登入Ciara’s POVI sat quietly beside Dax, sipping the juice he had prepared for me while the private jet moved steadily through the clouds, but no matter how many times I tried to relax, my body refused to listen. The drink was sweet, cold and exactly the way I liked it, yet I barely tasted anything. My thoughts remained trapped in that private room before takeoff, in the folded note with the tiny heart and the handwriting I would have recognized anywhere.Jasper had reached me before we even left Shadowfen.The thought alone made my fingers tighten around the glass.Dax noticed immediately. His hand moved to the back of my head, fingers brushing gently through my hair before resting there in that comforting way he had developed whenever he sensed I was slipping too deeply into my thoughts. He had traced the servant the moment I showed him the note, but by the time his guards found her, she was already dead. Someone had killed her before she could be questioned, leaving nothing behind ex
Ciara’s POVAsher was everywhere.Beside me, behind me, leaning over my shoulder, talking into my ear, carrying things nobody had asked him to carry and giving instructions to guards who looked like they had already given up trying to understand whether he had any real authority over them. His excitement about returning to the human realm was so loud and infectious that for a little while, I almost forgot why we were going in the first place.If someone had seen us from a distance, they might have assumed we were leaving for a family vacation.Asher certainly acted like it.He had spent the entire morning listing the places he wanted to visit, the food he wanted to try and the people he wanted to threaten for entertainment. He had also promised to take me shopping somewhere “better than Dax’s boring rich-man stores,” then announced that he intended to enjoy the human realm properly this time because his last visits had involved too much blood and not enough fun.I had laughed more tha
Dax’s POVI drove my fist into the punching bag hard enough to split the leather open.Sand spilled across the training room floor, joining the remains of six other bags I had already destroyed, but the sight did nothing to ease the pressure inside me. My current still burned beneath my skin, hot and violent, while my wolf paced through my mind like a beast locked behind a door too weak to hold him.Across the room, Lance kept a careful distance.It was probably the smartest decision he had made all day.I moved toward another bag.Lance groaned. “If you destroy the rest, what exactly are the warriors supposed to train with tomorrow?”I wrapped my fists again, even though the cloth had already torn in several places. “When I finish with the bags, I will use your stupid face.”His expression turned offended. “Why my face?”“Because it is close.”“No.” He took one step back. “That is not normal. Alpha Ray is the one staring at your woman like a starving animal. I did nothing.”“You stoo
Jasper’s pov.The symbols on the walls flickered faintly as his power moved through the room. Even Mr. Dagon lowered his eyes, and my mother’s fingers tightened around the edge of her chair.He was warning me, I know that but still fuck him!“Ciara is not merely a woman carrying a Blackthorne child,” Oracle continued. “Her blood is one of the final keys to awakening what our kind lost. The line inside her has remained dormant for generations, hidden beneath human flesh and sealed memories. The pregnancy has weakened that seal. Dax’s primordial essence has begun to wake what sleeps within her.”My pulse quickened.So it was true.My Nyssara was changing and that means she's awakening. The thought should have pleased me, but unease moved through me instead. If her power awakened before I took her away, she might become harder to control. She had already grown more rebellious before leaving the human realm. Dax’s protection would only make her worse.Oracle leaned forward slightly.“Not
Jasper’s POVMy eyes remained on the masked man seated at the head of the long table.Oracle.That was the only name anyone inside this room used for him. I had known him for centuries, obeyed his commands, swallowed his potions, endured his spells and carried out enough of his plans to drown whole bloodlines in blood, yet I had never seen the face beneath that mask. Sometimes I wondered whether there was even a real face behind it anymore or if the thing sitting before us had become nothing more than ancient power wrapped in robes and secrets.The meeting hall was buried beneath one of the Dagon family’s oldest properties, hidden far below the human estate where no ordinary servant, guard or guest could accidentally wander into it. The walls were black stone, damp with old magic, and symbols had been carved into every pillar to prevent sound, scent and supernatural current from escaping. A circular chandelier burned overhead without candles, casting a sickly silver glow across the
Ciara’s POVI stared at the man who had just called me his mate and immediately decided that whatever madness was happening in this realm had officially gone too far.Absolutely not.There was no bond, destiny, or ancient supernatural nonsense strong enough to make me accept some stranger appearing in the middle of a shopping trip and announcing ownership over me like I was an item he had misplaced years ago. I was already carrying Dax’s child, wrapped in Dax’s arm and deeply in love with the very angry Alpha standing beside me. The last thing I needed was another powerful supernatural man deciding the Moon had personally delivered me to him.The stranger and Dax clearly knew each other and more importantly, they hated each other.The hatred between them was not fresh or simple. It sat in the air like something old and sharpened over years, and the way Dax’s body had turned rigid beside mine told me this was not some annoying acquaintance he could dismiss with a threat. His current







