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Chapter 50: Black Magic
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Marked By Midnight Chapter 53: The Sweet Scent Of Treachery
Azrik’s POVJust like Draven suggested, I turned every stone.Spies, private investigators, I paid them heavily, some in gold, others in alliance to dig for any sign of Lunessa, any trail.Draven returned with disappointing news.“We’re still trying to trace any signs of black magic in the city,” he said. “No luck so far.”“Keep pressing,” I told him. “No matter the cost.”Because if what we suspected was true, then Lunessa was more broken than I had ever imagined. If she truly believed I had laid with another woman, if that was the image planted in her mind, then her pain was justified.But knowing that didn’t lessen the guilt, in fact, it deepened it, and ate me alive. I couldn’t focus, couldn’t lead, could barely breathe.The Blood Moon was approaching, and if my calculations were correct, Lunessa would give birth on that night. A prophecy fulfilled in pain and blood.I had asked Draven to handle all ceremonial preparations. I didn’t trust myself to stand through them.Two nights b
Marked By Midnight Chapter 52: Daughters Of The Blood Moon
Lunessa's POV My uncle rushed toward me, his axe forgotten.“What’s going on?” he asked urgently, until his gaze dropped to the puddle beneath me. Understanding dawned instantly.“Liora!” he shouted, voice sharp and commanding.He moved to steady me, one arm around my back, but my legs had already given out. They were trembling so badly I could barely stand. Without a second thought, he swept me into his arms.Thank the Goddess the room he had prepared for my labor was just downstairs. He carried me inside and gently laid me on the bed, the soft sheets felt like sandpaper against my skin as pain rippled through me, sharp and deep.Liora rushed in, eyes wide and frantic, while my uncle disappeared to fetch the midwives.“Are you okay?” she asked, already grabbing a damp cloth for my forehead.How could I answer that? I was in agony. Wave after wave of searing pain crashed through me, each one worse than the last. I gritted my teeth and clutched the edge of the mattress, trying not to
Marked By Midnight Chapter 51: Before The Moon Bled
Lunessa's POV With my due date fast approaching, restlessness clung to me like a second skin.The babies moved more frequently now, angrily, even. Sometimes it felt like a battle was raging inside me, like two tiny storms clashing beneath my ribs. I would hold my belly and whisper for peace, but the chaos stops for a moment. Due kept encouraging me, her calm presence grounding.‘You’re stronger than I expected,’ she said one morning through the mindlink. ‘We’re counting days now.’But strength was not what I felt. One afternoon, while helping Liora behind my uncle’s mansion, we encountered a stubborn goat that wouldn’t leave. We shooed it, threw pebbles, even tried bribing it with banana peels, but it kept coming back. My patience snapped.“Get out!” I yelled, frustration laced in every syllable as I waved my hand.A pulse of dark shadow shot from my palm like a ribbon of smoke sharp and unnatural. It struck the goat, it fell in the bushes with a frightened bleat. Liora gasped, so di
Marked By Midnight Chapter 50: Black Magic
Azrik’s POV“No, it doesn’t make sense,” I muttered, pressing my fingers against my temple.“It actually does,” Draven countered. “You said your wolf was fighting you that night. What else could make Dowen that aggressive?”I buried my face in my hands, frustration thick in my chest. I reached out to Dowen through the mind link.‘Dowen, what else can you tell me about that night?’ I asked.‘Oh, now you want to listen?’ he sneered.‘I don’t have time for games,’ I snapped.‘I only see through your eyes, Azrik. When you black out, I do too. All I remember is her energy was dark. I felt repulsed,’ he explained.‘Damn it. I should’ve listened,’ I hissed.‘Then stop sulking and start figuring out who did it, and why she left,’ he said sharply.He was right. I opened my eyes and turned to Mira.“Mira,” I said slowly, “you’re certain you saw me alone that night? And no one came into my room at midnight?”“I’m sure, Alpha,” she answered with a slight bow. “After the full moon, every staff mem
Marked By Midnight Chapter 49: The Invisible Passenger
Azrik’s POVI’ve searched for months.Most of the search parties have returned empty-handed. Only those I dispatched to the farthest territories remain unaccounted for. Every day that passed felt like sand slipping through my fingers, and her absence grew heavier. I barely noticed the knock when Draven stepped into my office one afternoon.“You look pale,” he said, narrowing his eyes. “Have you even been eating?”“I’m fine, Draven,” I replied, though the rasp in my voice betrayed me.He didn’t press further. Instead, he sat and handed me a cup, one of his infamous smoothies. Reluctantly, I took it. I knew better than to resist, he’d keep pestering me until I drank it.He watched me quietly for a moment, then leaned forward. “You know… I’ve been thinking.”At those words, I straightened. Any lead, any theory, was better than silence.“What is it?” I asked.“Instead of brute force, why don’t we try wisdom? We’ve been chasing ghosts with fire and fury. Let’s think smarter.”My eyes met
Marked By Midnight Chapter 48: A Kind Gesture
Lunessa's POV Life had settled into a rhythm, gentle, almost too quiet, but I often caught myself staring at the photos on my phone. Pictures of Azrik and me.For what it’s worth, those moments felt real and genuine. Some of the best days of my life, even now. I had discarded the number tied to that life, there was no way for him to reach me anymore, even if he tried.The only reason I powered the phone was to look at the photographs, my mother’s smile, Azrik’s gaze, frozen in time. A memory I both clung to and tried to forget.I had a new number now, but no one to call. I wasn’t a social media person to begin with. Isolation had always been my comfort, long before it became my sentence.The following month, the Kaerwyn Line began to arrive, one by one.It wasn’t quite the ritual I imagined. My uncle had called it a ‘family ritual,’ but it was more of a gathering, a quiet reunion of a dwindling bloodline. Still, they came, more than I expected. A handful, yes, but warm and vibrant,
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