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gs. You must

her chest, her heart raci

discovered

d. "That cannot be

gency. He swiftly snatched a heavy shawl from the bed and began gathering

his arm with trembling hands. "I will not

yes, filled with conflict, softened for an instant, but then

he said, his vo

's plea was raw, desperate

sel

led between them, an invisible weight that grounded her to the spot. Her b

red, her voice breaking as

t. "I shall find you. I swear it. But for now, you must be safe.

crash, and a maid entered, breathless and frantic. "The r

e this." He seized the shawl containing Giselle's belongi

s, his touch tender yet urgent. "I will find you," he pro

ull of love, of a plea that hung unspoken between them. Giselle's te

her lips, his voice breaking

ly at Giselle's ar

e shadows creeping in around them, threatening to engulf them both. At th

stood in

ed over Giselle, and her

cold and distant. The familiar warmth was gone, replaced with a chilling emptiness. Fr

clenched. Her voic

anion for so long simply tilted her head,

ou don't hav

, bitter smile, a smile that la

h to protect the child-come with us,"

e Lydia. The same Lydia who had been her rock, who had stood by her through

nd Lydia with defiance in her posture. "How dare y

ing no warmth. "Luna?" She regarded Giselle with a loo

rrow and disbelief. "Why? Why are yo

ed into something dark and cru

k like a blow,

e cried, her voice trembling with disbelief. "You were there when I wed Alaric. You

everything from me," she spat, her voice venomous. "I was to be Luna. M

u are mistaken. I did not take what was yours. Alpha Alaric is my mate; i

as low and dark

the king's daughter-the traitor king's spawn. The pack leaders have sought your blood for

d to shift beneath he

? Lydia had k

s, her deepest fears, her unspoken hopes. And all the while, Ly

faltered, barely escapi

, but not for Giselle. "For many moons," she murmured, her voice lowering to a ne

nd on her belly, her face hardening

y. "The pack leaders have vowed to burn both of you shoul

iam stepped forward, her stance d

d, becoming predatory.

ted, her fingers shifting into deadly cla

time to react be

ack echoed thr

the stone wall, the impact knocki

f her wrist, Lydia si

llable, flare to life. She thrust her hands outward, u

rashing violently against the cave's jagged

, her expression one of cruel satisfaction, as

" Lydia purred, her voice sickl

ed bright, searing into

away, drained from her veins, leaving her tremblin

broken body, crumpled against the

all wa

oduc

neither mere werewolves nor any lesser creature that walked the earth. They were power itself, immortal

lasts when jea

a threat, an insult to their existence. For the first time in history, the s

d unshaken. They were stronger, faster, and mor

ver just about

was made. In exchange for sparing the witches from future wars, the witches agreed to weave a spell of darkne

Lycans fell, their legendary resilience turned to dust beneath the

is never

for dominance was endless. There was stil

nd. Stronger than any ordinary wolf, they were the original rulers of the werewolves

olute control, conspired once mo

n the Werewolf King and his son fell into their ancestral sleep, the pack leaders struck. Silent and

olled. Their

they t