The people from the party.
I recognized them.
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The identical twins and the man who had introduced himself as George, now surrounded us, their gazes locked on us with matching smirks. The kind a wolf wore just before tearing into its prey. Their eyes gleamed with sick delight.
I wasn’t overthinking it.
My instincts were right.
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That stench of death, the kind that clung to those who had taken too many lives rolled off them in waves. I didn’t need to know who they were or what they had done.
But i knew, without a doubt, they were dangerous and somehow they were here for me.
I stood still, gripping The slightly as I pulled her just a fraction behind me, my eyes narrowing, my heart pounding steadily against my chest.
The air tightened.
For a moment, no one moved, no one spoke.
Then, the tension snapped.
“Ah, what did I tell you, I?” George’s smooth voice cut through the silence, light and almost amused as he turned toward one of the twins. “Why are you so impatient? Don’t you know it’s rude to interrupt people while they’re eating?”
He sighed softly, shaking his head in mock disappointment.
“You couldn’t
until the
I watched as I lifter
done?”
to her mouth in exaggerated surprise.
“Oh? My bad,” she said lightly, though there wasn’t a hint of apology in her tone. “I just couldn’t hold it in anymore… my hands moved
Her eyes
Her
slid
on
their
slowly. “It’s instinct, you know. Surely you’re not offended… Beta Lilith?”
to
lips curled c
twin, Ivy, let out a soft
My eyes narrowed further.
ugh beside her, clearly entertained.
Without hesitation, I shifted slightly, pushing The more firmly behind me, shielding her and making sure Lora was also at the back, safe.
Dravena and Verya were right.
These people weren’t just strong, they were dangerous.
Who were they?
What did they want?
I didn’t know but this wasn’t good.
My gaze flickered briefly around us.
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Some people had stopped, watching the scene unfold with curiosity and confusion. Even the dumpling vendor had paused, frowning slightly as he stared.
Could we avoid a fight here? I doubted it.
Not because of them but because of her.
“Let’s fight them, Lilith.”
Dravena’s voice echoed in my mind,ced with excitement.
“It would be entertaining. They mightst a few minutes before tear their heads off.” That same violent urge surged through me.
I clenched my jaw.
No, not here. Not when there were so many people here.
“I’m sure the Beta hasn’t taken any offense… right?”
George spoke again, his smile widening as he tilted his head at me, eyes gleaming with interest but before I could respond, a voice sounded behind me,zy and unhurried.
“She might not have but this Alpha certainly did.”
Everyone turned.
Verya was already seated,
legs crossed casually as if none of this oncerned her.
Her gaze rested on the dumplings scattered across the table from earlier. Her lips curved into a small frown as she clicked her tongue softly
“Look at what you did to my
umplings.”
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She shook her head, almost genuinely displeased, like we were not surrounded.
“You
u really should have waited five minutes until we were done before making your dramatic entrance.”
Her gaze lifted slightly, though not fully. “Now tell me… how exactly do you n topensate this Alpha for this?” Her tone remained smooth and calm as she pointed to the dumplings.
Something in the air shifted almost immediately. I felt it from them. The twins.
Their expressions darkened almost instantly, a flicker of rage passing through their eyes. George only seemed more amused, he didn’t speak.
Instead, Ivy stepped forward.
“Well, well…” she drawled, her lips curving into a sharp smile. “It isn’t Alpha Verya. Long time no see.” Her steps were slow, measured, slowly closing the distance between us. I moved with her, perfectly in sync like reflections or puppets on the same string. “It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”
Verya didn’t respond.
Didn’t even move or acknowledge them and almost immediately murmurs began to ripple through the crowd. People whispering, confused….
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“Who are they?”
“What’s going on? Are they going to fight?”
“Why are they confronting the Alpha and the Beta?”
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Then, Verya finally lifted her head, her gaze flicked to Ivy then I, a hint of amusement surfaced in her eyes, however her brows lifted slightly and she spoke.
“Who are you?”
The reaction was immediate.
The twins’ expressions snapped, their eyes shing with something deadly. “Oh, don’t act like you don’t remember us, witch,” I snapped, her smile turning sharp. “You nearly killed he and my sister then!”
Verya blinked.
Then gasped softly, covering her mouth in mock realization.
“Ohhh-you two.” Verya pointedzily at them, a grin tugging at her lips. “The creepy twins who tried to assassinate me once.” She tilted her head, as though digging through a distant memory. “Let’s see… wasn’t that the time I had both of you by the throat?”
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She lifted her hand, fingers curling as if gripping something invisible, a softugh slipping past her lips. “While dangled out of a window, gasping like fish thrown ontond…”
you two
Her lips twitched, amusement deepening. “You wanted to kill me, yet you were the ones barely escaping with your lives that day.”
