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Sol POVI was beginning to suspect my children had skipped being babies entirely.Not physically.Physically they were definitely babies.Tiny.Adorable.Capable of causing emotional devastation with a single smile.But mentally?I had questions.Many questions.Concerning questions.Questions no parent should have to ask.Like:How is my daughter assigning staff members to departments before she can properly speak?Or:How did my son create a portal into one of the most protected places in existence?Or my personal favorite:How is floating apparently easier than learning to walk?I watched Xander drift through the nursery.Again.The little boy wasn't even trying anymore.He simply floated from destination to destination like gravity was a personal inconvenience.Aella still insisted he would eventually learn how to walk.I was becoming less convinced every day.Meanwhile Riot had discovered walking.That should have been good news.Instead, it was terrifying.Because climbing had a

Aella POVWe kept the portal a secret.As much as possible, anyway.Only a handful of people knew the truth.Me.Sol.Hunter.Chaos.Order.And the two guards assigned to monitor the location.Interestingly, the guards had no trouble remembering the tree.Neither did Hunter.Neither did Chaos or Order.The memory effect seemed specifically targeted at Sol and me.Which only reinforced our growing suspicion that Elias had designed the enchantment with us in mind.I hated how personal that felt.The tree remained quiet.Silent.Still.A massive ancient oak standing between the Silver Pack and the Academy.A tree that wasn't a tree.A doorway that led somewhere we still didn't understand.Weeks passed.Then another week.Then another.The children continued growing.The kingdoms continued rebuilding.The Academy prepared for the barrier ritual.And still the portal remained inactive.Part of me began hoping we had misunderstood.That perhaps it had been abandoned.Forgotten.Broken.The

Aella POVThe Academy adapted.It wasn't something I wanted to admire.Most of the students were between fifteen and twenty-two years old. They were no longer children, but they were still far too young to become accustomed to war.Yet that was exactly what was happening.The Academy had become a fortress.Not because of its walls.Because of its students.As Sol and I walked through the campus after the attack, I watched the future leaders of the shifter world doing exactly what they had been trained to do.Senior Alpha students organized defensive patrols around the damaged buildings.Older Beta students established communication stations, handing out phones so younger students could contact their families and reassure them they were alive.Gamma trainees coordinated supplies, distributing food, water, blankets and first aid equipment while directing volunteers toward the infirmary.The warrior cadets were already rebuilding barricades and repairing defensive positions.No one had o

Aella POV"Hunter!"The word tore itself from my throat as the portal snapped shut.One second he had been smiling at us.The next...Gone."No!" Sol tried to stand, but the moment he pushed himself off the ground, his knees buckled. I wasn't doing any better.The sixteen-hour ritual had left us with barely enough strength to breathe, much less fight.I planted my hands against the earth and tried again.Nothing.My arms trembled violently before giving out.We both collapsed back onto the grass.Chaos was already beside us."Don't move.""We have to—" Sol protested."You can't," Order interrupted.For once, neither spirit sounded calm.Hunter had been taken.Order looked toward the place where the portal had appeared, his expression unreadable."There is no residual magic.""What?" I whispered."It disappeared completely."Chaos cursed under his breath.Without another word, the two spirits placed a hand on each of us.The world blurred.The Sanctuary.We reappeared inside the throne

Aella POVThe attention stayed on Xander.Not intentionally.No one was praising him.If anything, everyone looked mildly terrified that my son had accidentally developed the ability to summon people across realms.Still...He had become the center of every conversation.Apparently, that was unacceptable.At least according to my other two children.Riot was the first to protest.The little menace, who until recently had only been crawling and climbing, suddenly decided that walking was beneath him.Running, however...Running was perfect.He took off across the infirmary with a delighted squeal."Aurora!" Queen Samantha called.My eleven-year-old sister-in-law gasped."Oh no."Riot disappeared beneath one bed.Aurora dove after him.The little boy emerged from the other side laughing triumphantly."You little monster!" Aurora cried as she chased him around the room.Riot only laughed harder.Hunter, still lying in bed with his head wrapped in bandages, watched the chase with wide eye