Semua Bab The Last Of Her Pack: Bab 61 - Bab 68

Eran POVThe shift in the air happened before anyone moved. Lincoln tried to step forward, but the elders were faster. Their bodies moved with a quiet, practiced authority, hands rising to block his path. Lincoln’s shoulders went rigid. I didn’t look at him for long, I didn’t need to. I already knew what I’d see in his eyes, fury, disbelief, maybe the sting of betrayal. None of it mattered now.“Come,” one of the elders murmurs. The elders guided me forward. Their palms were firm against my back, ushering me toward the light of the doorway as if I were already theirs to command. As if I had always been meant to stand in this exact spot.Outside, the pack had gathered.Rows upon rows of them stretched across the clearing. These were faces I’d known since I was a child. They had looked at me with expectation once, and later, with a heavy, lingering doubt. Now, they just stared. Some wore open resentment, others had masked their fear behind blank expressions. I took my time looking back

Lincoln POVI paced the length of my room, my steps echoing against the hardwood floor, the silence between them feeling heavier than it should. Athena stormed in, her chest heaving, her hair wild from the rush and I froze mid step.“What’s wrong?” I asked, my voice sharper than I intended, but I couldn’t help it. Something in the way she looked at me, fright etched into every line of her face made my stomach twist.She took a few unsteady steps toward me, eyes wide, hands trembling slightly at her sides. “Lincoln… it’s Eran,” she said, her voice quivering despite the effort to sound composed. “I can feel it… when he rules, it’s going to be cruel. I just… I can feel it in my bones. He won’t care for anyone. Not for anyone.”I stopped pacing, letting out a long slow sigh, running a hand down my face as I tried to steady the knot of unease coiling in my chest. I’d known this day would come, had expected it, but hearing it from her made it feel so imminent, so terrifyingly real. “I know,

Rachael POVMy body locked in place, breath snagging so hard it hurt. I could hear my own pulse louder than anything else, pounding behind my ears.I didn’t move at first. Fear rooted me where I stood, cold and heavy in my chest. Then instinct kicked in and I leaned just enough to peer past Eryx’s shoulder.He was still in front of me.Always in front of me.Broad, unyielding, his stance already set like a wall as if the sound alone had confirmed what he’d been preparing for all along. His body shifted slightly, ready to strike if needed. He hadn’t even looked back to check on me, and somehow that steadiness steadied me too.My gaze slid past him.The man.The one Eryx had tied up earlier, was standing several steps away now, gun still raised, smoke curling faintly from the barrel. At his feet lay the bear, massive and unmoving, its presence suddenly unreal now that it was still.It took my mind a moment to catch up.He shot it.He saved us.Eryx’s growl tore from his chest, low and f

Eran POVI slammed my bedroom door, the sound rattling the frame. I stood there for a second, my chest tight, trying to force air into my lungs. My hands were shaking, so I balled them into fists until my nails bit into my skin.Eryx was alive.The thought was a dull, pulsing ache in the back of my head. Every plan, every bribe I’d moved through to set that trap, it had all failed. I’d done everything right, and he’d still walked away.I grabbed my phone off the nightstand and dialed. My pulse hammered in my thumb as I pressed the screen. They picked up on the second ring.“What happened?” I didn't wait for a greeting. My voice was a low rasp. “You were supposed to finish it. Why is eryx still breathing?”The silence on the other end lasted too long. When one of them finally spoke, he sounded small. “Eran… we used the wolf bane. We gave him enough to stop a heart twice his size. He should be dead.”“Should be?” I let out a sharp, jagged laugh. It felt like glass in my throat. “He’s wa