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The Queen's Gambit
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Zeke's POVPain shot through my body as I woke up gasping. The silver lines under my skin burned like fire. I stumbled to the mirror in my room and stared at my reflection. The mask had melted into me, leaving shimmering patterns across my face that pulsed with each breath."What am I becoming?" I whispered, pressing my fingers against the cool glass.My dreams had been filled with pictures of Sienna. Not as the enemy the Queen had always described, but as a laughing child with bright green eyes, chasing me through a field. Were these memories or tricks?A knock at the door shocked me."Enter," I called, quickly pulling up my hat to hide my face.Isolde glided in, her white hair floating around her like a cloud. "The Queen requests your presence. The attack on the Shadowfang Pack has begun."My heart jumped. "Already? But she said we had three days until""Plans have changed," Isolde interrupted. "The traitor in their pack moved too soon. We must strike while they're vulnerable."I fo
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The beast's voice in my head was louder than ever."Kieran!" Elena's words cut through the haze of rage. "The south tunnel! There are pack members trapped!"I dropped Darius, who scrambled away, and ran toward the fallen tunnel. Smoke and dust filled the air. Frantic pack members were trying to dig through the rubble."Sienna?" I called, fear rising in my throat."She's in there," a young wolf cried. "With the children!"I pressed my hands against the fallen rocks, feeling the weight, the support. There was no way to dig through without causing another fall.The dark lines on my skin pulsed, and suddenly I knew what to do. I placed both hands flat against the largest boulder and let the curse flow through me, into the stone.The rock cracked, then split apart. Not crumbling, but breaking into perfect halves that rolled aside, leaving an opening.Gasps rose from the pack members watching."Get them out," I ordered, maintaining my attention on the rocks, keeping them stable with my newf
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Caius's POV"The Council demands your return, Prince Caius," my sister's voice crackled through the ancient phone I'd stolen from Kieran's pack. Reception was bad this high in the mountains.I paced the small cave room they'd given me, away from the werewolves who still eyed me with suspicion. "Tell the Council I'm handling a situation that affects all vampire houses."Lyra sighed. "They're voting tonight on whether to strip you of your title.""Let them try." I kept my voice calm though anger burned inside me. "Who leads the opposition?""Cousin Dorian. He claims you've abandoned your duties to chase werewolf fairy tales."I laughed bitterly. If only they knew what I'd found. The Ruby Wolf wasn't a fairy story – she was the key to everything."Send Dorian a message. Tell him I'll return with something that will end our civil war forever.""Caius..." Worry colored Lyra's voice. "What have you found?"I looked out at the werewolf encampment below. Sienna was training with Elena, her fi
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Ronan's POV I ran through the forest, following Sienna as she chased after Kieran's howl. My side still burned where her fire had healed my wound not with pain, but with a strange warmth that spread through my blood like liquid gold. "Slow down," I called. "We need a plan." She glanced back at me, her red hair a flame in the moonlight. "There's no time." But I saw the fear in her eyes. Fear not for herself, but for Kieran. Something twisted in my chest. Jealousy? I pushed it away. I had no right to feel jealous not when I'd been sent to kill her. Not when I'd betrayed her once already, even if I couldn't remember doing it. Zeke caught up to us, feeling the spot on his head where he'd been struck. "Sienna, Ronan's right. Darius is setting a trap." She stopped suddenly, turning to face us. "I know. But I can't leave Kieran to die just because it might be dangerous." "Why?" I asked, the word leaving before I could stop it. "Why risk your life for him?" Her eyes met mine, and for
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Sienna's POV I woke with a gasp, dirt and pine needles sticking to my cheek. Stars glittered overhead through a cover of trees. My body ached as if I'd been thrown from a great height, and maybe I had been. The cave was gone. The trial was over. But the face I'd seen the true enemy behind the Queen's mask burned in my mind like a brand. "Impossible," I whispered, pushing myself to my knees. My head spun with the movement, and I clutched at a nearby tree root to balance myself. It couldn't be true. And yet, deep down, I knew it was. The person behind everything, the hunts, the lies, the manipulation was someone I trusted. Someone who had led me. Isolde. My boss. The Black Moon Witch herself. A sharp pain shot through my wrist. I looked down to see a new mark forming on my skin a perfect crescent moon wrapped around a ruby-colored flame. The mark of the Second Trial. "I passed," I whispered, tracing the symbol with my thumb. "But at what cost?" Memories flashed through my mind
