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Chapter 16: Kiss Me In The Fire

Author: Ayra Writes
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-09 22:25:46

Aria.

The ruins burned with silver fire. Tyler’s scream had turned into a guttural roar, the glow in his body tearing through the night. Hunters scattered, their chains useless against the raw power spilling out of him.

I stepped forward. “Tyler, it’s me. You have to fight this. You have to stay with me.”

His head snapped toward me, eyes blazing silver. For a moment, I saw him — my best friend, bruised but smiling, always cracking a joke even in the worst moments. But then it was gone, swallowed by something older, something ravenous.

“Aria…” His voice was layered now, his and not his, echoing like the voice in my reflection. “You belong to us.”

Jace yanked me back, his claws digging into the stone at my side. “Don’t listen. That’s not Tyler anymore.”

“I can reach him,” I snapped, struggling against his grip. “He’s not gone.”

“Look at him!” Jace’s face twisted, raw and desperate. “That’s not your friend. That’s an Ancient waking in his blood, and it wants you. It always wants you.”

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