CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO : INNER DEMONS 2

Lucius looked at Seraphina with shock in his eyes.

“it makes no sense”, Lucius said in protest. “I have always been from the Blackthorn family, just like Leina”

“Ah yes, the Blackthorn family. How much do you know about your history?”, Seraphina asked.

“Not much, we used to be a noble family but we lost most of our members and now I and Leina are pretty much all that is left. We haven’t been to the capital in a very very long time”, Lucius replied.

“Your family is from the capital?”, Luna exclaimed.

“So is yours too”, Seraphina said as she looked at Rey and Luna. “The Volk family used to be called the Emberglade family but they suddenly vanished from the capital 400 years ago”

“We need to understand what is going on”, Lucius said. “It may be time to return to the capital”

Lucius's words hung in the air as everyone absorbed the gravity of the situation. Returning to the capital meant stepping into the heart of the power struggle between the alphas, risking their lives and revealing the