. Aria stood barefoot at the top of the moonlight cliff valley's edge, her long white gown blowing in the

er belly, now round and

were gro

ent. Sometimes, it felt like they spoke to her in dreams, their voices like soft whispers in the wind. She didn'

h, her responsibility

me Elaria's soft

turn. "I c

beside her. "The closer you come to bringing life into t

why does it feel like my hear

comforting hand

cially when it comes from the one meant to protect you. I see him in my dreams," Aria whispered, eye

as if the twins could an

but he also broke me.

nto the dark forest. "Forgiveness isn't about forgetting.

ce shook. "But sometimes I wonder..

ung between th

d if he'd known she wa

ave chosen

uld that have made

s war room, maps scattered across the table and storm clouds gath

raid?" he

grimly. "This time at the eastern

ng more coordinated, more vicious. And every time he ca

e using

A dark force gathering strength and

em," Damon snapped. "And d

ur warriors are exhausted. If these attacks cont

st on the table. "Then we fi

could feel it in his bones. And worse... something else tug

r

peace. At first, he thought he'd moved on-Camille

was ne

t night. The way her eyes shined with tears when he told her she was

n she w

ish

ands. No scent. No trace. It was as

wolf kne

s al

than ever, Dam

hing inside him screamed to find h

mething terrib

... they might

d in her bed of moss and fur, her breathi

d dripping from his hands. The sky burned red above h

ord made of moonlight in her gr

o her voice brok

e didn

lling down her cheeks. "You l

walking into a light

r air. Her skin was drenched

he whispered, clu

n't feel l

like a

um-a glowing cave carved from moonstone crystal. The walls pulsed

aid. "It shows truth. Past... future...

y, her reflection shi

ong enough," she said. "Fo

dded. "Th

d her hands into the cool water. Ins

ers, running through

close as fire rai

re her, tears strea

Alpha with dark magic, beari

d in light, her children at her side,

ack, eyes fu

gifted," s

generations. Because you, Aria, are not just a mother. You are

was rej

. "Yes. And still, you rose. That's

she will be ready not just f

lf who had ever

cted Luna... was

g a storm that