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Emily’s POV I came face to face with it.And for a moment… my brain just stopped working.My breath caught so hard it felt like my lungs forgot what to do. My body didn’t even know whether to move forward or backward. I think I did both at the same time because I stumbled slightly, then froze completely.It wasn’t a beast.It wasn’t a man either.It was something in between, or maybe something beyond both.A figure stood there in front of me, tall, but not fully solid. Like smoke had been shaped into the idea of a body and told to hold still. His outline kept shifting, fading in and out like the space around him couldn’t agree on whether he should exist or not.The air itself felt wrong around him.Heavy, Old and Pressing.My throat went dry immediately.I swallowed, but it didn’t help.“W… who are you?” I managed to ask, though my voice came out smaller than I intended. I tried again to steady it, but it didn’t really work.The figure tilted his head slightly.Not like a human woul

Malric’s POV It felt like my feet had been nailed into the ground the moment I saw her.For a second, my mind refused to accept what my eyes were telling me. Like the world had simply decided to mock me after everything. Then the next moment, something inside me snapped forward and I was moving more like running.No thought. No caution. Just instinct and fear tearing through me at the same time.I reached her before I even realized how far I had gone.She was real.In my arms,alive and breathing.That was the only thing my mind could hold onto.I pulled her in so fast my grip almost hurt her, but I couldn’t care. My face buried into the side of her shoulder, into the fabric of her torn and dirty dress, like I needed proof she was actually here and not something my mind had created out of desperation.For a moment, I didn’t speak.I just held on.Because if I opened my mouth, I didn’t know what would come out.Not here. Not in front of Lucien.He was standing somewhere behind us, I co

Malric’s POV “I found out not long ago,” Sarah replied stiffly. “Just a few days ago.” Just a few days? My jaw locked. “Sarah,” I said quietly, my teeth clenched hard enough to ache. “You knew she was carrying my child… and somehow decided I didn’t deserve to know?” Her expression hardened immediately. “Why are you making this sound bigger than it is?” For a moment, I simply stared at her. Bigger than it is? “Let me remind you,” I said slowly, my voice dropping lower instead of louder, “One of your sacred duties as priestess is ensuring the safety of royal blood.” I took a step toward her. “Emily is carrying my child. A royal blood.” Another step. “You said nothing and you're telling me I'm making this bigger than it is?” “I already told you,” she shot back. “I only found out a few days ago.” My control strained. “A few days?” I repeated. “Those few days, anything could have happened to her.” My gaze sharpened. “She had a duel with an Alpha heir, someone stronger tha

Emily’s POV. Irene stood there. Her big round eyes were locked on me, glistening like she had been holding something back for too long and it finally cracked the moment she saw me. For a second she didn’t speak. She just stared at me like she was trying to convince herself I was actually real and not something her mind had made up out of fear. “What?” I asked, sitting up slowly, confused more than anything. I didn’t get a chance to adjust properly. A sharp sting hit my shoulder. I frowned reflexively. Then I realised she had slapped me there. Before I could even process why, she crashed into me, wrapping her arms around me like she was afraid I would disappear again if she let go. And just like that, she started crying. Not quiet crying either. The kind that came out uneven, messy, like she had been holding it in for hours and it finally broke. “How dare you think of leaving me alone?” she said, voice shaking as she clung tighter. “I was scared… I heard the rumours you were d

Malric’s POV I led Emily away from that tent to stop her from seeing the maid's dead body like that.She was already shivering.I took her to my tent and comforted her until she felt better. We would talk about our child later, but right now, I needed to deal with Sharina first.“We'll be leaving for the palace soon,” I said, standing up. “So get ready. I need to attend to something.”I pressed a kiss to her forehead and stepped out.The moment the tent flap fell behind me, whatever softness Emily brought out of me disappeared.Rage returned. The kind that demanded answers.Sharina’s tent was the first place I stopped.The guards Lucien had placed outside straightened immediately when they saw me approaching.I didn’t remember to ask if she was decent before barging in. She wasn't, but I didn’t care. She seemed not to care either, apparently hoping her half-nakedness would be enough to stop my wrath.I yanked the sheet from the bed and threw it over her, my body looming over hers as