*~Caspian POV~*
Standing in front of Cyrius with Hazel unconscious beside me.. My heart thudded hard in my chest, my eyes darting around in a frantic search for her babies—but they were nowhere in sight.
"Hello, brother," I said, my voice calm but edged with steel.
His eyes..dark, almost void-like..were locked entirely on Hazel. The wolfsbane-coated arrows in his hands glinted faintly under the dim light.
"Shift," he ordered, his tone dripping with venom.
I raised my hand before he could come closer, the air between us thick with tension. "Stay away from her. Where are the babies?"
He didn't answer. His grip tightened on the arrows, his knuckles whitening.
Before he could lunge, Aurora's voice rang out like a whip. "Versa!" In a flash, she pounced, knocking him back. Wolves erupted around us, snarls filling the night air.
"Go find the babies. I'll handle these," Aurora barked, cracking her knuckles with a dark grin.
