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.

day... and no one is saying anything. But the damn human girl is being pampered upstairs like she’s

her face as her

Cayden didn’t flinch.

held her tightly, letting her cry into his chest while

whispered. "I promise we’ll find her. I’m already working

The Alpha in

the room was still. Broken,

and panic etched across his

Hazel protectively against his chest. Her body remained limp, her face pale, as if the battle inside her wasn’t

burst into the

ink—no, blood—was a message that stopped the air in

you want your parents back. Try to be funny,

clenched at his sides, knuckles cracking. His breath came heavy, wild, like

eyes glowing gold, " they dare to toy with her? To use Hazel like she’s a damn bargaining

slammed his fist into the council table, shattering

Caspian didn’t flinch.

cold and sharp. "I don’t care who they have. I’m not letting them lay a single claw

parents, Caspian! They’re alive—for now. If we

hand Hazel over, what then?" Caspian’s eyes were ice. "You think they’ll just give them back? This isn’t a negotiation.

Hazel, we go to the outskirts like they asked—but we’re not alone. We bring every damn

"She’s not a damn

you think I want to risk her? You think this is easy for me? But we have one shot at this. We lose our parents, and Hazel becomes

on her

take her. We’ll be there. We’re not giving her up—we’re bringing her to

Two brothers, burning with

go. But we’re not handing

toward the

tear the damn

clinging to her shoulders, her lips pale and trembling. Her hair stuck to her face with sweat, and she

before she

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

moving. "What

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