Semua Bab THE WOLF BRIDE’S ESCAPE : Bab 41 - Bab 50

The scream ripped from my throat before I could stop it."Lucien!" My voice was raw, my body frozen in place as the dark tendrils wrapped around him, dragging him into the abyss. His silver eyes locked onto mine, filled with something I'd never seen before—acceptance. He wasn’t fighting. He had chosen this."No! Stop!" I lunged forward, but an invisible force slammed into me, knocking me onto my knees. The Oracle’s voice echoed around me, cold and final."It is done."Lucien was gone. The darkness swallowed him whole, and the world fell into silence.My heart pounded against my ribs as the last traces of his presence disappeared. The weight of it was suffocating. The man who had tormented me controlled me, hurt me—had just sacrificed himself in my place. My body shook with the force of my emotions, but I refused to cry."Bring him back," I demanded, forcing myself to my feet. The Oracle remained still, her face carved from stone, her ancient eyes filled with something unreadable."The

The moment I stepped into the Shadow Realm, the world around me changed.Cold seeped into my bones, deeper than anything I had ever felt before. The sky—if it could even be called that—was a swirling mass of black and gray, shifting like ink in water. The air was thick, humming with whispers that I couldn’t quite understand. Shapes moved in the distance, shadows twisting into grotesque figures before melting away again.Malek stepped in beside me, his jaw tight. “Keep moving. Don’t stop for anything.”I swallowed hard and nodded. Every part of my body told me to run, but there was nowhere to run to. Lucien was here, somewhere in this nightmare, and I had to find him before it was too late.We moved quickly through the swirling mist, the ground beneath us uneven, like walking on something that wasn’t quite solid. Every few feet, I felt something brush against me—thin fingers, cold tendrils, invisible things that pulled at my hair, my clothes. I forced myself to keep going.“How do we f

"Lucien, look at me," I pleaded, my fingers tightening around his wrist. His skin was ice-cold, his body rigid like a statue. The darkness around us pulsed violently, shifting like a living entity, whispering things I couldn’t understand.Lucien flinched, a faint tremor running through him. His lips parted slightly, but no words came out. His golden eyes—once burning with fire—were now dull, vacant, hollow.I took a step closer, ignoring the way the darkness curled around my ankles, trying to pull me back. "You know me. You know us," I said, my voice softer now. "This place is lying to you. It wants to take everything—your memories, your heart, your soul. But I won’t let it."He let out a sharp breath, his fingers twitching. "Cassia," he murmured like he was tasting my name for the first time.A spark of hope ignited in my chest. "Yes! That’s right. It’s me. Your mate."Lucien winced, his jaw clenching. "No," he growled. "You shouldn’t have come.""I had to," I insisted. "I won’t leav

“Where is she?” My voice was hoarse, raw from screaming.No one answered.I was on my knees, gasping for breath. The damp air of the forest stung my lungs as I clawed at the ground. My fingers curled around nothing but dirt and broken leaves. The world around me felt empty—hollow.Cassia was gone.“She—she was just here.” My voice cracked. “I saw her. I felt her.”No one answered because no one could.The pack warriors stood in stunned silence behind me, shifting uncomfortably. They had no answers. Only confusion, only fear.“Alpha,” someone murmured.I turned sharply. The look on my face must have been enough because the warrior immediately averted his gaze, taking a cautious step back.“She’s gone,” he whispered.I surged to my feet. “I know that!”The power inside me pulsed an unbearable force that demanded release. The bond—I couldn’t feel it. It had snapped like a brittle twig, and in its absence, all that remained was a hollow, gnawing void. I had lost her.And I had no idea how

"Cassia..."Lucien's voice was hoarse, barely above a whisper. His body trembled as he held her, his vision hazy, his breath shallow.Cassia gasped, her lungs burning as if she had been drowning in an endless abyss. Shadows clung to her skin, wisps of dark mist curling around her like unseen chains. She blinked rapidly, her mind struggling to process where she was—who she was.Then she saw him.Lucien.His face hovered above hers, his normally cold, merciless eyes burning with an unnatural silver light. But something was wrong. His grip on her was too tight, his body rigid, as though he was barely holding himself together."Lucien…" Her voice cracked, her hands reaching up to cup his face, to make sure he was real. "What did you do?"His gaze flickered, his jaw tightening. "I saved you," he rasped. "And I'd do it again."Cassia's heart pounded. The last thing she remembered was the void—the absolute nothingness of death. The moment when she had felt herself slipping away, unable to fi