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.

is saying anything. But the damn human girl is being pampered

face as her

Cayden didn’t flinch.

held her tightly, letting her cry into his chest while

"I promise we’ll find her. I’m already working on it. My parents

was low, calm measured. The Alpha in

a moment, the room was still. Broken, yes.

panic etched across

move, storming 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 the battle inside her

burst into the

far wall, scrawled in jagged, smudged ink—no, blood—was a message that stopped the air in every throat:

Orleans by sunset... if you want your parents back. Try

breath came heavy,

" he growled, eyes glowing gold, " they dare to toy with her?

the council table,

Caspian didn’t flinch.

over," he said flatly, his voice cold and sharp. "I don’t care who they have. I’m not letting them

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

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

alone. We bring every damn warrior we have, every blade, every spellcaster. We

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

you think I want to risk her? You think this is easy for

Caspian’s grip on her tightened. "We’ll find

is no other way!" Cayden shouted. "We take her. We’ll be there. We’re not giving her up—we’re bringing her to the frontlines. We protect her, and we get our family back. We end this. With blood, if we

with tension. Two

go. But we’re not handing her

toward the

tear

Her hair stuck to her face with sweat, and she looked like she’d been through hell... and still hadn’t

caught her just before she hit the

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

was already moving.

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