The twins froze. Then, slowly, their faces flushed bright red.
My eyes twitched, and judging by the subtle shifts around me, I wasn’t the only one. The crowd had reacted too, their expressions flickering between shock and barely concealed disbelief.
Verya… remembered far
with the twins before.
“You-!”
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someone who had just asked who they were but from what I heard, she had an history
I and Ivy snapped at the same time, fury shing through their eyes.
I exhaled slowly, forcing my focus back where it mattered. We were still surrounded. Still in danger. I turned slightly toward Verya, my voice low, controlled.
“Who are they?”
Verya’s gaze shifted to me briefly, then drifted back to the three standing before us. Her smile widened-slow, deliberate, almost delighted.
“Them?” she echoed softly.
Her eyes gleamed.
“They’re Verek’s direct Japdogs. Killers. They’ve ughtered more people than most ordinary dare to count… Alphas included.” She leaned back slightly in her seat,pletely at eas “They’re rogues.”
Here y
A sharp wave of gasps rippled through the crowd. Eyes darted toward George and the twins, disbelief written inly across their faces.
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But Verya wasn’t done.
“Not just rogues,” she added lightly.
The air seemed to tighten.
“They are the Four Reapers.”
Silence fell.
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Not the kind born from confusion but the kind that suffocated. The kind that pressed down on your chest and made breathing feel like a chore.
Even the world itself felt like it had paused and I knew why.
Everyone did.
The Four Reapers of the rogues.
No one knew much about them. They rarely appeared in public, unlike other rogues but whenever they did, it only meant one thing.
Death.
They
were here
To kill.
on Verek’s orders.
The silence stretched, dragging for a second… then another-
“Haha… it’s truly an honor to meet you, Alpha Verya. I’ve heard so much about you from my mate…” George’s voice sliced cleanly through the tension. “But…”
His smile widened, something sharp and dangerous shing in his eyes.
“I’m afraid there
for
a chat?” and then, he moved.
Not just him.
The twins moved
So fast their bodies blurred,
urred, vanishing from where they stood.
In the same instant, I and Ivy appeared around Verya, cutting her offpletely, their smirks returning as they tilted. their heads at her.
“You are here to protect her right??” I drawled, circling slightly
“But you will have to get pass us first” Ivy added, her voice dripping with mockery.
Verya didn’t move.
Didn’t even flinch.
She simply watched them with that same calm, unreadable smil and in that exact moment, I felt it.
A presence behind me.
Sharp. Cold. Too close.
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My breath hitched, a hand shot out from behind, fingers about to wrap around my throat with terrifying precision.
“Lilith!”
The and Lora’s scream tore through the air.
Gasps erupted around us as the crowd finally broke, panic setting in as people began to scatter, running in all directions.
George’s voice brushed against my ear, low, amused,ced with something dark.
“We have an order to follow… to bring the beta alive.”
He murmured, closing the distance between us. Everything happened in a split second, too fast for anyone to react, too fast foe me to escape and yet, out of the corner of my eye, Verya still hadn’t moved.
She simply sat there, watching.
Smiling.
“Do you think I’m here to protect her?” she said calmly. The twins paused slightly at that. Verya let out a soft chuckle, shaking her head. “No… they brought me here to watch what’s inside her.”
Something in the air shifted.
The world stilled.
Then resumed.
My eyes snapped shut.
I let my body fall back and in that exact moment, George’s grip missed, his fingers slicing through empty air as I slipped out
of reach, turned around, watched his eyes widen in surprise at my speed for that split moment, the movement sharp, instinctive, unnatural.
Inded
My body, it wasn’t listening. Ve
breath uneven but something was wrong.
“Damn it…” I muttered under my breath, trying to steady myself to regain control but it was already slipping.
It was toote.
“No…Drevena…’
The energy around us changed, the twins’ expressions darkened instantly,
George stilled behind me.
They felt it.
A low chuckle slipped from my lips. Soft, Wrong.
Slowly… I turned.
A smile spread across my face-wide, eerie, nothing like mine as a slow hum slipped out of me, like a luby.
“It’s ytime-”
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“You’re saying Lilith has the Golden Wolf…?” I frowned, pushing myself to my feet as I stared at them like they had just lost their minds. “The goddess wolf?”
ude I could dismiss as a joke.
But Ss… and Lucien?
They didn’t joke.
Not about things like this.
The three men stood before me, their expressions dark, serious, the air around them heavy with tension.
“Yes,”
Ss said quietly.
“And while we’re gone…” Lucien added, his gaze sharpening, “watch her.”
A pause.
Then-
“Drevena is a ticking bomb.”
The words settled heavily in the air.
“Her existence alone…” Ss continued, his voice low, certain,
“Will change everything.”
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