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Goldenreturnedto the forest.
she gasped awake.
Mud beneath her.
Rain gone.
Night silent.
But someone stood above her.
Malakar.
He had returned he couldn't help himself, after waiting all these years, planning, scheaming, he could just walked away empty handed.
He stood over her,
Still watching.
Still afraid.
Golden pushed herself upward slowly.
Her body felt different.
Stronger.
Malakar spoke first.
“What did you see?”
Golden narrowed her eyes.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
But now—
She could smell his fear.
Malakar took a step back.
Interesting, she thought,
He hadn’t done that before.
Golden stood fully now.
The air shifted.
Malakar instinctively lowered his head slightly.
Not willingly.
Reflexively.
He froze.
“…Impossible.”
Golden noticed.
“Why did you do that?”
Malakar stared at her.
“…because my Alpha instincts just told me to submit.”
Golden’s pulse quickened.
“What?”
Malakar stepped back again.
“You shouldn’t exist.”
Behind the trees—
Damian, Lucian, and Gabriel finally arrived.
They stopped instantly.
Golden stood in the clearing.
Alive.
But changed.
And for reasons none understood—
Gabriel involuntarily lowered his head.
Lucian immediately fought it.
Damian did not move at all.
Golden turned slowly.
Her eyes met theirs.
And suddenly—
Every Alpha in the clearing except Damian dropped to one knee.
Lucian hit the ground hard.
Gabriel too.
Malakar collapsed completely.
Before anyone could react, Malaka’s body twisted violently as shadows erupted around him, he was usinghis dark magic agin. A low, guttural growl tore from his throat, shaking the ground beneath their feet. This time it was Lucian who lunged toward him but he was too late. In one swift movement, Malak slammed his hand against the earth, unleashing a wave of dark energy that forced everyone backward. Just like that again Malakar was go
Only Damian remained standing.
He was gibe, Golden shook her head not trusting her eyes, 'did he just vanish?", she asked .As the tense energy erupted, noticed Damian, he was not in his knees neither was he bowing, he was look directly at her.
Golden stared at him.
Confused.
Why hadn’t he knelt?
Damian whispered quietly.
“…because I belong beside you.”
Silence swallowed the clearing.
Golden stared at him as those words settled somewhere deep inside her chest.
She should have stepped back.
She should have questioned him.
Instead—
Something inside her reacted.
A strange warmth began spreading through her veins.
Fast.
Dangerous.
Electric.
Damian felt it too.
His entire body stiffened.
His wolf stirred violently beneath his skin.
Lucian finally forced himself upright.
His breathing was ragged.
His eyes darted between his sister and Damian.
“What the hell is happening?”
Gabriel stood next.
But unlike Lucian—
His face held something far worse than confusion.
Recognition.
No…
Not recognition.
Fear.
Ancient fear.
Golden turned toward him.
“Gabriel?”
The older man immediately lowered his eyes again.
Golden froze.
He had never done that before.
Not once.
Her voice came softer now.
“Why are all of you acting like this?”
Gabriel swallowed hard.
Because he knew the prophecy.
Stories buried so deeply most wolves believed they were myths.
Stories of a bloodline older than the first Alphas.
Stories of a ruler that had existed before wolf hierarchy itself.
And standing before him now—
Was that bloodline reborn.
Lucian stepped protectively toward Golden.
But the second he came too close—
His body jerked violently.
As if some invisible force pushed against him.
Lucian stumbled backward.
“What—”
Golden instinctively raised her hand.
Silver-blue light flickered around her fingertips.
She gasped immediately.
“No…”
The energy vanished.
But everyone saw it.
Damian’s eyes darkened.
interest.
Possession.
Something primal.
Golden immediately noticed.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Damian took one slow step closer.
The air around him shifted.
Unlike the others—
He wasn’t resisting her power.
He was matching it.
Feeding off it.
His voice dropped lower.
Because his wolf had surfaced.
“Because every instinct inside me is telling me one thing.”
Golden’s heartbeat quickened.
“And what is that?”
Another step.
Now only feet separated them.
Lucian immediately moved between them.
“No.”
Damian’s eyes flashed.
“Move.”
Lucian growled.
“She’s my sister.”
Damian’s voice turned deadly calm.
“And she is mine.”
The forest exploded with tension.
Golden stared between them both.
“What do you mean yours?”
Before Damian could answer—
A sharp pain suddenly ripped through her spine.
Golden cried out.
Her knees buckled instantly.
Lucian caught her first.
But the second he touched her—
A burst of silver energy threw him backward ten feet.
Gabriel shouted.
“Don’t touch her!”
Golden collapsed fully now.
Her breathing became frantic.
Her entire body trembled uncontrollably.
Bones shifting.
Skin burning.
Inside her mind—
A familiar voice returned.
Smooth.
Warm.
Ancient.
Diamora.
Do not fight it.
Golden squeezed her eyes shut.
“Diamora…”
Damian heard it.
His wolf reacted instantly.
He took another step closer.
Golden’s hair began lifting around her face.
Silver-blue light started glowing through every strand.
Her eyes snapped open.
No longer gold.
No longer human.
Crystalline.
Diamond bright.
The entire forest illuminated around her.
Gabriel stepped backward in horror.
“It’s beginning already…”
Lucian stared wide-eyed.
“What is beginning?”
Gabriel whispered.
“The awakening.”
Wind tore violently through the clearing.
Branches snapped above them.
The ground trembled.
Animals deep within the forest began howling.
Not in fear.
In submission.
Golden slowly rose into the air.
Three feet above the earth.
Silver energy spiraling around her body like moonfire.
Damian stared upward.
Unable to look away.
His wolf was no longer growling.
It had gone completely still.
Watching her.
Recognizing her.
Golden’s glowing eyes locked onto Damian once more.
And then—
Diamora’s voice echoed through every mind in the clearing.
She has awakened.
Protect her.
For the hunt has begun.
Far above the clouds—
The moon burned brighter than it had in centuries.
And somewhere…
Hidden far beyond the northern kingdoms…
A second pair of golden eyes suddenly opened.
A prince.
Royal blood.
Ancient blood.
The second mate.
And somehow—
He had just felt her awaken.
He smiled slowly in the darkness.
“After eighteen years…”
“…I’ve found you.” and something deep inside him new, he had to prepare for war, he had to keep her safe.
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