Alpha Kazan and his hybrid mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 91 - チャプター 100

Chapter 85The One Thing We Could ChangeDarling Kate’s POVThe unfinished Black Star opened like an eye.White light poured over us.For a moment, nobody moved.Then Astraea whispered, “Mama.”I turned toward her.She was still wrapped around Kazan, her cheek resting against his shoulder. The confidence she’d carried through most of this impossible journey had disappeared.She looked five again.Just five.Scared.Tired.Wanting her mother.I reached for her.Kazan handed her to me without a word.She immediately wrapped her arms around my neck.“I want home.”The words broke my heart.“I know, baby.”“Real home.”“I know.”“My bed.”I closed my eyes.“Yes.”“My purple blanket.”“Yes.”“And pancakes.”Kazan smiled faintly.“Pancakes are your biggest concern?”Astraea nodded against my shoulder.“With berries.”“Obviously.”“And cream.”“Now you’re pushing it.”She lifted her head.“Daddy.”“Fine. Cream.”For a few seconds, the Black Star didn’t matter.History didn’t matter.The Firs

Chapter 87Twelve Years Without UsKazan’s POVThe Black Star opened onto Blackwood territory.I knew it immediately.The mountains.The trees.The smell of pine and wolf.Home.For the first time in what felt like forever, my wolf relaxed.“We’re home.”Astraea bounced in my arms.“Pancakes!”I laughed.“Yes, starshine. Now we can get your damn pancakes.”“Kazan,” Kate muttered.“What?”“Language.”“Our daughter just helped rewrite an ancient supernatural law.”“She is still five.”“Fine. We can get her very respectable pancakes.”Astraea giggled.Kate smiled.Then she looked through the doorway.Her smile disappeared.“Kazan.”I felt it too.Something was wrong.Blackwood was home.But it wasn’t the home we’d left.The trees were larger.A path ran through the forest where no path had existed before.Several buildings stood in the distance.New buildings.Astraea stopped smiling.“Daddy?”“I’ve got you.”Caelum stood behind us.He looked exhausted.Eira and Ardan had remained in the

Chapter 89The Choice of the LivingKazan’s POVI waited three days before visiting Evander.Not because he deserved the wait.Because my family deserved those three days more.Astraea discovered the new Blackwood.She met children who had been born while we were gone.She found the training fields.She chased wolves through the forest.She climbed a tree high enough to nearly stop my heart.Kate told me not to take her down.I ignored Kate.Astraea climbed higher.I threatened the tree.Kate laughed at me.It was the most normal three days of my life.I loved every second.On the fourth morning, Sam found me outside.“Evander asked for you.”I continued sharpening my blade.“He’s been asking for twelve years.”“Not you specifically.”That made me stop.“What changed?”“He knows you’re back.”“How?”Sam shrugged.“Half the territory knows. You weren’t exactly subtle.”“I walked home.”“You arrived through a magical hole in the air with your wife, your five-year-old daughter who should

Chapter 91The Sound Beyond the TreesAstraea’s POVMy father said no three times before the stranger even spoke.“No.”The young man stopped at the edge of the moonlight.“No.”“Dad.”“No.”Mom grabbed his arm.“Kazan.”“I know what this is.”“You don’t know anything yet.”“I know enough.”I looked between them.“What do you know?”“Nothing.”Mom raised an eyebrow.Dad corrected himself.“Something.”“What?”“Something Caelum said when you were five.”I stared at him.“That was twelve years ago.”“For you.”Dad’s expression became offended.“For me, it was emotionally recent.”I almost laughed.Almost.But the strange young man standing beyond my father made laughing difficult.Because something was happening to me.Something I didn’t understand.My skin tingled.My heart beat too quickly.The power inside me wasn’t fighting.Usually, when I encountered unfamiliar magic, at least one part of me reacted.Wolf.Winter.Fae.Convergence.Something would warn me.This time—Everything be

Chapter 93The Door That Should Stay ClosedKazan’s POVThe Black Star appeared three weeks after Orion arrived.I was beginning to tolerate the boy.Barely.He trained with Astraea.They talked.They walked through Blackwood together.He never touched her without asking.Never made demands.Never used the Returning as an excuse to claim anything from her.It was extremely irritating.I wanted a reason to dislike him.He refused to provide one.Then the Black Star appeared over the northern mountain, and suddenly Orion became the least of my problems.Sam found me first.“Kazan.”I knew from his expression.“What?”“You need to see this.”We walked outside.Then I saw it.Black.Enormous.Suspended above the mountain.Exactly as I remembered it.The Black Star.My wolf surged.“Kate!”She came running.Astraea and Orion were behind her.The moment Astraea saw the Star, she stopped.I moved in front of her automatically.“No.”She sighed.“Dad.”“I haven’t even heard the plan yet.”“Th