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CHAPTER 69

Author: Kylie
last update publish date: 2026-09-21 08:27:10

Saphire's POV

The fortress is quiet when I return. Too quiet.

The battle still echoes inside my head, and every time I close my eyes, I see Dante covered in blood.

I see him fighting through impossible odds. I see him refusing to retreat. I see him looking at me after I stepped between him and death.

The memory follows me through every corridor. Through every stairwell and through every breath.

I should feel relieved that he survived. Instead, I feel unsettled because the moment I saw him falli
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  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 69

    Saphire's POVThe fortress is quiet when I return. Too quiet.The battle still echoes inside my head, and every time I close my eyes, I see Dante covered in blood.I see him fighting through impossible odds. I see him refusing to retreat. I see him looking at me after I stepped between him and death.The memory follows me through every corridor. Through every stairwell and through every breath.I should feel relieved that he survived. Instead, I feel unsettled because the moment I saw him falling to one knee, every lesson Varek taught me disappeared.Control vanished. Strategy vanished and reason vanished.I moved without thinking. Without calculating and without considering consequences. I simply moved.The realization should bother me but instead, it terrifies me how natural it felt. I enter my room and shut the door behind me.For several moments, I simply stand there. The silence feels heavy and oppressive.My hands still tremble slightly. I hate that. After everything I have lear

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 68

    Dante's POVBlood runs into my eyes and my shoulder burns. My ribs feel like they've been shattered. Yet I keep fighting because stopping means dying and dying means never seeing Saphire again.The battlefield has become a nightmare of steel, screams and moonlit violence.Bodies cover the ground and the warriors who followed me are scattered across the valley. Some are still fighting, some are wounded and some aren't moving at all.The guilt should be crushing me but instead, rage keeps me standing. An enemy warrior charges.I block his strike and drive my sword into his chest and he falls. Another replaces him. Then another and the ambush never seems to end.Somewhere behind me, Marcus shouts."Dante!" Marcus yelled.I turn just in time to see three warriors closing in from the left. Too many. Too fast and too close. I prepare to meet them anyway.Then something moves through the battlefield. Fast. Unnaturally fast.A blur of motion explodes from the darkness. One warrior falls befo

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 67

    Dante's POVThe forest is silent. Too silent and I notice it immediately, but I ignore the feeling twisting in my gut because all I can think about is reaching the fortress.Reaching Saphire and bringing her home.Moonlight filters through the trees while our small group moves through the darkness. Six warriors follow me, and every one of them volunteered despite Luca's objections and Travis's warnings.I should feel responsible for them. I should be calculating risks. I should be thinking three steps ahead. Instead, my thoughts keep drifting toward Saphire.Every mile we cover feels too slow. Every obstacle feels like an insult. Every delay feels unbearable.We stop briefly near a ridge overlooking the valley.The fortress stands in the distance. Massive, dark and waiting.My chest tightens the moment I see it. She's in there. Somewhere behind those walls."That's closer than I expected." One of the warriors muttered and I nodded."We keep moving." I said."Dante." He said and I glan

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 66

    Saphire's POVThe dream starts with Dante. It always does lately. I see him standing in the clearing where we used to train and sunlight filters through the trees while he watches me with that stubborn expression that always made me want to argue with him.For a moment, everything feels normal. Safe. Then the ground begins to crack beneath our feet.Darkness spreads across the forest and shadows swallow the trees one by one while Dante reaches for me. I run toward him as he runs toward me.But the distance between us keeps growing. No matter how fast I move, I cannot reach him."Saphire." Danye yelled as his voice echoes through the darkness."Saphire." He yelled again.I wake with a sharp breath. The room is still dark, and my heart pounds against my ribs while sweat clings to my skin.For several seconds, I sit perfectly still. Then I force myself to breathe. Slowly and carefully.The word has become impossible to escape so I throw the blankets aside and walk toward the washroom. Co

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 65

    Dante's POVI wake before sunrise, but I don't get out of bed immediately because the weight sitting inside my chest feels heavier than it has in days.Saphire is still gone.That thought has become a constant presence in my mind, and no matter how many times I tell myself that she is alive, safe, and waiting for us to bring her home, the fear refuses to disappear.I finally get up, shower, brush my teeth, and pull on a clean shirt before heading downstairs, where the others are already gathered around the kitchen table.Travis looks exhausted, while Luca has several maps spread across the table and a mug of untouched coffee sitting beside his elbow.Neither of them looks at me when I enter. That tells me something is wrong."What's happened?" I ask and Luca finally raises his eyes."We've been going over the eastern routes." Luca said."Without me?" I asked."We needed to start somewhere." Luca said.His answer irritates me immediately and I walk toward the table."What have you foun

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 64

    I wake before the sun rises and for several moments, I lie beneath the heavy blankets staring at the dark ceiling while the silence of the room settles around me.My body still feels tired from everything that has happened recently, but my mind refuses to slow down, because every time I close my eyes, I hear Varek's voice.Emotion is weakness.I hate how often those words have started making sense. I finally push myself out of bed and cross the cold stone floor toward the washroom, where I splash cold water over my face before brushing my teeth and tying my hair back. I stare at my reflection afterward, trying to decide whether I look different.I don't.Yet something inside me feels like it is shifting. I dress in dark trousers and a fitted shirt before pulling on my boots, and by the time I leave my room, the fortress is beginning to wake. Guards move through the corridors, servants carry breakfast trays, and somewhere below, I hear the distant sound of metal striking metal.Varek i

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 2

    SAPHIRE POVI tried to yank my arm free but even with his injuries he is still pretty strong. I couldn’t get him to let go so I managed to keep my jacket on his injuries and he started trying to fight me like I was the enemy. I had to try and hold his other arm back as he flailed around.“Listen a

  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 1

    SAPHIRE POVGrowing up without a mother in a werewolf community can have it’s challenges. But luckily my father never gave up after losing his mate and he never lost sight of what was important. Me. he was a great warrior and one of the best vampire hunters out there. People would call my father f

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  • Saphire: Blood Huntress   CHAPTER 4

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