Chapter _The Baby Zoey’s POVTwo months had passed since I last saw Lyon.Two long months of healing, of learning to live without him.I kept telling myself every day — he was part of my past, not my future.Today, I tried to forget everything and just focus on now.It was Tiara’s birthday, and I promised I would spend it with her and Nana.No sadness, no heavy thoughts — just family.Kael dropped me off around noon.“You sure you’ll be okay?” he asked, stepping out of the car to open the door for me.“I’ll be fine,” I smiled softly. “It’s just a quiet day.”He nodded, handing me a small box wrapped in colorful paper.“A little gift for Tiara.”“Thank you,” I said, touched.We walked inside, and Robin was already sitting in the living room.He stood up quickly when he saw Kael — stiff, almost guarded.Robin didn’t know Kael well.Only that he had been the one helping me when I needed it most.Kael gave a polite nod.“You must be Robin,” Kael said calmly.“And you must be Alpha Kael ,
Chapter- The Baby’s CryLyon’s Pov“ Lyonnnnnnn!!!!!” i heard someone scream my name from my dream and i woke up, My heart was pounding and i was sweating profusely, i was chasing someone in my dream and she stopped at my palace gate , I saw serena grabbed her hands and that was when her scream woke me up but i started to hear a faint cry.A baby’s cry.At first, I thought it was part of the dream. The same dream that had haunted me all week—shadows in the woods, a scent I couldn’t place, the ghost of a woman I couldn’t see. And then… the crying.But now, I was awake.Fully awake.And I could still hear it.“ What the fuck is that sound ! is there a baby in this house ?” A soft wail, echoing faintly through the corridors of the palace.I sat up on the edge of the bed, the silk sheets pooling around my waist, my brows drawn into a deep frown. My senses sharpened, honing in like a predator on a trail. I wasn’t imagining it. I heard it.The baby was still crying and when i moved closer ,
Chapter -The MadkingLyon’s Pov. For seven agonizing days, the cry followed me like a cursed shadow.It was always there.Sometimes faint like it was coming from the wind. Other times, it was loud—piercing—right in my ear, waking me in the middle of the night. It never stopped. Not even when I was in meetings with councilmen or sparring in the training grounds. Not even in the bath or under the moonlight.There was no baby. I had made peace with that fact.This wasn’t a child in the walls.It was something else entirely. Something… worse.Maybe I was being punished. Maybe I had done something so vile that the gods had decided to send me a haunting cry as judgment. Maybe I had killed the child’s parents. Maybe I had ripped someone’s world apart so badly that now their orphaned soul cried through mine.Whatever it was, I had no choice but to live with it.But I didn’t live well.I turned colder. Harsher.And the one who suffered the most was Serena.The sound made me feel like my skull
Chapter-Lyon JnrZoey’s PovHe was so small, wrapped in the soft blue cloth tmu nana had gave me, his eyes barely open, but I already knew… he was my entire , i have had him for weeks and i couldn’t stop looking at it . I had just finished breastfeeding him when I heard the door burst open downstairs.Footsteps pounded up the wooden stairs.And then—“Zoey!”Kael, he has been away for a long time so he wasn’t here when i gave birth but he heard the news. Before I could answer, he was already there in the room, eyes wide, chest heaving like he had run all the way from the city. He stopped short when he saw me—tired, swollen-eyed, hair a mess—but cradling the child he hadn’t even seen yet.“You really did it,” he whispered.I smiled, tears already threatening to fall again. “I really did.”He crossed the room in seconds and fell to his knees beside the bed. He didn’t reach for the baby, just stared at him with a kind of wonder I hadn’t expected. Then he looked up at me, voice hoarse.
