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.

been missing for an entire day... and no one is saying anything. But the damn human girl is

streamed down her face as

Cayden didn’t flinch.

arms around her and held her tightly, letting her

we’ll find her. I’m already working on it.

The Alpha in him was in

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

hallway, breath ragged and panic etched across

past him like a beast unchained. Caspian followed close behind, still clutching Hazel protectively against his

burst into

ink—no, blood—was a message

if you want your parents back.

knuckles cracking. His breath came heavy, wild, like his wolf

he growled, eyes glowing gold, " they dare to toy with her? To use Hazel like she’s

the council table, shattering the oak

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 lay a

him. "That’s our parents, Caspian! They’re alive—for

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

trap," Cayden growled. "We take Hazel, we go to the outskirts like they asked—but we’re not alone. We

Caspian barked. "She’s

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

grip on her tightened.

bringing her to the frontlines. We protect her,

tension. Two brothers, burning with the same

go. But we’re

toward the warriors gathering

up. By nightfall... we tear the damn bastard’s

trembling. Her hair stuck

just before she hit the ground.

whispered, barely audible. "The darkness inside

was already moving. "What

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