LOGINSERAH POV:I stood in front of the mirror for the tenth time, adjusting the straps of my dress. The fabric was dark red and it hugged my body in all the right places. I had spent the last hour getting ready. Candles were lit across the living room. Soft music played from the speaker near the window. Everything was perfect.I looked at myself again. My hair was down, my makeup was light but noticeable. I wanted tonight to be something I and Stephen would never forget. I wanted to feel like I was choosing him, not like the universe was forcing us together.Then an idea hit me. Why not record this? I could watch it later. Remember the moment he walked in, the way he looked at me, the way everything felt.I grabbed my phone and set up one camera in the living room, facing the door. That would catch him when he first showed up. I set another one near the staircase, angled so it would catch us if we kissed our way up to the bedroom. Then I set a third one inside the bedroom, hidden near the
IRIS POV:I sat quietly beside Serah while lights passed outside the windows. My head still hurt slightly from everything I remembered. Every time I closed my eyes, flashes of the old reality appeared again. Everything felt mixed together.Serah kept glancing at me every few seconds like she was afraid I would suddenly disappear again."You okay?" she asked softly.I nodded weakly. But honestly, I didn't know. There was only one thing I knew for sure right now."I want to see my mom.""Alright, I'll drop you there."I nodded."You know, in the other reality… she was in a coma."Serah stayed quiet."Aurelian said she would stay like that for years," I whispered. "More than ten years."But here, my mother was alive and healthy. One of the few beautiful things this reality gave me.Serah's expression softened."I wish I remembered," Serah said."I wish you did," I whispered to myself.I smiled and looked out the window quietly while she drove. The closer we got to the mansion, the faster
ZEVARIS POV: I stood there quietly, staring at the waves of the river. Interesting. Very interesting. I looked down at my hands slowly. I flexed my fingers slightly and smiled faintly. "So this is what it feels like to be Virx." I turned around and Rowe and Stephen immediately straightened. Neither of them noticed anything wrong. Of course they didn't. I walked towards the car. "We're heading back to the mansion." He nodded. "Yes, Boss." All three of us entered the car and the engine started. —·—·—·—·—·—·— SERAH POV: I kept glancing toward Iris every few seconds. Her breathing had become steadier. Then suddenly, Iris coughed violently beside me. "Iris?" Her body jerked slightly before her eyes slowly opened. "Oh my God…" I slowed the car slightly. "You're okay," I said quickly. "You're alright." She blinked slowly while looking around. She looked confused. Then suddenly, her entire expression changed. "Iris?" She slowly looked at me and the way she looked at me mad
AURELIAN POV:"Zevaris? Your brother?" I asked. "The same one who asked for knowledge from the moon goddess?""Yes," Vaelthor answered."And what business do I have with him?""You have something of mine in you. And I suppose he told you to kill yourself.""Yes.""Hmm… Zevaris… what brings you here," he whispered. "Thank you for the message. Iris will be fine but you must be ready to face the consequences when it comes, because it will."Everything suddenly became dark. The palace vanished. Vaelthor vanished. Kael vanished. It felt like the entire world beneath me disappeared. Then I fell.For one brief second, there was nothing but darkness and the feeling of sinking endlessly. Then immediately, my eyes snapped open.I was on the shore. My body jerked upward violently just as Serah raised the gun again toward my head."Wait!" I shouted quickly.Serah froze."It worked," I said immediately."What? You're still alive?" she said.I pointed toward Iris. Serah turned instantly. Rowe and S
AURELIAN POV:"Fuck!" My eyes snapped open as I violently rubbed my face, but the bullets were gone.I looked around and I was standing in a familiar place. Vaelthor's palace. I turned around and looked towards the end of the wide palace where his throne sat. Two armed guards stood side by side before his throne.Anger burned in my chest as I walked towards him. I reached the guards and they blocked me."Get out of my way," I growled under my breath."The king didn't permit you," the man said back.I ignored him and took a step forward. The two guards moved at the same time. A palm slammed into my chest before I could react. The force launched me several feet backward across the polished floor. I slid violently before stopping near one of the massive pillars.Pain burned through my ribs as I slowly looked up. Vaelthor hadn't moved. He sat on his throne with one arm resting against the side of his face, watching silently. Like he wanted to see what would happen. Like this was entertain
AURELIAN POV:I opened my eyes and I was back. I still held Iris's hands in mine, but she wasn't speaking again. Her face had gone pale and her skin was gray, with cracks over them.I held her carefully and kept her on the ground."You won't die. That I promise you."I looked up and saw a mountain. It was the highest on the whole island."Don't heal," I said to my wolf.'I can't. If the damage can be healed then I'll have no other choice than to heal myself.'"Then I'll have to make sure the damage can't be," I said.I looked around desperately. Then my eyes landed on a sharp rock. It stood out from the others near the bottom of the mountain, long and jagged like a spear pointed toward the sky.And suddenly an idea formed in my head. If normal damage healed, then maybe complete destruction wouldn't. Maybe if I shattered enough of my body at once, I looked back at Iris lying motionless on the ground. Gray cracks were spreading slowly across her skin. Time was running out.I turned towa
IRIS POV:I hated the way my body responded to the voice of someone I had just met a few hours ago.“I don't know what you're saying,” I lied. I totally knew what he meant.I looked behind him. There was the door. I could simply run away from him and head out, but my feet and body just couldn't mov
IRIS POV:The car stopped right in front of Aurelian's mansion.“All the paperwork is ready. It's left for you to sign,” Aurelian said.“I don't want to,” I murmured.“I know you don't,” he replied.He pressed a button and both car doors opened, and I stepped out.We both walked toward the entrance
IRIS POV:I stood there, terrified. Cassian's eyes left the man on the floor and found me at the top of the stairs.His face shifted the moment he saw me."Iris," he said, his eyes widening. "I said you should stay in no matter what you heard.""I… I…" Stammering, I took a step backward.Aurelian's
IRIS POV:I couldn't explain what just happened. I was literally confused.I waited until he turned left.I pushed the door open and stepped back inside the room. I walked straight to the massive closet. The lights turned on automatically when I got close. Rows and rows of clothes hung perfectly st







