NARRATOR"Mmmnn!" Maxwell screamed as he watched his father’s head roll across the ground.It happened so fast, so mercilessly. Blood still pumped from the severed arteries, painting the grotesque scene red over the grass.A collective gasp of shock filled the air. The elemental girl fainted again from the sheer horror."Silas, I told you to control yourself, love," Sigrid huffed internally."You promised we’d get back to the cabin quickly. Your father is busy with your mother. This was taking too long."She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at her mate’s madness."The entire Regent’s family is now imprisoned and exiled from the palace. They will no longer hold any authority," Silas added, his gaze locked on Maxwell, who was kneeling, choking on his sobs over his father’s lifeless body.Sigrid lifted the restriction on his mouth, but she instantly regretted it."We are descendants of your family! How could you do this to the man who always idolized you?!" Maxwell forgot his fear, co
NARRATORAnd just like that, a casual conversation about why he got rid of his two fanatics."Do you want me to give you a medal for your good deed?" Sigrid didn’t feel the slightest bit of sympathy for their deaths."I want that reward, and you know it very well.""Silas, control yourself and talk to the Dukes," the Selenia shot back, rolling her eyes. He needed to leave her ass alone.She stepped away for a moment to have the bodies removed and to check on the unconscious commoner."I... I don’t know what to say." Katherine was speechless, just like everyone else.What the hell had just happened? The way everything had taken such a drastic turn was unbelievable."First of all, Duke of Everhart, I know very well that you haven’t harmed anyone in this Realm." Silas locked eyes with the beast.Elliot listened from within his lycan form, feeling a strange mix of emotions.From the moment he had watched his greatest captor’s head roll so effortlessly, something inside him shifted. The ma
SIGRIDThe magic of that sorceress intertwined with my own.I watched as her eyes turned completely white. She was in a trance, trembling, mumbling incoherent spells.I wasn’t scared. If anything, I was curious. She was prophesizing something. I could feel it.What was it? Was it about me, about us?Our hands tightened around each other, and I closed my eyes, drawing her vision into my mind.I could feel the hum of our combined powers. Then, I saw it.The place was seared into my memory, a location that held intense emotions for me. A cave.I knew this cave. It was special, sacred almost. It was where I had made love to Silas for the first time, in Electra’s body.Were those caverns still standing?Seeing myself lying on a rustic, makeshift bed on the ground inside that natural shelter, I realized we would return to that hidden place somewhere in this Realm.Everything she saw, I saw too.« "Sigrid, drink my blood!" Silas loomed over me, his body nestled between my open legs, slicing
SIGRIDThe cry of my daughter, my firstborn."Silas," I gasped, my voice shaky, sinking into the soft fur blanket beneath me.I could feel more fluids flowing between my legs, the pain barely subsiding. The air inside the cave was thick with intense scents.A tiny bundle was gently placed on my chest.I opened my eyes and saw her, a wrinkled little thing with platinum-white hair like Silas. She was so small, her skin still red from birth, her tiny mouth trembling in a pout as if she wanted to cry again.Her little nose twitched, recognizing my scent, and that alone seemed to soothe her."It’s our little wolf, Sigrid. She’s so tiny... Is she... is she okay?" Silas looked down at her, his expression filled with concern.Our pups had arrived earlier than expected, which was the only reason I had dared to leave home in the first place.I watched her too, feeling the same worry as a fresh wave of pain crashed through me."Love, I don’t know... I feel like my breasts are full. Should I try
SIGRID«Spectral portals were opening along the walls, just like when Silas summoned them from the place he had created for them.Massive hands emerged, whispering excitedly, laughter echoing in frenzied tones.A shiver ran down my spine as I felt the intense surge of dark energy, so overwhelming that even Nyx’s flowers withered under its presence."Silas, stop it!" My voice came out strained as I looked at him again, leaning toward the babies beside me."It’s not me." His head was lowered, eyes locked on the infant in his hands, holding him up to his chest with both arms."The baby... he’s the one summoning my specters. I can’t... I can’t control them. They refuse to return. They’ve been called by a new master." Even he sounded lost.I clutched my daughters against my chest, holding them close as I tried to move toward him.A single moment of distraction, and the entire cave trembled. The ground shook violently, as if the earth itself was splitting apart."Silas!" I screamed, expandi
SIGRID«"But now you have our pups, Silas. I created a family for you, love. You will never be alone again." My fingers traced along his sharp cheekbone.His gaze devoured me, half-lidded like a beast resting in the depths. Our guardian beast."I have them, and I will protect them so that no one ever harms them, so you never have to suffer because of them," he said, and there was something deeper hidden in his words."Why would you say that? Who would want to harm our babies? Silas… tell me whatever it is you need to say." I tried to sit up, but he stopped me.He gently pushed me back down, reaching for the water we had collected from the underground stream. Dipping a cloth into it, he began cleaning me."Laziel is special, you saw it," he murmured, focused on his task.He looked calm, but my heart was pounding against my ribs, ready to burst."He is neither a wolf, nor a vampire, nor a sorcerer. And since he’s male, he shouldn’t be a Selenia either." His gaze flicked to mine for a br
NARRATORA FEW MONTHS LATER…Things seemed to be falling into place. The Dukes of Everhart took the place of the Regents.Despite some discontent, when the Specter King made his first and only appearance before the court of nobles and declared that, by "his balls," the Dukes would now be in charge, everyone had to swallow it—without even a sip of water.It happened just like that, with the least bit of subtlety, despite having practiced with Sigrid on how to be more sociable and polite in front of his people.It didn’t work.Katherine’s lineage was also announced, and she took the opportunity to say she had changed her name—because eccentric millionaires and their whims.Noblewomen did far worse things, so a sudden name change didn’t seem all that crazy.Things started to stabilize.A section of the barrier was lifted, now called The Border.Not even Aldric fully trusted the goodwill of supernatural beings; he had to ensure the safety of the elementals as well.So, only authorized env
NARRATORIn the hallway, almost the entire family was on edge, except for Celine, who was resting in her room with nausea.No matter how much she insisted on being present, Zarek didn’t let her get out of bed. She would be the next to drop the baby bomb.The others stayed outside, and only Gabrielle and Sigrid entered the lycan den.Azarot growled a little at Gabrielle before settling down, his instincts pushing him to curl up even tighter around his pups and his vulnerable mate.Sigrid's hand caressed his snout, scratching it a little, and Azarot licked her affectionately.She was also his pup, so she could stay."Oh, daughter… these little ones are adorable," Gabrielle crouched down, leaning toward Valeria and the little gluttons.Ignoring the grumpy wolf beside the King, these wild, brutish lycans sometimes seemed more like animals than anything else."Uhhh, I want some just like them. Little ones, I’m your big sister, and I’m going to take care of you," Sigrid stretched out her fi