Mag-log inKnox’s POVThe door handle turned. My entire body went rigid.I tightened my grip around my sword.Hansel froze beside Mila.Conrad stood on the other side of the room, blood still dripping from the wound on his side. The handle moved again.Someone was outside, I stepped in front of Mila.If they came through that door they would have to go through me first.The handle stopped shaking, I waited but nothing happened. I glanced at Conrad and he looked just as confused as I was.Another second passed and the door handle didn’t move again. I slowly released the breath I’d been holding.“What are they doing?” Conrad whispered.“I don’t know.”Hansel was staring at the window, I followed her gaze and saw the moon.It had changed.The pale red light that had illuminated the demon realm was slowly turning blood crimson. The transformation was happening right before our eyes.The Crimson Moon.Hansel’s eyes widened. “It’s time.”I turned toward her.“Time for what?”“The spell to take us ho
Conrad’s POVI didn’t like the sound of that horn. The moment it echoed through the palace, something inside me told me that we’d run out of time.I glanced at Hansel and she was still clutching the Dark Grimoire against her chest.“We need to split up.” I said Her eyes widened. “What?”“You stay here.”“Conrad there’s no need to play hero”“Hide Hansel, I need to get Mila and Knox.”I looked around the narrow corridor we’d slipped into. There was an abandoned storage room nearby.The door was barely visible behind a massive stone pillar. I pointed toward it. “Go in there.”Hansel stared at me. “You want me to hide?”“Yes.”“While you go after Knox and Mila?”“Exactly.”“Absolutely not.”I sighed. “Hansel coming with me isn’t safe.”“No.”“We don’t have time to argue.”“I’m not letting you go alone.”“I’m not going alone.”I pointed toward my sword. “I’ll have Knox.”“That’s not what I meant.”I stepped closer. “We need that book.”Her arms tightened around it. “I know.”“If the King
Knox’s POVI didn’t let go of her. I couldn’t.Mila was still in my arms, her head resting against my chest as I carried her away from the arena, she was bleeding all over.Her body was frighteningly still.“Mila.” I whispered her name and nudged her awake.Nothing.I tightened my arms around her. “Stay with me.”Her eyes remained closed.The poison was taking effect, where was the healer?“Lord Vaelor!” I heard footsteps rushing toward us.I looked up and saw a group of demon healers were running toward me holding a blue box.“Put her down!” The oldest yelled “No.” The word left my mouth immediately.The lead healer stopped and sighed “Lord Vaelor, we need to examine her.”I stared at him. “She’s been poisoned.”“We know.”“Then help her.”“We’re trying but you’re not co operating.”His expression was serious. “We need to get her somewhere safe.”I carried her into a nearby chamber they led me to and the healers immediately surrounded us.“Put her on the bed.”I reluctantly lowere
Hansel’s POVThe guard’s fingers closed around my arm. I fought harder.“Let me go!”Two of them had me now.One had both hands wrapped around my waist while the other held my wrists behind my back.I kicked wildly. “Get off me!”“Stop struggling!”“Go to hell!”I twisted violently, trying to break free but they were stronger than me. One of them shoved me toward the door.“Move!”“No!”My eyes immediately went to the floor. The Dark Grimoire lay several feet away.My heart dropped i couldn’t leave it behind.That book was our only chance. The guard holding my wrists suddenly released one hand.He bent down and my eyes widened.“No!”He picked up the book. The moment his fingers touched the cover thr book reacted and a burst of black flames erupted from its pages.The guard screamed. “AAAAH!”He dropped it immediately.I stared in horror as the flames crawled up his arm.“What the—” The other guard released me.I didn’t waste the opportunity.I slammed my elbow into his stomach. He g
Mila’s POVI couldn’t breathe. My body had forgotten how.I lay on the cold stone, staring at the crimson sky above me as the entire arena blurred around the edges.The cheers and shouts all sounded so far away.My fingers twitched as pain burned through my stomach.The poison was spreading.I could feel it moving through my veins like fire.“Mila!”Someone screamed my name, it was Vaelor.I tried to move but nothing happened.My fingers scraped against the stone. I couldn’t stay down in had to get up and I had to win.I couldn’t lose snd definitely not now.Not after everything, I thought about Knox and his arms around me.I thought about Hansel. Everyone who had risked their lives for me.I couldn’t let them down.And Vaelor… My eyes moved toward him.He had stepped away from the royal platform.He was standing at the edge of the arena.His expression was no longer calm. There was fear in his eyes.“Mila.”I had never heard him say my name like that. I forced my palm against the g
Mila’s POVThe arena was deafening. Thousands of demons filled the stands, their voices rising into one massive roar that seemed to shake the ground beneath my feet.I stood in the center of the fighting circle, my sword gripped tightly in my hand.Across from me Elle smiled.There was no Celestia anymore, no second opponent standing between us.Just her and me.The final round.I glanced toward the royal platform.The Demon King sat comfortably upon his throne, watching us with those unsettling crimson eyes.Vaelor stood nearby, his expression was impossible to read but I knew him well enough now.He was worried and I could feel it. I looked away before my heart could become distracted.I couldn’t think about what would happen if I lost.I needed to focus. The chief judge stepped into the center of the arena.“Lady Mila.”“Lady Elle.”“You have both successfully completed the first two trials.”“Only one of you shall emerge victorious from the final trial.”He raised his hand. “The
7years later…..Mila's pov…The car was silent, as I sat at the back of Gamma Rodney's car, the car hummed along the highway, and every flickering streetlight that passed outside made my heart beat faster. My stomach twisted, and my hands were fisted so tightly that my nails dug into my palm, almo
Mila's pov….. The days after the rejection were a haze of pain,Rina didn't speak to me and I was all alone with a full ache. I had to ignore the whispers and stares that followed me as I went about my daily activities, I was like an orphan, my mum was dead and my father was very sick and in need
Mila’s POVThe dungeon smelled like damp stone and sweat.The moment they threw me inside the cage, the iron door slammed shut with a finality that echoed far deeper than the sound itself.I let out a fustrated groan and kicked the doors, Bastian was so evil for making me go through this.The momen
Mila's pov…… I, Knox Mercer, future Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, reject you, Mila Carter, as my mate.” I hated parties. There, I said it. And not just any parties — school parties, the kind where everyone drank too much, and these were people I saw in school everyday, so it was basically j







