Khai's POVOne moment I'm holding onto Lilith in the kitchen as we wait for the kettle to boil, and the next, we are in a place I've never been before.Whatever just happened takes a toll on my body and makes me feel weak. I cannot move myself as I should be able to for a short while.But Lilith is in my arms, and I will let go of her for anything.Control over my body comes back after what seems like a momentary lapse in control after our feet hit the ground. All around us are trees, vast mountains, green grass, brown bark and a little bit of blue. And I'm still trying to figure out where we are. I don't think I've ever been here before, and I don't know how we got here either.I look around warily, assessing where we are. Who brought us here.It isn't until I turn around and look behind us that I see the vast ginormous house sitting on the cliff's edge.The whole house is made of shaded glass, so you cannot see inside.Is this Damian's doing? Is he inside it ready to take Lilith,

Theo's POV"I must go back and instruct my father to look after the pack. There are things I need to do, protocols that need following...," I argue with Theseus as we walk around his home.He's shown us to the second-floor bedroom, where he expects the three of us to stay until the baby is born. Still, I have followed him up to his own quarters, a room with its own glowing pool, much like the one we were in only an hour ago.He reaches into the pool swirling his hand in the glowing water as he rolls his eyes at me.This stay has come out of the left field, and I get why he's overreacting, but I need to follow protocols with my pack. I need to ensure their safety and well-being."You heard what he wanted, what he's vying for, Theo. Can you really put yourself or my daughter in danger like that?"His words have me thinking about that chance meeting Damian had with me...~~~Eight hours earlier"Theo Moon," Damian's voice comes low and controlled as he stands in the doorway.He's dressed

Celeste's POV"You need a new Wolf, sweetheart. This one will bring sadness to your life," Lilith speaks down to the tiny purple soul in her palm.She rolls the soul around, poking at the edges, trying to find a way inside, and she becomes frantic in her movements when she finds nothing.Because there is no seam unsewn, her daughter's soul and that of Aspen have matched so perfectly that I wonder what will happen when she dies.Will Aspen return to my pool of wolves, or will she die with my granddaughter?Lilith ends up crying out in frustration. Her angst is loud for anyone to hear, and it’s only then that I note Khai standing against the pool of wolves. His face looked down at the souls below him. But he flinched, looking up, which is what alerted me to his presence.Lilith screeches out in unhappiness, her face controlling, and instantly, she looks like her father. Looks like Theseus when he, too, doesn’t get his own way. "It was worth a try," I say, walking into the room to stand

Theo's POVTheseus takes us back to his home, and despite feeling nauseous again, I’m better able to control the urge to want to vomit.Everything spins before me in a whirlwind of colours as I travel through the vortex of teleporting, and before I know it, my feet hit the ground in the yard behind the large glass house that Theseus calls his own. Calley falls to the floor, holding herself up as she reaches, and Arlo doesn’t fare much better. His eyes seem to spin, and he holds onto the nearest trunk to hold himself up.But I’ll give the twins their due; they both push off the impending feeling of sickness to stand and assess their situation. One turns around to the right, the other to the left, and they have each base covered as they take in the surroundings around us.Arlo holds Calley’s hand, bringing their backs together as they do their special thing.Calley throws her aura out to envelope the pair of them. Protecting them from any danger willing to come their way, but she soon

Five Years AgoDamian's POVI work my way through the paperwork, and I mingle out with the pack.The majority of them are scared of me, the children petrified, and there are no guesses as to why that is.I’m an awful man, and even worse when Onyx has control.The potion has been making me sick, yet I’m gulping down more than four bottles per day.It’s been almost three days of having control, and Onyx is still in a sleep-like state in the back of my mind.I can still feel him, hear him softly snoring.Once I would have enjoyed knowing his company way near. That I wasn’t alone despite the fact, he was in slumber but now…Well, now I detest his very existence.I’m travelling out to the witch's grounds again today. I’ve run out of the potion that Gretchen had made me, and we’re also going to try and create that stone.Unfortunately, a sacrifice will have to be made. The innocence of a child needing gifted to create the purity of a stone.I wish it could have been a consenting adult, but