Chapter 44 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 The bile in my throat refused to go down, my skin crawled, my head seconds away from spinning. “Will you sit fucking still?” One of the women dressing me yanked hard on my leg. I stilled. I could have sworn that I felt and heard a pop
Chapter 43 She did not wait when we reached the mansion, she made her way up stairs without a single word. The ride back had been decisively quiet. Not a single peep escaped her. Her not speaking after the test, ordeal was not unusual. But somehow, it felt strange p>
Chapter 42 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 Her words made no sense, scrambled in the chaos that the experience had left my mind. It was tangled in the words that still echoed in my head, Landon’s words, my mother’s voice. In that moment, comprehension was the last thing I could manage. It didn’t help
Chapter 41 TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE AND MENTION OF ABUSE 🌙 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 Her arms wrapped around me, warm, steady, real. My throat closed as I clutched back, desperate to bury myself in her like I was still a child—but my arms wouldn’t fit. They were too short, too small, straining uselessly
Chapter 40 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 The Lunar Sanctum rose before us like something torn from a dream—or a nightmare, depending on how the light caught it. It wasn’t a building so much as a monument to something ancient and untouchable. Stone columns twisted skyward in spirals that seemed to defy gravity, their
Chapter 39 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 The doors opened to reveal a car that wasn’t a car at all, it was a fortress wrapped in wheels. The vehicle crouched in the driveway like some predatory beast, its surface drinking in the morning light until nothing reflected back. Pure black metal, smooth as obsidian,
Chapter 38 🌙 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 I woke to pain. A sharp crack jolted through my skull, white-hot, as my forehead collided with something solid—stone, maybe, or wall. The impact rattled me awake in an instant, tearing me out of whatever half-world had wrapped me in its haze. My hands shot out,
Chapter 37 “It reveals everything I’ve ignored about you,” I said, my voice low but cutting. “Every shadow I explained away. Every doubt I silenced. I see them now—laid bare in the wreckage. The trust is shattered, Veronique. Irretrievable p> Her eyes widened, wet with sudden desperation. She shook her
Chapter 36 🌙 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 My breath caught, pulse spiking. Still, my fingers obeyed, caressing the raised ink, feeling it hum beneath my touch like something alive. Vladimir’s jaw clenched so hard I swore I heard bone grind, his throat corded as his head tipped back. The sight rooted me where
Chapter 35 🌙 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 I unraveled the bandages he had wrapped—seemingly by himself, because it was an unfathomably horrible job. Too tight in some places, loose in others, the linen already blotched through with dried rust-red. He hadn’t even tried to clean the wounds properly. The more I pulled away,
Chapter 34 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 I woke with a gasp. Sound burst in my head like a thousand bells clanging at once, sharp and merciless, rattling against my skull until I thought it would split me open. Pain seared across my temples, crawling down my neck, every pulse like a hammer blow.
Chapter 33 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 Her nails dug deeper, sharp crescents biting into my throat as she leaned closer, her hair curtaining us from Vladimir’s line of sight. To him, it would look like she was shielding me. Protecting me. But her grip told another story. Air choked in my lungs as
Chapter 32 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 I watched little tendrils of flesh weaving together, tissue solidifying into honeyed skin. Pale spindles of nerves took root in the macabre process, knitting through flesh, spiraling in an unnerving dance that horrified me—despite being the most beautiful thing I had ever laid my eyes on. My
Chapter 31 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 For the first time, Caesar looked shaken. His mouth fell open, snapping shut only to twist again into disgust. He barked a laugh that didn’t reach his eyes. “So the little liar kept secrets from me too. Hiding what she was from the only man who at
Chapter 30 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 The floor beneath me fell through, and I could do nothing but fall. My throat constricted, leaving me unable to create a sound. My heart raced a mile a second, buried emotions and memories forcing their way out. It was like ripping the scab off a wound
Chapter 29 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 The table nodded, almost in unison—an eerie choreography of assent, as if they had already rehearsed this conclusion long before I entered the room. The air shifted. My skin prickled. Kustav leaned back in his chair. “If we are speaking of mates,” he said smoothly, voice honeyed
Chapter 28 🌙𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 Stepping out of the car was equivalent to stepping out of a furnace. I followed the two towering figures of Vladimir and Veronique, feeling small, insignificant, and out of place. The building that loomed ahead could have been conjured out of an urban sci-fi novel. A long
Chapter 27 Color drained from her face, her olive skin turning ghostly. Heavy silence saturated the air—I could hear the clock ticking on the far wall of my office. I watched her face crumple so slowly it was painful to witness. While she seemed to come to terms with what
Chapter 26 Veronique slid the file across the desk like it was a peace offering. “This,” she said, tone clipped, “is a compilation of every suitable, unmated wolf in Wintercrest. Bloodlines, status, genetic compatibility, even temperament assessments. In approximately a week, we will find a mate. She will marry him
Chapter 25 I watched her reaction, but it might as well have been a blank slate. If she felt anything, it was locked behind those amber eyes. Explaining to a hybrid who had lived her whole life in the human realm how bonds worked—how they could shape, elevate, or destroy