LOGINMila’s POV“My bride.”The words echoed through the throne room. Every demon remained perfectly still, no one dared breathe.No one dared look up. I stared at the man seated on the throne then I laughed.It wasn’t a happy laugh.It was the kind that escaped when someone had completely lost their mind. “You’ve got the wrong person.”His smile didn’t fade. “I don’t.”I folded my arms. “I already have a mate.”“I know.”“I love him.”“I know.”“I’m never marrying you.”“I know.”Something about the way he answered unsettled me more than if he’d been angry. His expression never changed.He simply looked… amused like a king indulging a child throwing a tantrum.“I am not your bride.”The smile finally disappeared and the room became noticeably colder.“You should choose your next words carefully.”“I already did.”“I belong to Knox.”The name lingered in the silent hall.For the first time, a flicker of annoyance crossed the king’s face.“That wolf.”I lifted my chin.“My mate.”His golden
Mila’s POVPain. That was the first thing I felt.I frowned. “Knox?”No answer, my eyes fluttered open and I looked around, the ceiling above me was unfamiliar.Black stone stretched overhead, veins of crimson light running through it like molten lava trapped beneath rock.The air was cold.It carried the scent of ash, iron, and something strange.I slowly pushed myself upright. I was lying on an enormous bed carved entirely from feathers it seemed.Dark crimson curtains surrounded it, embroidered with symbols that made my eyes hurt if I looked at them for too long.My clothes had been changed. Instead of my battle armor, I wore a long silver gown. Someone had washed the blood from my skin.The realization made my stomach twist. Someone had touched me while I was unconscious, I looked around quickly.The room was enormous. One wall held towering bookshelves filled with ancient tomes.Another contained weapons unlike anything I’d ever seen.Massive axes and jagged swords. Spears made
Hansel’s POV“No…” The word barely left my lips.The battlefield had fallen into a silence so complete that even breathing sounded too loud.The crack in the earth pulsed beneath the blood-red moon.Dark wind poured from the opening, carrying whispers of demons that didn’t belong to this world.Mila was gone. Bastian was gone. And all I could see was Knox throwing himself toward the closing abyss.“MILA!”His roar shook the ruins, he was almost there but the ground beneath the altar collapsed completely, forcing everyone backward.Only Knox kept moving like nothing else existed to him. Not the collapsing ritual or the demon’s lingering magic.Not the armies watching in horror only Mila.He leaped again, his fingers stretched toward the darkness.“I’M COMING!”A pair of arms caught him around the waist.“No!” Conrad shouted, digging his heels into the broken stone.Knox fought like a wild beast. He slammed an elbow backward and Conrad staggered. Marcus was there a heartbeat later.The
Mila’s POVI pressed the dagger to his chest Pouring all my powers into that since strike, “If I go down, you go down with me” he said and stabbed me in the heart with his dagger.Everything collided at once. A deafening blast ripped through the ritual grounds, throwing everyone backward.The ancient altar cracked beneath our feet.For one impossible heartbeat, there was no sound only light.Then Bastian grabbed my arm and his eyes widened with disbelief.“You bitch…” he garbled Blood was dropping from his mouth now as we stood there with our daggers in each other, I could few my heartbeat slowing down and looosng connection with my bond.If I let Bastian go, he will take out the dagger snd all this would be for nothing, holding him like this even if it was killing me was the only option.The goddess’ power was tearing through the darkness inside him, the demon in him screamed.Its shriek echoed through every corner of the battlefield, all the void creatures froze. One by one, they
Mila’s POV“Knox!” My scream tore through the battlefield.The dust finally settled.My heart nearly stopped, Bastian had Knox.One arm was wrapped around my mate, keeping him upright as though he weighed nothing. Knox’s head hung low, his breathing was ragged, his body covered in wounds from their brutal duel.“Nikal…” I whispered.The cut on his neck was bleeding now, it would take only minutes for the blood to come out in torrents and kill him.The light in Knox’s eyes flickered weakly but he was still fighting and refusing to surrender.Bastian’s grip tightened just enough to make Knox grimace.Around us, the battlefield slowed down and even thr Void creatures waited for their masters command.Conrad took a step forward. “Let him go.”Marcus raised his sword. “You want a war? Fight me.”Hansel’s hands trembled as golden magic gathered around her fingers. Sasha and Marie stood shoulder to shoulder.Eric and Elise had finally broken through the enemy lines. Caleb and Henshaw reache
Mila’s POVThe moment I saw him, I let out a breath, Knox was here and he was alive and well.His eyes searched frantically through the smoke until they found mine and the moment they did…Everything else ceased to exist.“Mila!” His voice cracked and I got up from the floor, groaning as I ran toward him.I didn’t think or hesitate.I didn’t care that the battlefield around us was collapsing or even about the void creatures rushing past me.All I cared about was reaching him and Knox did the same, our feet pounded against broken stone.The distance between us shrank as we ran towards each other.Then I crashed into him. His arms wrapped around me so tightly my feet left the ground and he buried his face against my neck.For a long moment, neither of us spoke, Rina and Nikal purred and spoke to each other through the mate bond.We simply held each other as if letting go would make the other disappear.“I thought…” His voice broke. “I thought I’d lost you.”My own tears spilled freely
Mila’s POVI didn’t sleep, I couldn’t even sleep.I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, watching shadows stretch and shrink as the night dragged into morning. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw it againGamma Rodney’s lifeless face and all the blood and Bastain’s cold voice.My chest tightened
Knox’s POV The training grounds had never felt this crowded or this tense before. Lines of soldiers stretched across the open field, their armors reflecting in the early light, their scents mixing into something sharp and restless in the air. Wolves from different territories, different kingdoms w
Mila’s POVI didn’t remember walking back to my room.One moment I was at the grave, my knees in the dirt and my throat raw from screaming,my heart splintered into pieces I couldn’t pick up and the next, I was inside the pack house again.The halls blurred past as I walked and i didnt take note of
Mila’s POVThe first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I was warm and not cold anymore.It was unfamiliar because the last thing I remembered was the cold biting into my bones, the stone floor unforgiving beneath me, my body curled in on itself just to survive the night.But now there was som







