803RD POV.The dungeon is dark, a replica that they know of regarding all the times they’ve locked their own mate there based on selfish reasons.They are having a taste of their medicine and it plunges at that heart so much. It feels heavy, like there’s a dagger continuously piercing through their chest, reaching out to take away their lives.Now, things have changed. Kaya is their reason for being here, when they used to be the reason she suffers. The emotions spiralling through their minds makes them understand the pain Kaya has once felt when they betrayed her again and again and again.They blame themselves how they’ve misused her, how they have slept with her like she was some dog when in actuality, they loved every moment but just won’t admit it. They regret every decision that has brought them to this stage. But most importantly, they regret that they have completely changed Kaya into someone else entirely.In the fight of good and evil, they have turned good into evil, now h
Kaya’s POV.My eyes open to the sound of wood crackling as it burns. As I stand up, adjusting my weight so I can sit up and rest on one arm, I watch as the fire burns the woods.It’s a beauty that lights up the space and leaves it cozy and warm for me, but what damage does it do to the woods? I think of its beauty and see that, but what happens to the woods? They burn and turn into ashes and are finally blown away, and the coldness is back except more wood is burned.It’s a theory that rings in my head in relation to all that’s happening around me. My anger justifies my actions for me. It makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing or what anyone would expect of me after all that I’ve faced, but at what cost? What more damage have I done and not realized?It’s all sweet until it hits back at me, and thankfully, I know better than to think that darkness is the path to healing me.Anyway, thinking of where I am, I look around to see a grumpy shape, and then my eyes pop out of their soc
Kaya’s POV.“My beautiful daughter, how far apart yet closer than never before time has brought us. I never meant for you to be placed in such a situation, but these are delicate times and you must do what you really want to do. Remember the daughter of whom you are.” My mother speaks with such grace and the tears in my eyes flow with ease.“I should have taught you better. I should have helped you know that in every pain, you must find absolution for yourself but look at you. You grew to learn that yourself. I am so proud of you, Kaya, and forever and ever, your mother and I love you.” My father whispers into my ears within a tight hug, which my mother joins in with.Williams won’t waste his chance as he tightens the embrace more. “I won’t say I miss you, sister, as you’re very annoying, but I love you so much I’d have moved heaven and earth just to protect you had it been I was every minute there with you. However, I wish you can know that in your mind, we all reside there and come
83Kaya’s POV.The sun rises with me locked inside this room, and now it has set. I am pacing from one end of the bed frame to the other, my brows arched downward as I remain lost within my thoughts.I really do hope that Chester hasn’t forgotten me here or his Lords. And most importantly, if he doesn’t, he comes to save them.I don’t want to use force until I know that I’ll be getting some help as well, as I’d need someone—someone who would always remind me not to go back into that trail of darkness. It’s why I didn’t try to use my magic against anyone yet, even when the maids came to bring me food.I can’t rest, so I have been standing ever since, my thoughts wider than the large space of this room. I’ve walked over the balcony many times with the thought that maybe if I could turn myself into a bird or maybe an insect, I could find my way to where the triplets are being kept.While I could have tried working on that spell since morning, because I have the book that Olivia gave me w
84Kaya’s POV.“No one is going to kill themselves here today.” I repeat my words as I step into the middle of the arrangement. The other packs’ men have surrounded us in a circle, so there is no way to run to them.And I don’t plan on doing that anyway. Now that I think of a different approach to finding a solution to this war, I realize that I can relate to everything that everyone here has faced.Olivia lost her mate, and hence, she became the vile woman that she became, yet she has a nice part of herself. I don’t care if it was all a facade or something of the sort, but when she was being nice to me, that was a different part of her that she could have chosen to live with.And the other alphas. Knowingly that they have all shared a pain through the triplets, they have also spread such hate to every other part of this world. They judge the triplets for their pain, but given the ruin they’ve caused, who would they blame that on?Everyone of us drifted into darkness because we though
85Kaya’s POV.What am I doing here?“What is this?” I ask my thoughts when I see Kade and Kyle come to stand with my frame being put in their middle, and Kade comes to stand right in front of me.“Our body is still too weak to communicate with you in the physical world, so we made use of the mate bond since it’s a powerful link.” While Kade explains, I wonder why they would do that.“And what’s the use?” I ask, my voice showing how much I am disinterested in any conversation with the triplets. I may be fixing my mind and working to be better on my own, but trust me, there’s a larger part of me that still doesn’t want to talk to these monsters, because that’s still what I see them as.“This is the only good memory we have with you so far.” When Kyle says, I shift my face towards him. He’s being serious, but I still roll my eyes. “I know, it’s very bad of us.”“Thank you for what you did today. You didn’t need to.”“Yes, but tell that to Chester. He’s very good at convincing a person o
86Kaya’s POV.I’ve always loved that moment after winter. The sun is high up in the sky again. The dark clouds leave for the return of a clear sky, which gives the oceans a beautiful reflection of blue colours. It’s always fun to just go outside and see the elegance of everything, and that’s what Chester meant for me when he said we should ride out.At first, I thought we were going to take horses, but he’s got a better idea in mind.“Sorry!” I shrill, my voice at the top of my lungs, as I apologize to a woman’s potatoes, which Chester’s wolf just hit and crashed to the ground.He has changed into his wolf’s form and asked me to ride on his back. I’ve never been on a wolf before, but starting with his, I am more than happy, as I have been for the past month now.We are running through the lower town, causing chaos on our way and frightening everyone in the path.“Sorry!” Again, I apologize. I can’t count the many times I’ve said that.Chester’s wolf fault, to be honest.But this is f
87Kaya’s POV.I stand so close to the windows that I stare through them to the outside. The sky has darkened in response to the sadness in the aura, choking the whole kingdom.As I narrow my eyes, lost in deep thoughts, I watch the scene before me unfold.In the distance are the pack members. They each have a candle in their hands, surrounding the compound of the kingdom in a circular shape. In the very middle is the body of Emilie, the clone, thought to be the triplets’ mother. She’s dressed elegantly like the royal that she is, with a flag that bears the mark of the triplets’ kingdom’s crest on her chest. She’s placed on a pyre, ready to be burned.And not far from her are the triplets, who are standing with a torch in their hands. Even from this distance of mine, I can still feel the weakness in their muscles and nerves and the way they struggle to stand rooted to the ground. But that aside, I can also feel the sadness in their being.It could never have been easy. After all the p