Ansari's pov.I sprang from my bed, drenched in cold sweat and fear—Jasper's threat.I looked out the window; it was already dusk.Yes, your people will be killed before the dawn of tomorrow. You might try your best to save them, but you already have a lot on your hands.His exact words, I could try to save them if I wished.I rose to my feet, the pain and the injuries were forgotten, and I tried to make my way to the door, but I was too fucking lightheaded. The door spun before me, and it seemed to be miles away.“What's happening..??” I asked uneasily. I could see the ground rushing up to meet me, but I could do nothing to stop my fall.I fell with a heavy thud. I did not understand why I …mologon venom.But I needed to get up. I needed to find a way out of there so that I could go to my daughter and warn her about what was yet to come.My limbs did not respond to me, and my hands stayed where they lay.Frustration finally reached me, like a mother's embrace after she found a child

Daruis's pov"Death to the Witch spawn," Saltos commanded, and I felt the monster's heart fill with joy.They proceeded into the portal and rushed into the forests. The wolves all around tried to fight back, but they could not withstand them. They could not fight off the avalanche of destruction that was Saltos. He was riding a horse of death and destruction, and my people died in their thousands."You!!" a voice yelled out in shock. I turned to the monster and looked at him. It was no monster; it was a friend, someone whom I had once known and had called family."Jake," I said in shock. "I could not believe it when they told me when they said so much to me. You who I thought…"He was cut short by a spear to his heart. The wood was exposed from the front of his chest, and blood splattered from his mouth."Goddess have mercy." He groaned before he fell to the ground. Nessa looked back at me with a proud look on her face."Death to the Witch spawn." I tried to smile, but the smile was

Selene's pov(In the R.V., another memory.)"How are you?" Alex asked. I was lying on her twin-sized bed next to her. I should have gone home; I wanted to go home, but I could not bear the empty house. I thought I would find comfort there, but when I walked into her room… I ran over here, over to my best friend. "I don't know. I feel numb." I whispered. I had thought I would cry for hours over my mum, but the tears had dried up, and no matter how hard I wanted them to fall, they stayed dried up. "I know you're hurting over your mom. I could never imagine what it feels like to lose your mother. But that's not what I'm talking about." She turned over on the bed and faced me."What are you talking about then?" I asked, genuinely confused.Alex cleared her throat and looked at me uneasily. "How do you feel now? especially after meeting your father." She asked and watched me curiously.My anger returned swiftly, and bitterness enveloped me like a thin shroud."How could she do that?" I

Magnus's povAll my life, I have known pain. You are not considered an alpha if you are a weakling. The Lycan gene is poison to those who cannot wield its power. It corrupts you and weakens you more because you need strength to fight, and if you have no strength for the fight, you are beaten. Pain has been my friend for a long time, for I am ancient, I am feral, and I am one with nature. The pain that seared through my entire body was not something I was familiar with, though. Tears threatened to escape my eyes as Selene pressed down on the wound with a piece of her cloth and a mixture of herbs."Hmmm." I groaned. The tears were now close; I bit down hard on my lips to stop myself from screaming."Please, stay still." Selene pleaded. Her icy blue eyes were filled with fear and concern. She wrapped the cloth around the wound in a bid to stop the bleeding. I watched her hands as she walked quickly but her face soon called to me and the memory of the moment we had shared. No, now was no

Magnus's pov"No more." I pleaded. "Please, no more.""But why?" The evil voice asked."Do your actions shame you?""Enough!!!" I ordered, but he took hold of me.Like he always did.The car coughed and groaned, but the engine stayed dead. I turned to Gabriel anxiously. "Gabriel, we have to ditch the car!"He stubbornly shook his head. "No, don't worry about that; she's only sleepy." He said and patted the dash. "Right, baby?" His words were beginning to annoy me; I turned to the windshield, and my breath got stuck in my throat. The swarm of wolves coming our way would be here any second. Fuck, Ansari must have brought out every single wolf she had for four people. "Gabriel, we need to leave," I pleaded. He paid no heed to me, tore out the wires, and began hot-wiring the jeep.“Dad…" Selene called. “Shouldn't we just leave the car?” Darius asked, and I turned to him simultaneously as Gabriel. "SHUT UP!!”Darius sank back into his seat and kept quiet. The engine coughed and shoo