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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and hurling it at the window. It bounced off uselessly, the glass

with every breath. “I’m here! I’m right here!” I shouted, slamming my fists against

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fire was too strong, the smoke too thick. And Maria–Maria had made sure the spell would prevent anyone inside

had done

name over and over, slamming myself against the wall until my body ached, until my throat was raw, until there was nothing left but the sound of her screams and the flames devouring everything.

then, just like that, the screams stopped.

was

whispered, my voice barely audible as I fell to my knees. “No,

no…”

me in waves. My mother was gone. Elaine’s parents were gone. All of them, trapped

as

Elaine.

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

She looked… frozen.

my voice breaking as I stumbled

her

that’s when it hit

of it settle over me, crushing and suffocating, as if the fire wasn’t just outside but inside me,

supposed to happen.

blurred as I turned back toward the house the flames still raging, the smoke billowing into the night sky.

had made sure of that.

beneath me, my heart pounding in my chest. My vision blurred with tears as

killed

wanted my father gone and the pain to stop.

Because of me.

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the smell of smoke and ash filling the air, I knew

certain:

be

“Here, drink this.”

the haze, sharp and commanding, pulling me from the dark recesses of

hadn’t even noticed her move. With a grateful nod, I took the glass from her, my fingers brushing hers for the briefest moment before

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 had said the words out loud earlier, but somehow, they still

Only to her. No one else could know.I had given her strict instructions to keep everyone away, to let them believe I was still unconscious.

and suffocating, until

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