Se connecterPOV“I no longer want Ivonne dead.” The master sneered from the shadows.Marcellus blinked in confusion and For a second, he genuinely wondered if he had heard wrong.“My… lord?”“I want her alive.”Shock crashed through him.“But— but”The shadows shifted again but Marcellus tried not to cower as the Master turned to face him“If it is true that the great spirit Ulfris is inside her, then that changes everything. I wont waste such an opportunity by killing her, instead, we will wield and reshape her until she becomes ours, and when that happens, no power in the world will be able to stop us.”Marcellus stared.“But master! the spirit is too powerful and dangerous against our evil,” he argued quickly. “If the legends are true, then Ulfris could destroy all of us—”A low chuckle interrupted him.“No. Spirits are neutral in all things. They are neither good nor evil, male or female. They simply exist with great power, and with the right strategy, that power can be controlled and Used by
POVElder Marcellus moved quickly through the streets, but not so quickly that anyone would suspect panic. That was one thing he had mastered after all these years at court. Control. Appearance. Deception. Even when fear was crawling under his skin like insects, he knew how to wear calmness like another layer of clothing.Still, sweat gathered beneath the collar of his robes as he glanced over his shoulder for what felt like the tenth time.The streets were very busy at this time of day. Business men strolled to their stores, Servants hurried through the streets, guards rotated shifts, and nobles whispered about Alpha Hector’s injury as if they were vultures circling a dying animal. Every sound made Marcellus tense. Every passing gaze made his heartbeat spike.Because if anyone followed him now…If anyone discovered where he was going…Then all of this would collapse.And unlike his master, Elder Marcellus was very much killable.His master would survive exposure. That monster thrived
POV“What the hell were you thinking?” Elder Marcellus hissed, and Thorin lazily raised an eyebrow at him"You’ll need to be more specific about that Elder.”Marcellus stepped closer furiously.“You had the perfect opportunity toend it all last night,” he snapped. “Why the hell did you give Hector the antidote instead of finishing him off?”Thorin’s expression darkened immediately.“I never intended to kill him that way. There is no honor in such a killing.”Marcellus stared at him in disbelief.“You cannot be serious.”“I am.”Marcellus lowered his voice sharply.“You had no witnesses. Even if Ivonne testified against you, her words could have been dismissed easily. Victory was practically handed to you on a silver platter and you're saying some rubbish about honor?!”Thorin’s eyes hardened dangerously.“I said I never planned to kill him that way. What is so hard for you to understand, elder? What honor is there in killing an unarmed opponent who was not ready to fight? That was no
Elder Marcellus walked through the palace halls with his hands clasped neatly behind his back, his robes swaying lightly around his feet as several elders and trusted men followed after him. The palace servants bowed immediately when they saw him approaching, quickly stepping out of the way, but Marcellus barely acknowledged them.Right now, he was in far too good of a mood to care about anything.In fact, it took every ounce of self-control not to grin openly like a madman.Several times during the walk, he had to raise a fist to his lips and fake a cough just to hide the smile threatening to spread across his face.Because finally.Finally.The mighty Alpha Hector had fallen.Perhaps not completely yet, but hearing that he was wounded, seeing him weakened, seeing chaos erupt around him and Luna Ivonne at last—it felt glorious.Absolutely fucking glorious.“This is truly unfortunate,” one of the elders beside him muttered with fake sadness.Marcellus nodded with a somber look, but in
Ivonne's pov“And just as Ivanna and Kael vowed themselves to each other for eternity,” Ulfris continued calmly, “so too are their essences drawn together again... for eternity.”"No! That can't happen." I felt the blood drain from my face.“No,” I repeated more firmly as panic rose rapidly inside me now. “This is insane.”“It is fate Ivonne, just accept it and everything will be fine..”“I don’t care about fucking fate!” I snapped angrily as I shot to my feet. “I am not Ivanna!”My breathing became uneven.“I’m Ivonne,” I continued desperately. “And I love Hector.”Ulfris remained silent.“So help me break this bond,” I demanded. “If you really care about me cooperating with you, then help me!”His answer came instantly.“That bond was created by the goddess. Not me.”My chest tightened.“So you can’t break it?”“No.”I clenched my fists so tightly my nails dug painfully into my palms.“There has to be a way.”“There is not.”Frustration exploded inside me.“Well then this is useless
Ivonne's povI stayed frozen in the middle of the room after Ulfris’s revelation, my heart pounding so hard that it almost hurt.He said the cause of all this pain was someone close to me.Someone within my vicinity was controlling the night devourers.It made no sense. Absolutely no sense because no one I knew had such power!I started pacing the room immediately, dragging my fingers through my hair as my thoughts spiraled wildly out of control.“Who?” I demanded aloud. “Who could possibly be doing something like that?”Ulfris remained silent in the back of my mind.I gritted my teeth harder.“Is it someone from the court?” I asked quickly. “Is it one of the elders? Elder Marcellus?”Honestly, at this point, I would not even be surprised.That man was power-hungry enough to sell the entire realm to demons if it meant gaining more influence.“He is close enough to my circle,” I muttered. “He’s always around us, always involved in everything, and he clearly hates Hector and me.”Still
Dante's POV "Ah, so I finally meet the woman responsible for all this trouble." My mother said in a very unimpressed tone and I immediately feel Tamara stiffen against me. As my mother stared at Tamara, her expression as hard as stone, I could feel Tamara’s tension building beside me. I decided t
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