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.

no one is saying anything. But the damn human girl is being

down her face as her

Cayden didn’t flinch.

held her tightly, letting her cry into his chest while his

find her. I’m already working on it. My parents are missing

voice was low, calm measured. The Alpha in him

for a moment, the room was still. Broken,

ragged and panic etched across his face. "Something’s written in the

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

into the council

smudged ink—no, blood—was a

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

breath came

" they dare to toy with her? To use Hazel like she’s a damn

his fist into the council table, shattering the oak clean in

Caspian didn’t flinch.

care who they

our parents, Caspian! They’re alive—for now. If we don’t act, they won’t stay

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

trap," Cayden growled. "We take Hazel, we go to the outskirts like they asked—but we’re not alone. We bring every damn warrior we have, every blade, every spellcaster. We show up to that meeting and

as bait," Caspian barked. "She’s not a damn pawn...she’s pregnant. She’s

voice trembling with fury. "Do you think I want to risk her? You think this is easy for me? But we have one shot at

her tightened.

to the frontlines. We protect her, and we get our family back. We end this. With

room pulsed with tension. Two

we’re

the warriors

tear the damn

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

just before

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

already moving. "What

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