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Aéron's Point of ViewThe room went completely silent after my mother's suggestion. I stared at her, certain I had misunderstood. "A bait?"Ciara didn't look away. "Yes, a bait and that will be Emily."My blood ran cold. "No. No!!!" The word left my mouth before anyone else could speak.Mother's expression remained calm. "Aéron, listen to me.""No." I stepped away from the table. "Absolutely not."One of the elders shifted in his chair. "Alpha, you must understand—""I understand perfectly." My gaze swept across the room. "You want to put Emily in front of Henry and wait for him to come after her.""Not exactly," an elder replied carefully. "We would surround her with warriors."I laughed bitterly. "Do you actually believe Henry needs an army to take her?"Nobody answered. Because they knew. We had all witnessed what his magic could do. He had entered our territory, manipulated one of our own wolves, opened our gates, attacked us, and abducted my mate directly in front of me. And now

Elara's Point of ViewI had reached my limit. For hours, I had tried to make sense of everything that had happened to me. The crown. The castle. The royal family I had seen in my vision. Nyra's silence. Henry's impossible claims. And now this. He said Nyra was his mate. He said he had waited for her for centuries. He said I was somehow connected to a princess who had lived hundreds of years ago.Yet every time I asked Nyra for answers, she disappeared into silence. I stood before the enormous window, staring at the endless clouds below. There was nothing beyond them. No road, no forest, no pack. Not even Aéron himself. Just clouds and a terrifying drop.I wrapped my arms around myself. "Nyra."I called her out yet she have me this silent treatment for something I am not even responsible. My eyes burned. "One last time."Still nothing from her. I swallowed the lump in my throat. "You don't have to tell me everything. You don't even have to tell me about Henry." My voice trembled. "But

Aéron's point of view The moment I stepped into the council room, I knew something had changed. The air was heavier than usual. Every elder was already seated around the long wooden table, their faces grim and their eyes fixed on me. Lucian stood near the window with his arms crossed over his chest, while Kreos was beside him, looking like he had been waiting for orders for hours.But the empty chair beside mine was the one that hurt the most. Elara should have been there. My Luna should have been sitting beside me, probably rolling her eyes at the elders whenever they became too serious. Instead, her absence filled the entire room like a wound that refused to close.I walked to my seat and remained standing."We received confirmation from the eastern territory this morning," one of the elders began. "Henry White's rogues attacked an allied pack during the night."My hands tightened against the edge of the table. "How many?"The elder hesitated. "Twenty-three wolves were killed. Seve

Elara's point of view My head had been hurting for hours.It wasn't the kind of headache that could be cured by sleep or food. It felt as though something was pressing against my skull from the inside, tightening with every passing minute. Sometimes the pain became so sharp that I had to close my eyes and hold my temples, waiting for it to fade.But it never completely did. I sat on the edge of the enormous bed, staring at the dark windows of the fortress. Clouds moved beneath them. That sight still made my stomach twist. I had no idea how high this place was, how far I was from Red Moon Pack, or how long Henry intended to keep me here.But there was one thing I knew. I couldn't keep sitting here waiting for someone else to save me."Nyra." I closed my eyes. "Nyra, please." Silence and my frustration grew. "You have been inside my head this entire time. You know everything I don't. You know Henry. You know what this place is. You know what happened before I was born. So please, just

Aéron's point of view The sound of claws striking the training ground echoed through the forest. I stood at the center of the clearing, watching two warriors circle each other."Again."They lunged. One shifted halfway through the movement, claws extending as he slammed into the other wolf. The second warrior twisted aside and knocked him into the dirt."Too slow," I growled.The warrior immediately got back up."Again."This time, he was faster. Better. That was what we needed. Not ordinary training. Not warriors who could fight one enemy at a time. We needed wolves capable of surviving whatever Henry White had prepared inside that fortress. The allied Alphas had brought some of their strongest warriors to Red Moon Pack, and for the past several hours, we had been training together.Alpha Rowan's warriors specialized in close combat. Alpha Kael's wolves were faster. Alpha Lucan had brought trackers who could identify scents that most wolves couldn't detect. I used all of them. Every