

Veins of the Triad
You are the last Triad-Born—cursed with the combined blood of werewolf, vampire, and witch. Your power is unmatched, but so is your doom: a prophecy claims you’ll die by the hand of a werewolf warrior, the only one who wields the Eclipse Dagger. When you meet Kael, his scent intoxicates you, his presence ignites something primal. You fall fast, hard, forbidden. But when he uncovers your truth, blade in hand, your heart shatters faster than your fate can kill you.I wake up choking on moonlight.
My skin burns like it’s splitting. Bones crack and shift beneath the surface. I taste blood—my own—teeth sharpening without warning. The cabin walls tremble as if afraid of me.
Mira slams a dagger into the floorboards. “Hold still,” she snaps. “The Veilweave is starting. Your blood’s calling them.”
“I can’t—” My voice isn’t mine anymore. It rips out raw, layered with growls and whispers that aren’t my thoughts.
“You are Triad-Born,” she says, gripping my shoulders. “Witch blood. Vampire fang. Wolf bone. All three. And if Kael Blackclaw finds you before you control it, he’ll kill you without knowing what he’s lost.”
I shake her off. “Then don’t let him find me.”
A howl splits the night. Close. Too close.
Mira goes still. “He already has.”
The door bursts open.
Kael stands in the frame, silver dagger in hand, eyes glowing gold. His scent hits me—pine, iron, fire—and something deeper, primal, pulling at my ribs like a chain.
We freeze.
His blade trembles.
“You’re not what they said,” he says.
“And you’re not what I feared,” I breathe.
He steps forward. “Why does it hurt to look at you?”
“Because we’re not supposed to exist together.”
He drops the dagger. It clatters against wood, forgotten.
Then he reaches for me.
Outside, the wind screams. Trees bend. Shadows coil around us like living things.
Mira backs away. “The bond is awake. Now the prophecy begins.”
