KIARA'S POV The pack house had never been so quiet. Not because everyone was at peace. Because everyone was waiting. Waiting for the next attack.Waiting for the next scream.Waiting for the next person to disappear. Ever since Seraphine had appeared outside the pack with her witches, only to retreat without making a single move, an unsettling silence had settled over the entire territory. It wasn't natural.It was the kind of silence that came before something terrible. I stood in the nursery, gently rocking Ryder in my arms while Rowan slept peacefully in his crib beside us. For the first time in what felt like forever...Both of my sons were together again. I looked down at Ryder and smiled through tears. "You gave your father and me the biggest scare of our lives." He blinked up

