Chapter 55: Baby is here!

*~Author’s POV~*

There were no signs of a struggle. No blood. No broken walls. Not even a single overturned chair.

So who the hell took them?

The only proof anyone had even entered the High House was that Cyrius’s coffin had been tampered with. The door to the room was wide open... but beyond that?

Nothing.

"What the actual hell happened?" he muttered, pacing back and forth.

My heart thudded loud in my chest, panic dancing along my spine. My mind was spinning, but I kept it together—for now.

"I’m sure it’s that Natasha girl," Elder Gina snapped from the corner, arms folded, eyes narrowed with suspicion. "She’s always had something off about her. I said it the day she arrived here. I should’ve..."

"Stop." Caspian turned sharply. "I trust that girl with my life. Natasha wouldn’t do something like this."

Gina raised a brow, unconvinced. But I wasn’t here to debate her feelings.

"For clarity," Caspian said firmly, "let’s visit the Gilbert estate. If Natasha really is missing, then this isn’t about betrayal it’s something bigger."

But before my suggestion could even settle in the room, the High House doors flew open.

Every head turned.

The Gilberts strolled in, right on cue Marcus leading the way, his expression unreadable, while his wife followed behind him, eyes red and puffy from crying.

She didn’t hesitate.

The second she saw Cayden, she rushed toward him with desperation in every step. Correct content is on

"You!" she choked, slamming her fists against his chest. "I gave you my daughter. Even when you chose another when you refused to take her as your Luna and reduced her to a mistress..I still gave her to you. I let her love you. And now..."

Her voice cracked.

entire day... and no one is saying anything. But the damn

her face as her

Cayden didn’t flinch.

arms around her and held her tightly, letting her cry into his chest

promise we’ll find her. I’m already

The Alpha in him was in

a moment, the room was

panic etched across his face. "Something’s written

move, storming past him like a beast unchained. Caspian followed close behind, still clutching Hazel protectively against his chest. Her body remained limp, her

into the

blood—was

baby to the outskirts of New Orleans by sunset... if you want your parents back. Try to be funny, and you’ll receive

at his sides, knuckles cracking. His breath came heavy, wild, like his wolf was already clawing

glowing gold, " they dare to toy with

into the council table, shattering the oak

Caspian didn’t flinch.

care who they have. I’m not letting them lay a

on him. "That’s our parents, Caspian! They’re alive—for now. If we don’t act, they won’t

Caspian’s eyes were ice. "You think they’ll just give them back? This

outskirts like they asked—but we’re not alone. We bring every damn warrior we have, every blade, every

using her as bait," Caspian barked. "She’s not a

is easy for

grip on her tightened.

giving her up—we’re bringing her to the frontlines. We protect

tension. Two brothers, burning with

we’re not

toward the warriors gathering

tear the damn

barely clinging to her shoulders, her lips pale and trembling. Her hair stuck

just before she hit

come," she whispered, barely audible. "The darkness inside me—it’s still there, but... I

was already moving. "What is

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