Victor POV The feeling of walking into a trap only grew, but there's no going back. Ayla's life is in our hands. I know I should be worried about the whole vampire race, but right now I'm just thinking about saving my mate.Soren and I are a team in perfect sync, and as soon as I see him start to concentrate the Light, I make the surrounding needles increase and turn into small blades. I closed my eyes at the moment of the explosion and felt the resistance of this corruption against my attack, but in the end, it was unable to hold out.As soon as I open my eyes and see the monstrosity, I know that it is my responsibility to free these poor souls from this suffering! Hermaði is a warrior trained by the Moiras and whom I have been given the opportunity to get to know...

Soren POV - Two weeks later With my help, the kingdom of the Lycans was completely restructured. It wasn't that difficult, since almost everyone connected to Hoff had died and the few who were against the new regime were imprisoned.With the change of pack leaders, things have become more controlled. Of course, there is still a lot of resistance to the extinction of slavery, especially on the part of those who have a higher title, but according to the reports everything is under control. Ghost is governing well, listening to the population, and also reorganizing the new laws. Of course, the Council of Elders has been changed, after all, many of them died and their families no longer had the right to the title, so a championship was organized for the new vacancies.A championship that not only involves

Soren POV - Three weeks later Time is slow to pass, the longer the days go by the more anxious I get, as much as I've been distracted by creating the items for my mate, it simply hasn't been enough to calm my mind.Every day I find myself closer to one of Selene's Tears, wanting to feel closer to Ayla in some way, and I'm sad that I'm so close, yet so far from her...Because these flowers are so rare and so powerful, we did some tests, and when Skyler tried to cut one of them, it was thrown away in a magical attack. That made me calmer because I know that these little flowers have protection.Although I attend the meetings with the Heads of Houses, my head isn't there and so it's Victor who's taking care of most things, whether it's decisions about new alli

Victor POV  I blink a few times, feeling something move and I quickly realize that it's Ayla untangling herself from our arms. I don't help or hinder because I want to know what's going on.I notice that Soren is asleep. He used a lot of power to get to Ayla on the stairs. After what Ayla said yesterday, surely the two of them were trying to find each other.Very carefully, I raise my head and see that Ayla is walking around the room, looking lost, not knowing where she is. I get up quietly and go to the door leading to my room, stepping back as my mate walks past.My room still has a lot of leaves and dust, but it's recovering. Ayla goes over to the table we used to sit at in the beginning."You can sit do

Victor POV Ayla's agony begins to resonate inside my chest, and I'm sure Soren is feeling it too, but I know it's not Ghost's fault, not in the way Soren thinks it is. I take several deep breaths as the minutes pass and the pain begins to dissipate, and finally, Ayla's eyes come back into focus.I see my mate hug Soren as if her life depended on it."Are you all right?" She starts to ask while checking to see if Soren is hurt. "Did something happen? Say everything's fine!"I see Soren swallow dry, and his guilt spreads."I'm fine, Ayla... Everything's fine! Nothing happened!" Soren answered each question calmly.Ayla finally breathed a sigh of relief.