All Chapters of Three Alpha's, One Reckoning, (Wake by the Ancient): Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Sable's POV---The moment our hands touch, I feel everything they have ever felt, and it nearly destroys me.Garrick's rage hits first. It is not just anger. It is grief. It is the memory of his mother dying in his arms while his father watched. It is every fist that ever connected with his face. It is the fear that he will become the monster he was raised to be.Then Merrick's ice. It is not coldness. It is armor. It is the memory of his first love, used against him by his own father. It is the lesson that feelings get people killed. It is the loneliness he buried so deep he forgot it existed.Then Stellan's sight. It is not madness. It is clarity. It is the weight of seeing everything and being able to change nothing. It is years of isolation. It is knowing the truth while everyone called him crazy.And then they feel me.My fear. My exhaustion. Two years of servitude. The bullying. The loneliness. The desperate hope that maybe, just maybe, I matter.The power surges through us. No

Sable's POV---The dreams started three nights ago, and they haven't stopped since.Not nightmares. Not visions of the Devourer or the darkness or the end of the world. Something else. Something softer. A voice calling my name across a field of silver grass. A song I've never heard but somehow know by heart. A pull in my chest that grows stronger every time the moon rises.I don't tell the others. Not at first. They have enough to worry about. Merrick is negotiating with three packs at once. Garrick is training warriors from dawn until dusk. Stellan is spending hours in meditation, trying to see what's coming.But the bond doesn't let me hide."You're not sleeping."Garrick's voice comes from the doorway. I'm standing on the balcony again, watching the moon. It's almost full. Almost silver."I'm sleeping.""Liar." He walks toward me. "I can feel it through the bond. Something's wrong.""Nothing's wrong.""Sable."I turn to face him. His eyes are tired. His jaw is tight. He's been pus

Sable's POV---The world is quiet, and I don't know what to do with quiet.For eighteen years, my life was noise. The clatter of teacups at four in the morning. The whispers of students who thought I couldn't hear. The pounding of my heart every time Odette opened her mouth. The roar of my wolf fighting to break free.Now there's nothing. Just the wind through the silver grass. The distant hum of waterfalls. The steady rhythm of four hearts beating as one.We've been back at the Silver Hollow for three days. The elders say we need to rest. The merging took everything from us. Our bodies are still adjusting. Our souls are still settling.But I can't rest.I stand at the edge of the valley, looking out at the mountains. The sun is setting. The sky is painted in shades of gold and silver. It's beautiful. It's peaceful.It feels wrong."What are you thinking about?"Garrick's voice comes from behind me. But it's not just his voice. It's inside my head. It's always inside my head now."I'

Sable's POV---The bond is gone, and I have never felt so alone in my life.It has been three days since we released it. Three days since the merging split. Three days since I felt Garrick's rage, Merrick's ice, and Stellan's sight humming inside my chest.Now there is only silence.I wake up in my bed in the Silver Hollow. The room is large. The windows face east. The morning sun spills across the floor.But there is no one inside my head.I reach for them out of habit. I reach for the bond. I reach for the warmth. But there is nothing there. Just emptiness. Just me.I get dressed. I walk to the dining hall. The Moon-Touched greet me with bows and smiles. I smile back. I say the right words. But I feel like a ghost.Garrick is already there. He sits at the head of the table, his plate untouched. He looks up when I enter. His eyes are tired. His jaw is tight."You didn't sleep," I say."Neither did you."We stare at each other. There is so much to say. So much to feel. But without th

Sable's POV---The Shadow Queen touches Stellan, and the world goes silent.No wind. No birds. No heartbeat. Just her hand on his face, her black eyes burning into his silver ones, and the terrible stillness of a moment that will change everything."My son," she whispers. "You have been lost for so long. But I have found you. I will always find you."Stellan doesn't move. He doesn't breathe. He just stands there, frozen, his eyes flickering between silver and black."Let him go." My voice cuts through the silence. "Now."The Shadow Queen turns to look at me. Her smile is slow. Cruel. Beautiful."The Blood Moon," she says. "The girl who destroyed the Devourer. The girl who freed the Moon-Touched. The girl who thought she could save everyone.""I don't think. I know.""Do you?" She tilts her head. "You couldn't save your mother. You couldn't save Dorian. You couldn't save Alpha Whitmore from his own ambition. What makes you think you can save him?"The words hit me like a blow. But I d