcing the words out through clenched teeth.He tilted his head. “

The howls multiplied.Not close. Not yet. They rolled across the hills beyond the palace like thunder traveling low to the ground, layered and deliberate. Not a pack answering another pack. These were calls of claim. Of challenge. Of arrival.My skin prickled from scalp to spine.“They are testing the borders,” Kael said quietly.Kaden’s jaw tightened. “Or announcing themselves.”Darius turned from the shattered window, face carved into something hard and cold. “Both.”The throne room felt smaller by the second. Smoke drifted in through broken stone. Torches flickered unevenly, their flames bending as if the air itself was restless.I pressed my palm to my chest.The hum inside me responded immediately. Soft. Steady. Awake.Too awake.“They can feel me,” I said.No one argued.Kaden moved closer, his presence solid and grounding. “Then we do not let them get near you.”Kael let out a short, humorless breath. “That is optimistic.”Darius lifted his blade slightly, listening. “They are

I was not falling.That was the first wrong thing.There was no rush of air, no screaming drop, no sick flip in my stomach. The light wrapped around me instead, thick and humming, like I’d stepped into something that already knew my shape. It pressed in from every direction, not crushing, just… holding.Suspended.Aware.My heartbeat sounded too loud, like it didn’t belong here.“Okay,” I whispered, because silence makes panic worse. “Okay, okay.”The light shifted.The world unfolded.I landed on my feet.Hard stone under my boots. Warm. Breathing, almost. I staggered, knees bending, hands flaring instinctively with power that crackled and then snapped back under control.Control. Right. Still learning that part.I straightened slowly.The space around me was vast. Not a cavern. Not a hall. More like a wound carved into reality and left open on purpose. The walls curved inward, etched with symbols that pulsed faintly, like veins under skin. Blue. Gold. Something darker woven between