Chapter 104

-Grayson’s POV-

The heat from the fire was almost consuming. I stood there, rooted to the ground, watching as it licked hungrily at the walls of the mansion, spreading faster than I thought possible. There was something dark and twisted in the flickering glow, and for a fleeting moment, I felt a glimmer of satisfaction creep through me.

I had wanted this. I had planned for this.

The thought filled my mind as I stared at the roaring flames, my hands trembling at my sides. I wish I could see his face right now. See him struggle, hear him scream as he tries to get out. But he wouldn’t. He couldn’t. I had made sure of that.

Maria’s magic had sealed the house shut. There was no escape.

I took a step closer, the heat pressing against my skin like a warning, and that’s when Elaine’s voice shattered my thoughts.

“Why are you just standing there?!” she screamed, her voice sharp, raw with terror. “Our parents are in there!”

Her words slammed into me like a physical blow. My heart stuttered in my chest, and for a second, I couldn’t breathe.

“No,” I said, shaking my head, my voice trembling. “No, that’s not possible. They’re not supposed to be back until later. They weren’t supposed to-”

“They came back early!” Elaine’s voice cracked, her small frame trembling as she grabbed my arm, shaking me with surprising strength. “They’re inside! Go get help!”

The panic hit me like a tidal wave, crashing into me with the force of a thousand regrets. Not because of him. But because my mother and my aunt and uncle were inside.

No. This wasn’t supposed to happen.

I turned toward the house, dread curling in my stomach and twisting up my spine. My feet moved on their own, carrying me forward even as my mind screamed at me to stop, to rewind, to undo what had been set in motion. The fire raged louder, the smoke thick and suffocating, making it hard to see, hard to think.

Wolves were beginning to arrive, their howls echoing in the distance as they raced to the mansion. Some of them had shifted, their massive forms clawing and biting at the structure, trying to pry open the sealed windows and doors. But it was

no use.

I knew it wouldn’t work. I had made sure of that.

My legs felt like lead as I moved closer, the heat scorching my skin even from a distance. And then I heard it–a sound that made my blood run cold.

A scream.

Her scream.

My mother’s voice pierced through the roaring flames, filled with a kind of terror I had never heard before. It froze me in place for half a second before I turned, sprinting toward the back of the house, the panic now clawing at my throat.

“Mom!” I screamed, my voice breaking as I reached the backyard The flames were more intense here, consuming the walls and windows with an unforgiving ferocity. But through the smoke and fire, I saw her.

She was pounding on the glass, her face twisted in desperation, her lips forming words I couldn’t hear over the deafening

roar of the flames.

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grabbing a rock from the ground and hurling it at the window. It bounced off

heat searing through my clothes, the smoke choking me with every breath. “I’m here! I’m right here!” I shouted, slamming my

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thick. And Maria–Maria had made sure the spell would prevent anyone inside from shifting into their

done this.

wall until my body ached, until my

then, just like that, the screams stopped.

silence was

voice barely audible as I

no…”

against the ground, the reality of what I had done crashing over me in waves. My mother was gone. Elaine’s parents were gone. All

head snapped up as movement caught my

Elaine.

standing in the corner of the yard, her small figure illuminated by the firelight. She wasn’t screaming, wasn’t crying, -she was just standing

She looked… frozen.

my voice breaking as I stumbled to my feet “Elaine, don’t-”

she didn’t move. She just stood there, watching, her face

it hit

crushing and suffocating, as if the fire wasn’t just outside but

wasn’t supposed to happen.

into the night sky. The wolves were still

had made sure of that.

my legs shaking beneath me, my heart pounding in my chest.

killed them.

Elaine’s parents. I just wanted my father gone and the pain to stop. But

Because of me.

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the smell of smoke and ash filling the air, I knew one thing for

certain:

would ever be the

“Here, drink this.”

sharp and commanding, pulling me from the dark recesses of

even noticed her move. With a grateful nod, I took the glass from her, my fingers brushing hers for the

throat, but it did little to soothe the rawness inside me. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt this kind of pain–sharp, unrelenting, and impossibly heavy. My wolf was gone.

I whispered the truth to Ava. Only to her. No one else could know.I had given her strict instructions to keep everyone away, to

oppressive and suffocating,

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