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CHAPTER 33

Author: Praise Lan
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 09:55:30

THIRD MATE

The word lingered in the air long after it left his lips. Mate.

For a moment Lena simply stood there, staring at him as though the sound itself had fractured reality. Her heartbeat thundered inside her chest, loud enough that she wondered if he could hear it. The chamber of the Obsidian Crown Citadel felt suddenly smaller, the vast black walls pressing inward as if they too were listening for her response.

Her wolf stirred uneasily beneath her skin.

Not in rage. Not even in fear. Rec
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    ENCOUNTER WITH VAMPIRE KINGThey brought Lena through iron gates that rose like blackened ribs against the night sky, their sharp tips glinting beneath a thin crescent moon. The Obsidian Crown Citadel stood carved into the mountainside, its towers angular and severe, as though shaped from solidified shadow. Torches burned with pale blue flame along the high walls, casting a light that was too clean to be warm and too bright to be comforting. She walked between armored guards who did not grip her but did not need to. Chains were unnecessary when exhaustion already weighed heavier than iron.Inside, the corridors gleamed with polished stone so dark it reflected distorted versions of her face back at her. The ceilings arched high above, ribbed with silver inlays that caught the torchlight and fractured it into sharp streaks across the floor. It was beautiful in a way that unsettled her, refined and deliberate, like a blade crafted for ceremony as much as for killing. She had expected dun

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