Chapter 339

LUMINA The moment Xenois ended the video call with Jerome, the office erupted into controlled chaos. Everyone started talking at once—Zade coordinating with his team, Rivers pulling up maps, Marcus checking weapons inventory. The energy in the room shifted from tense anticipation to focused determination. I stayed where I was for a moment, processing what I'd just witnessed. Samuel and Silvia Blackwood—the two people who'd made my life hell for years, who'd rejected me as unsuitable for their son, who'd blamed me for Xena's death and tried to destroy my relationship with Xenois—had just faced down their captors with jokes about makeup and arthritis. They'd refused to cooperate. Refused to show fear. Refused to do anything that might compromise their son's vision for a better pack. And Silvia had used her limited time on camera to check on Shawn. A werewitch teenager she barely knew, but who she'd taken in and protected when he had nowhere else to go. I didn't know how to reconcile the