Ch. 158 - Rightful Paths

River POV

I couldn't believe I was alive or that Kiera had walked through time to change our fates. The past three days had been a blur of relentless activity as we worked tirelessly to clean up the devastation left behind by Katherine and Deitus. The undead were incinerated, fallen pack members were laid to rest with honor, and the wounded were fully healed.

Kiera had shared with us the harrowing tale of her three months spent enduring a world without us and our child. The revelation that she had miscarried, confirming her womb mended by the darkness of Dietus, filled me with a rage unlike anything I had ever felt before. The mere thought of my son's life hanging in the balance, sustained only by the influence of a dark entity, ignited a primal instinct within me. I knew now, more than ever, that I had to protect him at all costs.

"You look worried, Alpha," Elizabeth's voice interrupted my thoughts as she appeared at my office doorway. Her wounds had healed, and she exuded a sense of