NARRATOR Nyx’s gaze followed Ignacio as he disappeared into the forest, chasing after Sachar.“Please take care of Aidan,” she told Hakon, looking straight into those serious gray eyes. “I’ll guard him with my life, but wait—” he tried to stop her as she started walking away.“I know you’re powerful. I’ve never seen magic like yours, but don’t rush into this,” Hakon warned her.He had too many centuries behind him not to recognize the twisted schemes that could form in a man’s mind. “I can feel my mate. The Centuria Queen and the Alpha King are approaching, an army’s with them. Whatever it is you’re searching for, they can help you...” “I can’t wait any longer. I need to find the Heart of the Beast and call my family,” Nyx said, ready to face anything. Hakon couldn’t stop her. Sending warriors with her would only get in the way. His gray eyes drifted toward the battlefield and beyond. “Anastasia, hurry up, love... things aren’t looking too good on this side,” he whispered, hop

NARRATORUnder the moonlight, in that clearing, the Selenia faced her deepest regrets."Isabella, what are you doing here?... How did you get out of the palace? Aidan was hurt...""Why can’t I be here, Nyx?" her voice growled through clenched teeth. "Are you scared I found out about your betrayal?"Nyx started shaking her head, her mind scrambling for excuses—her bond with Aidan, soulmates, how hard she fought against that love…None of it felt like enough, and the accusing look in the sorceress’s eyes cut deep into her conscience."Isabella, I… I…""You… you what?... Bitch!" the witch stepped out of the shadows, taking a few shaky steps toward her.Nyx was so wrapped in her guilt that she couldn’t see the obvious signs, the logical questions."I treated you kindly, welcomed you when you arrived in an unfamiliar place. All I asked was for you to help me with my mate, and you used my weakness to seduce him!""That was never my intention! I never wanted to hurt you, let alone seduce him

NARRATORThe blizzard roared fiercely through the lightning bolts, and Aidan clenched his fist, shattering the tangled threads of the spell midair.They burst into pieces, and with them, the man who dared to mimic a power that wasn’t his.Hiding in the bushes nearby, the other vampire slapped a hand over his mouth, watching his partner fall apart like a frozen statue. The scream of shock and pain was still carved into the frozen features of his face as it shattered to pieces across the grass.Amid the chaos, Edgar slipped away from the battlefield to save his own skin—like the cowardly rat he’d always been. His footsteps vanished into the same woods from where two massive lionesses were now charging forward, dragging a heavy chunk of ice.Behind them, elite warriors of the beastmen followed their trail, dispatched by their king.Zeraphina hadn’t been able to stop all of Hector’s preparations to support those traitorous sorcerers.The moment Isabella was freed from the binding spell,

NARRATOR Nyx was so happy and excited, but when she found out her father's intentions... she really felt like crying. “No, no, no, Dad, you can’t do this here! Damn it! There are allies too!” Terror clutched her soul when she saw the black mist pouring out of the mouth of that enormous specter, a fusion of Silas’s powers. The energy was condensing, forming into a massive ball filled with storms and death. The gaping mouth of that monster looked like a cannon about to fire, and Nyx knew it wouldn’t harm her… but everything around her would just die. Damn it, the Spectral King was seriously pissed off. “Aidan, tell your people to gather around me! Hurry or they’re going to die!” she shouted in her mate’s mind, who stared at her from afar. Edmund was already irrelevant: now it was all about the fight and the sorcerers. In front of that massive black figure with hollow eyes glowing red from empty sockets, they felt like mere mortals facing a God of Destruction. “Nyx, what the he

NARRATORValeria pulled her close, locking eyes with Gabrielle, whose gaze was full of relief.Everyone felt Nyx’s anguished cry.It wasn’t like when they opened the portal for Lyra and Laziel, who looked more like they were on a romantic getaway than in danger.Valeria narrowed her pupils at the man standing near her granddaughter.He was a powerful Alpha, she could feel it, and those electric blue eyes wouldn’t leave Nyx.Had that male made her little descendant cry?Sweat ran down Aidan’s back under the scrutiny of the two women, because Gabrielle was also scanning him like an X-ray.Raven and Cedrick even stepped closer to their pup.Amber held Vincent’s hand as they approached the family support.The tension was thick in the air.Everyone glanced around, wondering when a bloody war between continents had turned into a family drama.“Grandma, he didn’t…” Nyx immediately tightened her grip on Valeria’s hands to explain, but reality hit her hard—this fight wasn’t over yet.“The sorc