Kaia's POV

I ran to her side, my eyes welling as I shook my head in disbelief.

“Is this some kind of prank? Emery? You can't be dead.”

Lyra was by my side.

“I'm sorry, Kaia,” she said. “But we can't do this now. We have to find a way to protect the rest of the witches…ans ourselves.”

I nodded. She was right. If Alpha Kael breached that door, we were all going to die..

Just as I stood up, I heard a strange voice coming from the door.

“Murderers! They've murdered Emery!”

My hands were drenched in blood —Emery’s blood.

Astrid didn't wait for an explanation. She scampered across...