LILA POV 

It all made sense now.

The nights he woke up gasping for air. The screams, the fight with his wolf.

The way he turns cold, icy and ruthless all of a sudden.

The way he sometimes looked at me desperate, but... distant.

By the moon goddess, The Siren Spell.

Nicklaus's words echoed in my mind, splintering everything I thought I knew.

The Siren Spell wasn't just some punishment. It was a death sentence , not for the body, but for the soul.

It broke wolves. Crushed them from the inside out until they didn't even know who they were anymore.

Made them feel worthless. Unloved. Paralyzed. Controlled.

It...