Chapter- A New Pregnancy Lyon’s POV“I’m pregnant.”Her voice rang through the room like a bell — sharp, high, and impossible to ignore.I froze mid-step at the threshold of the hall, my fingers tightening around the edge of the doorframe. Every head in the room turned toward her. Serena stood in the center, one hand placed delicately on her belly, the other curled like she needed support. Her eyes were wide and glistening — too wide, too glistening — like she’d rehearsed the look a thousand times in front of a mirror.Silence hovered.Then my mother let out a gasp. “Oh, Serena… oh my stars!” She rushed forward, wrapping her in an embrace like they were long-lost sisters instead of two women bound by title and formality.My father clapped once, then nodded stiffly. “Congratulations.”I just stood there.The air felt tight around my ribs. My heart didn’t leap. My lungs didn’t move. I didn’t feel joy. Or fear. Or even anger.Just… stillness. i didn’t even know what to say . Serena tur
Chapter - The Queen of LiesSerena’s POVI shut the door gently and turned the lock.The soft click echoed behind me like the seal of a secret.Mother was already waiting by the window, swirling her wine in that crystal glass she loved so much. She glanced over her shoulder, and the smirk that curled her lips mirrored mine.“Well?” she asked, one brow raised.“They bought it,” I said simply, tugging off the ridiculous silk shawl that made me look more delicate than I truly was. “Every single one of them. His mother even cried.”Mother let out a short laugh and took a sip. “Of course she did. That woman would cry over a chipped teacup.”I dropped onto the velvet settee and kicked off my shoes. My feet ached, but it was worth it. Every step of this little dance was worth it.“I told Lyon I’m pregnant,” I said, watching her face. “He looked like someone strangled him. Guilty as hell. I think he’s still blaming himself for the ‘miscarriage.’”She chuckled. “As he should. You played that
Chapter- This Was Really BadZoey’s POVI stood in front of the mirror and adjusted the blazer Kael had picked out for me — soft beige, sharp collar, sleeves rolled just above the elbow. It made me look like someone important, which felt ironic considering my stomach was twisting with nerves.Kael had smiled at me earlier and said, “You’ll be representing me today at the business proposal showcase. Just sit, observe, and maybe say a few things. You’re ready.”I didn’t feel ready.I was still mentally planning my son’s first birthday. He was turning one in just a few weeks, and all I could think about was cake, streamers, and whether or not a tiny suit would make him uncomfortable. He was already walking, babbling, laughing — my entire world wrapped in one tiny, perfect boy.But I tucked those thoughts away and smiled at Nana as I kissed my son’s forehead.“Mama will be back soon,” I whispered. “Be good for Nana, okay?”He giggled and reached for my necklace. I swallowed the ache and l
Chapter _ I Saw SomeoneDarian’s POVThere was no way.There was absolutely no damn way.I stood frozen in the middle of that conference hall, the world around me going quiet even though I could still hear people talking, shuffling papers, pitching plans.She ran.She ran the moment our eyes locked — like she was a ghost startled by recognition.Zoey.The woman who had been confirmed dead.The woman who supposedly died during that escape, the one the seers themselves had sworn Lyon to forget. The woman we mourned ,the woman the guards whispered about — the woman whose death broke my best friend and turned him into a shell of the Alpha he once was.But I saw her.Alive.Breathing. Running. Terrified.And she looked exactly the same, except different. Stronger somehow. Lighter. Her hair had grown out, her eyes a little more tired — but it was her.I didn’t chase her far. I could’ve. I could’ve kept going. I should’ve kept going. But I stopped the moment I saw her get into that car an
