Semua Bab The Cursed Omega’s bond with the twin Alphas: Bab 1 - Bab 5

The blade took Elder Oberon in the middle of the funeral hymn. One second, he stood beneath the moonlit windows in his silver robe, hands raised for the Alpha Aspen Emberwood rite. Next, a black bone-handled knife bloomed from his chest, and blood hit the stone before anyone saw who threw it. The hall screamed. Rhae froze at the back wall with a tray of ceremonial cups balanced in both hands. The cups rattled once. Her fingers went numb. The knife wasn't steel. It pulsed faintly, as if it were breathing. Ritual blade, Elder Oberon choked. Then he fell. The Warriors drew their weapons. Children were pulled behind their mothers. Elders rose from their high seats. Beside their father's black coffin, the twin heirs turned. Kaelen Emberwood moved first. He’s the older twin, the one everyone had feared. He’s dressed in a mourning black suit, his shoulder locked with tension. His voice hit the stone like a hammer. Seal the hall.Guards slammed the doors. Rhea flinched and made herself sm

The lock turned just after midnight. Rhae scrambled back against the wall as the door opened, every muscle tense, every nerve screaming danger. But it was Valen who slipped inside, his funeral coat gone, blood on his sleeve. Fresh blood. From the border. You can’t stay here, he said quietly, closing the door behind him. Rhae let out a broken laugh, bitter and hopeless. “Where would I go? I’m an omega. The council reaches everywhere. And everyone wants me dead.” “Not everywhere,” Valen said. He held out his hand slowly, deliberately, giving her time to refuse. I know a way out.Why are you helping me? She asked, her voice small and broken. Because you looked terrified in that hall, He said, his eyes intense and sure. “Not guilty. Terrified. And I felt what you felt through the bond. You didn’t know those rogues. You were shocked as we were.” She stared at his palm. Trust had never kept her alive. Invisibility had. Silence had. Obedience had. Still, something in her, that same wolf

You're… Rhae couldn't finish the sentence. She was dead. Wasn't she? She'd always been told her mother was dead. I'm here in spirit, Sera said. Her form shimmered as she moved, not quite solid, but undeniably present. I’ve been imprisoned in this sanctuary for decades, held between the worlds, kept alive by the ancient magic that binds this place. I was supposed to be executed by the council. Instead, I was hidden. By a man who made a promise to protect me. She looked at Kaelen, and something passed between recognition, gratitude, and burden. Your father, Sera continued, and now she turned back to Rhae. Aspen Emberwood, sworn to protect not just me, but my daughter. He knew the council would hunt for any survivors, so he did something extraordinary. He smuggled you into Emberwood Pack as an orphan omega, thinking that if you had no status, no power, no name, they would never suspect what you were. “But I….” Rhae’s voice was breaking. I remember nothing of you. I remember nothing of an