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Broken Sleep

CHAPTER 71DRAKEN’S POV“It was on the marble, Sir,” Thorne muttered. He held up his gauntlet, pointing a finger toward a dried smear on the cuff. “A single crimson drop. The scent was corrupted. It tasted of iron and rot.”My body went entirely rigid, my hands slamming flat against the map table until the timber groaned under my pressure. My wolf threw his head back in a snarl. “Where is she?” I growled, my eyes flaring.“In the bedchamber,” Thorne replied, his jaw firm. “Quietly, Daken. If someone inside these walls is watching her bleed, we cannot show our hand.”We crossed the private gallery without a sound, slipping through the oak doors of the royal wing to check on her. Ava was sitting on the edge of the mattress, her posture stiff, her face still carrying that paleness that had made my chest tighten all morning. Maya was kneeling right beside her, carefully wiping her hands with a wet cloth.Maya’s hands were steady, but her eyes kept darting nervously toward her, still visib

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The Craftsman’s Hand

CHAPTER 72AVA’S POVThe pendant lay in the open shouting my secrets into the dark. Draken didn't move immediately. His piercing eyes tracked the line of my posture before slowly lifting back to my face. “Why did you leave your bed, Ava?” he rumbled, “The night is freezing, and the healers explicitly commanded you to rest. Are the nightmares returning to you in the dark?”“I... I couldn't sleep, Draken,” I whispered, my voice sounding incredibly small. “The air in the chambers felt too heavy. I needed... I needed to look through the histories.”He didn't answer right away. His gaze dropped from my face back down to the floor, locking onto the exact spot where the crescent lay. My breath caught completely in my throat, the blood turning to ice in my veins as I instinctively tensed, preparing to scramble forward to hide it.Too late.Draken took a single stride forward, He bent down, his frame cutting off the light from the candles as his fingers wrapped around the pendant before my han

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The Missing Page

CHAPTER 73DRAKEN’S POVThe doors of the subterranean archives clicked shut behind me, but the darkness of the lower corridors offered no relief. I strode through the flickering torchlight alone, my boots hitting the stone floor with thundering strides that matched the storm raging beneath my ribs.Fenris was snarling, pacing, and clawing for blood. My mind kept replaying two things in a maddening, looping cycle—the cold, empty gap on the restricted history shelf, and the terrifying, paleness of Ava's face as she trembled in that study. She was slipping, and the answer to her survival had been deliberately ripped out from under my hands.“Someone knew exactly what I came looking for,” I thought, my jaw locking into a thin line.It wasn't a standard political play. It wasn't a rogue mercenary trying to breach our outer parapets with arrows and axes. This was a quiet, domestic execution order operating within my own shadow, and the executioner was moving with a terrifying, calculated pr

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A Dangerous Discovery

CHAPTER 74SELENE’S POVThe steam rose from the cup in curls, carrying the scent of peppermint and crushed winter berries across my vanity table. I moved with a practiced, precision, my fingers steady as I pulled the tiny glass vial from the hidden pocket of my sleeve. I removed the leather stopper. The liquid disappeared beneath the tea without disturbing its surface. I stirred it once, placing the spoon back down precisely where it belonged before smoothing the fabric of my dress.My face remained a mask of sisterly devotion as I lifted the tray and carried it across the corridors toward the royal wing. When I pushed the door open, the sight of Ava resting against the pillows made a cold, satisfaction anchor itself in my chest. She looked worse than she had yesterday. The paleness of her skin had deepened. “You look worse than yesterday, Ava,” I murmured gently, dropping my voice into a comforting whisper as I set the tray down on the table beside her mattress.Ava blinked up at me,

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Shared Secrets

CHAPTER 75SELENE’S POV“You want the throne,” I stated flatly, Kael didn't flinch, nor did he offer a defensive roar. He simply leaned on the tunnel walls. “And you want the life that was stolen from you, Selene,” he countered, “You want the gold, the status, and the absolute submission of the sister who was begged for on your father's deathbed.” Our gazes locked, a uneasy understanding settling between us in the freezing dark. We didn't need to trust each other's words; we only needed to trust the depth of each other's greed. We had different destinations, but we shared the exact same enemy. “Ava’s internal fire is failing by the hour,” I revealed quietly, steping closer to the stone archway. “The gray wool in her mind has made her memories completely unreliable, and the court noblewomen are already whispering about her sudden instability after the blessing ceremony. But that isn't the real crack in the ice.”Kael tilted his head, his eyes tracking my expression. “Speak.”“I overh

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The Seer's Dream

CHAPTER 76 MADAME LIRA’S POV The vision did not come with the gentle ripple of prophecy. It struck like a blade. Flashes tore through my mind in violent waves. Endless, blinding white snow falling from the sky. A woman running, her breath a ragged gasp against the mountain frost. Fire—roaring, orange flames swallowing a massive timber manor. The hunting howls of wolves echoing. Someone crying, the sound small and fragile, followed immediately by the sight of a broken silver moon pendant lying in a pool of fresh blood. Because the Moon Mother had branded me a Seer, my consciousness held the fragments longer than any normal wolf could endure. I stretched my hand out toward the mist, desperate to catch a glimpse of the running woman's face, but the fabric of the vision tore. Everything went pitch-black. A deep voice whispered right inside my ear. “Again…” I sat upright in my cot, a harsh gasp escaping my throat as my sightless, milky eyes stared into the dark corners of my room.

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Lira Mira Nira

CHAPTER 77MADAME LIRA’S POVAcross the mental link, the sightless gazes of Nira and Mira remained fixed on my position.“Describe it, Lira,” Nira commanded softly, “Do not leave a single shard out. Every detail matters when the ash wakes up.”I kept my palms pressed flat against the bowl, staring down into the dark water as I forced my mind back to the fragments. “It begins with the snow,” I whispered, my chest tightening, “Then the roaring, fire consuming the manor. The hunting howls of the wolves in the mist, the screaming of the woman on the bridge, and finally... the single crimson pool where the broken silver moon lies.”“No,” Mira interrupted, her voice cutting through the smoke.I tilted my head, my sightless eyes narrowing in the dark. “Mira?”“Not the symbols, Lira,” Mira corrected, “We already know what the objects are. We want the order. Exactly which fragment struck your consciousness first?” The demand left a heavy silence in the room. It was a question designed to te

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