Chapter - Old Friends Zoey’s POVI stood at the palace steps, waving as Kael, Tiara, and Nana disappeared into the distance. My fingers stayed lifted long after the car was gone—like part of me wasn’t ready to lower them. Not ready to face what lay behind me.Inside.Home… again. Or whatever this was now.I sighed and turned. The long hallway stretched like a tunnel of silence. My son was upstairs, asleep. For now, he was safe. That was the only thing keeping me grounded.Just as I took my first step back into the corridor, I heard it—a voice I hadn’t heard in so long. A voice that hit my heart like a rush of sunlight.“ Lady Zoey!”I turned sharply, and there she was.“Myla!” I gasped.My favorite maid. No—my friend.She came rushing at me, and we collided in a tight hug. We squealed like children, spinning each other just slightly, laughing in disbelief and emotion.“Do you know how I cried when I heard you were dead?” Myla whispered, still clinging to me.I pulled back, brows fur
Chapter - A Goodbye That LingersZoey’s POVIt was time for them to go back , My Nana and Tiara has a cafe to run and Kael had his hotel to run , it was me that needed to be here so they were leaving today : Kael, Nana, and Tiara stood by the house entrance, they were ready to leave. Now, I had to stay. Alone.Nana walked up to me first, cupping my face with both hands like she always did when I was a little girl. Her hands were warm, trembling slightly. “Be strong, Zoey,” she said softly. “You’re doing this for him. Only for him.”I nodded, biting the inside of my cheek to stop the tears from falling. “I know.”She leaned closer and whispered, “Don’t let the palace break you. Don’t let him break you again.”Then she turned to Lyon.“Promise me,” she said sternly, as if she was still speaking to any normal man , not an Alpha. “Promise me you’ll let her visit. She’s not your prisoner.”Before Lyon could even respond, I said quietly, “He knows that. I’m not a slave. I’m just… living
Chapter _ Reinstating The First Luna Zoey’s POVI jolted awake.My heart pounded in my chest as I turned to my son, his small form nestled beside me on the bed. I reached out, my fingers trembling as they hovered over his chest. No rise. No fall. I leaned in, pressing my ear close to his mouth—nothing.“No,” I whispered, panic seizing my throat. “No, no, no.”I shook him gently. “Lyon Junior? Baby?”Still nothing.A scream tore from my lips, raw and primal. “My baby!”The door burst open. Lyon was the first to enter, his eyes wide with alarm. My nana followed, then Kael, Tiara, and Darian. Robin had gone home to his wife the night before.I was on the floor, clutching my lifeless child, sobbing uncontrollably. “It’s my fault,” I cried. “I shouldn’t have come back. I shouldn’t have brought him here.”Lyon knelt beside me, his hands trembling as he reached out. He wrapped his arms around both of us, holding us close.And then, a sound—a wail, sharp and piercing.I pulled back, eyes wid
Chapter_A A life on a thread. Zoey’s POVMy legs were shaking.I didn’t even realize I was crying until I felt the cold air on my wet cheeks. My breath came in shallow bursts, my chest rising and falling as I stumbled into the front hallway.They were all there—waiting.Tiara. Robin. Kael. My nana. And my baby, curled up in Nana’s arms, calm for the first time in days.Kael rushed forward the moment he saw me.“Zoey? What happened?” he asked, voice tight with worry.“Did he hit you?” Robin snapped, his fists already clenched like he’d charge back in without hesitation.I shook my head quickly, wiping my face. “No… We just—argued.”That was an understatement. We screamed at each other like animals. Years of pain exploded in one room, and even though it shattered something inside me, it also freed me a little.“I yelled,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. “He yelled back. That’s it.”My knees gave in, and I squatted down right there in the hallway, pressing my palms to the groun
Chapter - The Long Held RageLyon’s POV“ i want to have a word with Zoey…” i said and they all started to speak among themselves. “Everyone out,” I said, my voice low and final.The room stirred. Nana moved first, carefully lifting Lyon Jr. from my arms. I didn’t want to let go, but I needed to do this without him in the middle. “ Let’s go ..” She said to the other people she came with , That Kael bastard was glaring at me . “ Zoey will you be okay ?” He asked and i rolled my eyes.“ Do you see me with any weapon to harm her ?” “ Well you are the man that ripped people apart with his hands “ Kael fired back , Zoey moved closer to him and whispered. “ i will be fine …” Serena stood frozen while the rest was leaving .“No,” she snapped. “I’m staying. I deserve to—”Darian stepped forward and took her gently by the arm. “Not now, Serena.”“Don’t touch me!” she hissed.But Darian didn’t argue. He didn’t scold her. He simply whispered something in her ear—quiet enough I couldn’t he
