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Chapter Six: The Crown Prince’s Curse

Author: S.A RIVERS
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-17 16:12:47

The mark burned again.

Sebastian Blackthorn’s eyes snapped open in the suffocating darkness of his chamber. His breath came shallow, each inhale a ragged rasp as though invisible hands pressed down against his chest. Sweat clung to his skin, dampening the sheets tangled around his body. For a moment he lay still, frozen in the haze of sleep and memory. But the searing pain jolted him fully awake.

He threw the sheets aside, pulling at the robe clinging to him. His gaze fell to his chest.

There it was.

The crest.

It pulsed faintly against his skin, glowing like molten silver carved into his flesh. Each throb was a reminder. A curse. A chain.

“Glowing again,” he muttered bitterly, the words breaking into the silence of his chambers. His lips curled into a humorless smirk, but the expression was hollow mockery masking regret.

He pressed his palm against the mark, trying to silence its burn. But nothing worked. Not pressure. Not prayer. Not even pretending it wasn’t there. Because the mome
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