Chapter 46: The Veins of Truth

*~Caspian’s POV~*

We descended the stairs slowly, each step heavier than the last.

The entire house was in shambles.

Walls cracked. Frames torn. Furniture shattered like it had been through a hurricane. But it wasn’t a storm that did this. It was Cayden. His rage.

It was swallowing the whole house.

I spotted Dad and Leon standing at a distance, trying to hold back—but neither dared approach him directly. His aura was molten, dangerous. The moment his eyes landed on us—no, on Hazel—they both flinched.

And just like that...

He vanished.

Hazel swallowed hard beside me, eyes wide, hands trembling. But before I could say anything, we heard a noise behind us.

Natasha.

Her voice made my jaw clench instantly.

"Oh, don’t tell me the damsel in distress is in another distress again," she sang as she walked past, eyes full of smugness. "Can you not just make a day that won’t be all about you, precious sister?"

Hazel flinched slightly, but Natasha just tossed her hair and continued.

She finally noticed the chaos around us—the broken staircase railing, the cracked wall.

"Oh my God," she gasped dramatically. "My love has gone mad again."

She pointed a perfectly manicured finger at Hazel. "It’s all your fault, isn’t it? All that you’ve been doing recently is just to make everything destroyed."

She whirled, rushing off like a squirrel on caffeine. "I need to go find him. I need to calm him down."

Nobody said a word. We let her go.

I guided Hazel gently to a seat, and then my father stepped forward, voice firm but confused. "What is happening?"

Mother followed close behind, eyes sharp as a dagger. "Who made Cayden angry?"

Then her gaze turned on Hazel. "You know he should not be angry, Caspian. Why? Who? Is it you?" she hissed, pointing a rigid hand directly at Hazel.

slowly. "It’s not Hazel. She saw something... and she would love

scoffed. "Please don’t tell me a human dreamt something, and

said, exhaling slowly, "Hazel is not just human. She’s a fated myth. She’s carrying a werewolf. And now... we’re not even sure if the child is going to be a wolf

tightened around

the daughter of a werewolf and a human," I added. "And now we believe the baby might not inherit any

born human. Her child will be human. A wretched one, like her. And

day you remember when Cayden, Cyrius, and Caspian were young? A time Cayden tried to... kill them? Dark veins on his

moment,

I saw it.

flickered in

steely calm. "What are you saying? Like I said—it was

you know we don’t mention Cyrius’ name around here?"

mention that

us. Was there

course not," she snapped, but her

gasped. "Oh my God. Now

collapsed dramatically into

just his name... but the memory lives on. Our

Now that was interesting.

slip. "Died the

and I could

human has made me remember him," Mother

said slowly, "did you ever see dark veins appear on Cayden? Just... answer

such thing. And don’t go around believing in

I need to leave this

go," she said, clutching his arm and dramatically wiping

expression. "Hazel, it’s probably nothing. It might just be a

my shoulder gently before following Mother up the stairs, her cries echoing as

fire in her eyes. "I told you this

stomped away, furious, her heels echoing down

I couldn’t

Because something wasn’t right.

she always quick to dismiss any discussion about his powers? Why is he

were born on the

wait another

straight toward Aurora’s chambers. Leon was at my heels,

he asked. "What’s

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