His Contractual Luna: Bought by the Beast
He let out a long, weary sigh that sounded like rustling dry leaves.
"Your mother didn't build the Apex Core in a vacuum, Agnes," Cyrus said softly, his eyes fixed on the drawings. "Before the High Council rose, before Archon Malakor carved up the sectors, there was a ninth lineage—the Sovereign House of Shadow. They ruled the coastal reaches from the Moonhaven Vault, a subterranean fortress built into the deepest ocean trenches."
Rhys’s posture shifted, his broad frame instantly tensing into a combat-ready stance as his Alpha instincts flared. "I've heard the old stories. The Shadow lineage was wiped out during the Night of Red Stars."