Chapter-Judgement DayLyon’s PovThe palace filled up faster than I imagined.Elders, councilmen, pack leaders from every wing of the northern territory—all packed into the high-ceilinged hall like vultures circling prey.Me.Their eyes burned into my skin like torches, and the air pulsed with judgment. They didn’t wait for protocol or permission.The yelling started instantly.“You dare show your face here?”“She’s a disgrace!”“Lock her up!”“ You deceived all of us “ “Send her back to wherever she came from!”All aimed at me—spit-flecked words, righteous fury, sharp as knives. The walls trembled with their noise.And Lyon… he just stood there.Silent.Rocking our child in his arms as though none of this concerned him.My child.Our child.My son who nearly died because I stayed hidden for too long.I clenched my fists at my side, swallowing the fire rising in my throat.Nana slipped beside me and gave my wrist a soft squeeze. “Don’t say a word,” she whispered, her voice a thread o
Chapter -: “Is That All?”Zoey’s POV“Lyon… Long time, no see.”The words left my mouth before I could stop them.Long time, no see?What kind of idiotic, casual thing was that to say to the man you ran away from . My lips froze mid-curve, suddenly aware of how small I felt.My heart was doing somersaults in my chest. My palms were sweaty where they held my son—our son. Lyon Jr. stirred softly, his lashes fluttering against his cheeks. He didn’t know the chaos his presence had just ignited.And then—“WHAT is going on here?”A familiar shriek ripped through the courtyard like nails down a chalkboard.Serena.She stormed in like she owned the place, even though her presence felt entirely out of place in the middle of something this… sacred.Her gown swished around her ankles. Her arms were dramatically clutching her side, no sign of the ‘back pain’ that had crippled her moments ago.Nana—sweet, loyal Nana—stepped forward, clutching the shawl wrapped around her shoulders. Her voice was
Chapter _: She’s Back and on a Random Day ?Lyon’s POVThere was something wrong with Darian.Not in a loud, obvious way. It was the kind of wrong that crept in slowly — quiet, uneasy. His shoulders were always stiff now. He barely slept, barely talked unless I asked him something directly. And whenever his phone buzzed, his whole body twitched like it was a bomb waiting to explode.Today, it buzzed again.We were seated in the war room going over reports on the southern outpost — something about border tension and possible rogue movement. Darian wasn’t even paying attention. His eyes kept flicking down to the table where his phone lay face up. When it lit up again, I saw the way his jaw clenched.He stood up suddenly, almost knocking his chair over.“I’ll just step out and take this,” he muttered.I raised an eyebrow. “Since when do you take calls outside?”Darian froze.He turned halfway, trying to force a smile. “It’s nothing important.”“Then sit down and take it here,” I said, ke
Chapter - The EveZoey’s POV“Promise me you won’t take Lyon back.”Kael’s words lingered in the air long after he said them.His voice wasn’t angry. Just… tired. Tired in the way someone gets after holding too much in for too long.I didn’t say anything.I couldn’t.I stared at the floor for a while, the hem of my shirt wrinkled in my fist. The room felt heavier with each passing second.“I need to check on my baby,” I whispered, barely looking at him.He didn’t try to stop me.Didn’t even ask for an answer.Instead, he grabbed his keys and said, “I’ll drive.”The car ride back home was quiet. Not the peaceful kind of quiet — the heavy kind. Like the silence knew what we were both afraid to say out loud.I rested my head against the window, watching the city blur past.Bright lights, crossing headlights, people moving like they weren’t carrying the kind of weight I had sitting on my chest.“Do you think I’ll survive this?” I asked suddenly.Kael didn’t look surprised by the question.