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CHAPTER 55: The Approach
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BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 55: The Approach
We rode hard for two days.North through forests and over streams, following the map Keira had drawn from memory. The landscape grew darker as we traveled, like the Shadow Court's presence had poisoned even the land around their facility.No one spoke much. Everyone was conserving energy for the battle ahead.Through the bond, I felt Caspian's constant vigilance. His awareness of our surroundings, his assessment of threats, his preparation for violence.Keira rode near the front with us. She had been quiet since we left Thorncross, her eyes distant like she was seeing ghosts."Are you all right?" I asked her during a brief rest stop."I haven't been back to this area since I escaped three years ago." She stared toward the north where Blackstone Keep waited. "Part of me thought I'd never see it again. Hoped I wouldn't.""We can still send you back with a guard escort.""No." Her voice was firm. "I need to see it destroyed. Need to watch it burn."I understood that need. The desire to e
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 54: Before Dawn
The war room filled quickly despite the late hour.Warriors streamed in still bloody from fighting the prototypes, their faces grim and determined. Ezra spread maps across the table while healers worked on the wounded in the corners. The air smelled like blood and smoke and fear.I stood at the head of the table with Caspian beside me. His ribs were wrapped but not healed, and through the bond I felt the constant throb of pain he was ignoring."We ride at dawn," I announced. "Destination is Blackstone Keep, two days north. Our objective is to destroy whatever the Shadow Court is building there before they can create more of those things we just fought.""How many warriors can we spare?" one of the captains asked."Fifty," Ezra said. "Any more and we leave Thorncross too vulnerable. Any less and we won't have enough force to breach their defenses.""Fifty against an unknown number of enemies in fortified position," another captain said. "Those are terrible odds.""The odds were terribl
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 53: Fight Back
The result was immediate and dramatic, as energy surged through my body with enough force to make the red-haired prototype's eyes widen in surprise. I shifted back to human form and grabbed his wrist with both hands, channeling the combined power through the bond into a concentrated burst that burned his artificial flesh where I touched him.He released me with a hiss that might have been pain or might have been mere surprise at encountering something unexpected. "Interesting," he said, examining the burn marks on his wrist. "You have bonded with a lycan and can share power through that connection, which was not in our tactical briefing about your capabilities.""Good," I gasped as I struggled to my feet. "I love surprising people who think they know everything about me."The white-haired prototype had reached Keira by now and had wrapped one hand around her throat, lifting her off the ground with effortless strength. "Retrieval complete," she announced to her companions. "Recommend i
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 52: Three Prototypes
We ran.We ran through corridors and down staircases while alarm bells rang throughout the Keep, their clanging rhythm matching the pounding of my heart as we raced toward whatever was emerging from those portals.Caspian was beside me with his hand on his weapon, Ezra was ahead of us clearing the path, and Keira followed behind under guard because we still could not fully trust her despite her claims of sisterhood and cleansing.The courtyard was chaos when we arrived, with warriors scrambling to form defensive positions while three massive figures stepped through the largest portal I had ever seen. They were humanoid but wrong, too perfect in their proportions and too cold in their movements, like watching statues come to life with none of the warmth or humanity that should accompany living things."The prototypes," Keira whispered from behind me, her voice filled with horror and recognition. "The three artificial First Moon warriors I told you about, and they are here for me just l
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER: 51: The Plan
Keira took a shaky breath and began to speak in a rush, her words tumbling over each other in her haste to get them all out. "They call it the Ascension Project, and they have been working on it for decades using every First Moon descendant they could capture or kill. Our bloodline is not just a key to unlock ancient power like everyone thinks, it is a blueprint for creating new power, power that has never existed before in any form.""What kind of power?" I asked, though part of me was not sure I wanted to know the answer."They are trying to create artificial First Moon descendants, beings that have all the abilities of our bloodline without any of the limitations or vulnerabilities that come with being mortal." Keira's voice dropped to barely above a whisper. "They have already succeeded with three prototypes, and those three are nearly unstoppable in combat because they can channel pure essence like you can but they feel no pain, they need no rest, and they cannot be killed by con
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 50: Sister's Secrets
Sleep refused to come that night, no matter how hard I tried to force it.I lay in bed staring at the ceiling while my mind raced through everything Keira had told us, everything she had revealed, everything she might still be hiding. Through the bond, I could feel Caspian's similar restlessness radiating from where he lay beside me, his consciousness churning with the same questions and doubts that plagued my own thoughts."You should try to rest," he said quietly into the darkness, though his voice carried no real conviction that either of us would manage it."I have a sister," I said, testing the words aloud to see if they felt more real when spoken. "An actual blood sister who survived everything Marcus did to our family, who escaped the Shadow Court's experiments, who has been hiding and watching for years while I stumbled through this nightmare alone.""If her story is true," Caspian reminded me, though his tone was gentle rather than accusatory."The blood tests do not lie, and
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