ZAREK

I had rarely been this nervous in my entire life.

My mate’s words kept echoing in my mind.

I felt like I had failed Celine for not having found our daughter yet.

And that’s not even counting what I hadn’t told her—about the memories I pulled out of that vampire.

There were fragments of our daughter being enslaved by a man—a wolf, to be precise.

I didn’t know how clean those memories were, and my fears grew with each passing second.

“Aidan, we’ve cleared the last traces of scattered magic!”

I heard Valeria say to Nyx’s mate.

On this continent, he’s the most capable person to open these physical portals.

They weren’t the same as the ones purely conjured by magic.

I watched him step in front of the stone blocks and raise his hands.

Immediately, the temperature plummeted, everything froze—even our breaths.

He’s strong. And ever since being marked by a Selenia, I know for a fact he’s become even more powerful.

The magical circle around my descendants glowed intensely.

The four women