Chapter 527 A SECOND CHANCE (BONUS – 6) EVELYN’S POV ’Gods, I hope my breath isn’t stale.’ That was probably not the appropriate thought to have when Lucian stood so close that I could feel the uneven rhythm of his breathing in the space between us, could see the conflict

Chapter 526 A SECOND CHANCE (BONUS – 5) LUCIAN’S POV The bonfire was beautiful. That was the problem. If it had been loud and ugly and poorly organized, I could have stood at the edge of it and felt smugly vindicated in my decision to avoid pack events wherever possible.

Chapter 525 A SECOND CHANCE (BONUS – 4) LUCIAN’S POV Werewolf healing was a miraculous thing. It was also deeply inconvenient for anyone trying to wallow properly in existential despair. Most of my injuries had healed when I was unconscious, and by the following morning, the worst of the weakness

Chapter 524 A SECOND CHANCE (BONUS – 3) LUCIAN’S POV Consciousness was a journey. For a long time, there was only darkness—though even that wasn’t entirely accurate. Darkness implied awareness of its own existence, and whatever place I had drifted into after the island felt emptier than that. There had

Chapter 523 A SECOND CHANCE (BONUS – 2) EVELYN’S POV Normally, when one seeks air, one goes out, not down. I am not one. By the time I reached the lower levels of Nightfang packhouse—mansion, really—my erratic, tangled emotions had quieted. They were compressed now, like pressure that sat beneath

Chapter 522 A SECOND CHANCE (BONUS – 1) EVELYN’S POV Witchcraft, despite what mundanes believed, wasn’t chaos. Magic obeyed rules. Power flowed through established pathways. Circles and sigils held because they were constructed correctly. For most of my life, my world functioned with the comforting certainty of precision. Then I

Chapter 521 WORTH EVERY HEARTBREAK SERAPHINA’S POV The world disappeared. The lake, the moon, the whispering trees, the gentle breeze teasing strands of my hair, all dissolved into the background until only one thing remained. Kieran. Down on one knee. Looking at me as though I was the answer to

Chapter 520 DIVE OFF THAT CLIFF KIERAN’S POV Running had always been my sanctuary. Every Alpha knew the feeling—that exhilarating freedom of stretching every muscle beneath a full moon, the forest opening before you while your pack thundered at your heels like a single living creature. Warriors ran beside elders

Chapter 519 THROUGH THE MOONLIT FOREST SERAPHINA’S POV The hours slipped by almost without my noticing. One conversation melted effortlessly into another, dances became stories around the fire, and stories gave way to shared laughter as the stars slowly wheeled overhead. Before I realized how late it had become, the

Chapter 518 FITTING SERAPHINA’S POV It was amazing how beautiful laughter sounded when it wasn’t edged with exhaustion. For so long, every smile had been measured against loss, every moment of peace shadowed by the certainty that battle waited just beyond the horizon. Even after Catherine’s fall, even after we