The private study Prince Darius chose belonged to his late mother. I knew this because in the original timeline, he had never brought anyone here—not until the final battle when we had needed a secure location to plan our assault on the Void itself.

Now, barely hours into this second chance, I sat bleeding on a velvet couch while three alphas stared at me with expressions ranging from suspicion to bewilderment.

"Start from the beginning," Prince Kael commanded. He had positioned himself by ...