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Chapter 75

作者: Lucienne
last update 最終更新日: 2025-12-06 00:19:41

Aria’s breath froze in her throat.

Erevan’s grip on her waist tightened instantly—as if the Trial’s words were a blade aimed at her and his body moved to shield her before his mind could catch up. The chamber dimmed around them, the newly stabilized Core pulsing with a light that felt suddenly dangerous. The air thickened with a pressure that made both their lungs strain.

One bearer.

One sacrifice.

The words echoed again in the chamber, quieter now, but more ominous for it—like a verdict delivered in finality.

Aria shook her head before Erevan even spoke. “No. No. It doesn’t get to choose that. We don’t choose that.”

Erevan looked at her with an expression she had seen only once—when he believed she was dying under the Sovereign’s curse. His eyes were already preparing to bleed love into grief.

“Aria,” he whispered, “it was always going to end this way.”

“No.” Her fingers dug into his shoulders. “Don’t you dare accept this.”

But the Trial wasn’t waiting for their agreement.

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