LOGINALEXANDER’S POV The cold night air bit at my skin as I stared at Gift in her car. Her eyes were sharp, irritated, burning with a challenge she didn’t dare voice. I should have shouted at her for following me, should have dragged answers out of her, but all I could see was the way her chest rose and fell, the tremor in her fingers, the stubborn lift of her chin. Daniela. The name kept slipping through my thoughts like a ghost refusing to die. still, she never agreed that she was her. Though the woman before me was nothing like Gift apart from her face and the way she carried herself. Daniela was timid and scared. She couldn’t fight back or stand for herself let alone have the courage to follow me. The woman who came to my pack as a top notch designer, was completely different from Daniela. confident, intelligent, smart and guarded and knew exactly what she wanted. She was very different from Daniela. “Why are you following me?” I asked, keeping my voice steady even as my
ALPHONCE’S POV“Sir, we are under attack. We need...” The voice on the line cut off abruptly as a bullet slammed through the receiver. My hand jerked, and I slammed the phone down, fumbling to dial another number with a heart hammering against my chest.“Ricko?” I breathed out, my mind racing. The call came from one of my men left to watch over Gloria. I had underestimated her. She hadn’t regretted a single thing.“Yes, sir,” came Ricko’s steady voice, dragging me back from the edge of panic.“Send your toughest men to the abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Perk Pack,” I barked, my head throbbing from the chaos of the day. The events kept piling up, each one harder to process than the last. My thoughts scrambled like a storm in my chest.“And three others at VanYard Hospital. Move now.” I cut the call before he could respond.I shoved the phone into my pocket, knowing exactly what I had to do. I had to be there. I had to help my men.“Make sure no one enters except me or Miss Gif
DANIELA’S POV “Alexander?” The name slipped out of my mouth before I even understood what I was doing. It felt as if someone had taken control of my voice. I let go of Vivian’s hand and stood up. My chest felt tight. My breathing was uneven. It was time. I could not keep running from him forever.What happened in the past was already done. The woman I used to be was long gone. I had become someone new. Stronger. Colder. More dangerous.“Yes?” His voice was calm, almost too calm. I gestured for him to follow me out of the room. I did not want to disturb Vivian’s rest.“We need to talk,” I said as I stepped outside the room. I avoided looking at Alphonce who stared at me with confusion and concern. I could see him debating whether he should join us.“Go ahead,” Alexander replied. He crossed his arms over his chest. His face looked calm, almost gentle, but anyone who truly knew him would never be fooled. The calmest face sometimes hid the most violent storms.“Someone broke into my hous
DANIELA’S POV “How is she?” I whispered under my breath as I moved through the sterile, echoing corridors of the hospital, my heels clicking sharply against the tile. Each step felt heavier than the last, like gravity had decided my chest was a boulder to carry. My hands were trembling, though I tried to hide it by clenching my fists at my sides. My wolf stirred inside me, restless and uneasy, sniffing the air, tasting the sharp tang of antiseptic and fear. The closer I got, the more my heart hammered against my ribs, threatening to break free. Every corner I turned made my breath catch. Every passing nurse or doctor that looked at me like I was an intruder made my pulse spike. I had to see Viviana and know how she was doing before my hearg popped out of my chest. I swallowed hard at what Laura said earlier, her confession and the fact that I learned that she wasn't the one who sent the killer to my property. I sighed again at what Thomas told me where they had found her, cheating
DANIELA’S POV “I have been lenient with you since I stepped inside this place, Laura. But enough is enough.” My voice broke through the room like a roar. The sound bounced off the concrete walls. My anger rose with every breath. My wolf paced inside me, clawing at the edges, begging to be released so she could tear this woman apart for what she had done to our friend. Laura flinched so hard the chair rattled. “You are lying,” she whispered. Even her denial trembled. Her hands shook uncontrollably behind her back, the ropes cutting into her skin. Her knuckles had already begun to swell from fighting the restraints. “You are not Daniela,” she choked out. Her voice barely made it past her lips. It was the kind of tone someone used when the truth was already standing in front of them and they just did not want to accept it. “You cannot be. She died. I killed her.” The confession burst out of her like the scream of a madwoman. She shook her head wildly, her messy hair swinging over
DANIELA’S POV The warehouse crouched at the edge of the old industrial district like a forgotten beast. Rust clung to its bones. Shadows clung to its corners. When Thomas pulled the car to a stop, the air outside tasted like metal and damp concrete. A lonely bulb above the steel door flickered, its weak light trembling as if afraid of what lived inside. Nackos message still echoed in my skull and it pushed me forward with a hunger I could no longer suppress. I needed to see her with my own eyes. I needed to face the monster wearing human skin. Sometimes I wondered how people lived with themselves after destroying someone else’s life. Did they sleep peacefully. Did they breathe easily. Did they feel anything at all. Yes, I had a night with Alexander. One stupid drunken night where I was not myself. But I never wanted to interfere in his life or his Luna’s life. That was why I carried the weight of that pregnancy alone. I did everything alone until the day I gave birth, and that was







