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CHAPTER 146: The Mark That Claimed the King
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2026-10-30 20:12:49
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THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 148: The Thing Beneath the Bed
The breathing beneath the bed hadn't stopped.Elara stood beside Cael, staring at the darkness between the bed frame and the floor. Neither of them had moved since Cael whispered that something was awake. The fireplace had nearly gone out, leaving the room smelling of burnt wood and cold ash. Beside the window, the little lamp struggled against the draft slipping through the shutters.Something inhaled beneath the bed. The breath sounded wet, dragged through a throat that wasn't built properly. A faint clicking followed.Cael's hands were clenched at his sides. His gaze remained fixed on the floorboards."Get away from there," Elara whispered.He didn't move.She caught his sleeve and gave it a sharp tug. "Cael. Look at me."His head turned, though his eyes seemed slow to follow. For a brief moment, he looked past her rather than at her, as if someone else had entered the room and was standing just behind her shoulder. Then he blinked."It knows we're here.""Then we're leaving."She
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 147: The Crown's New Vessel
“It's claiming me.”The crowned warrior stared at his right hand as another tremor travelled through the chamber. Dust drifted from the ceiling, settling over his shoulders. The wooden horse slipped from the child's fingers and struck the stone floor.Seraphina moved closer. “What does that mean?”He tried to close his fist. His fingers barely responded. Beneath the skin, the crown-shaped pattern had darkened until its outline was impossible to mistake.“I don't know.”“Kael, keep him away from the wall.”Kael glanced towards the sealed section of stone. “There's no passage anymore.”A scraping noise came from behind it.The warrior turned sharply. “It's still there.”The child backed away, clutching its silver ring. “Mother said the crown must never be completed.”Seraphina crouched slightly to meet its gaze. “When did she tell you that?”“In the room with the blue curtains. She showed me a picture. The crown had a broken point, and she said nobody must finish it.” The child's eyes s
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 146: The Mark That Claimed the King
The crowned warrior's shadow stretched across the stone, reaching towards the passage while Kael struggled to drag him away. His boots scraped against the floor, but the harder Kael pulled, the farther the shadow extended. It had begun to separate from his feet, narrowing into a black strand that disappeared through the opening.“Seraphina!”She turned and drew the Sword of Dawn.The blade struck the connection where the shadow narrowed. Resistance travelled through the weapon, jarring her wrist. It felt like cutting into something thick and fibrous, something that resisted the blade and pulled back.The warrior screamed.“Don't cut it!” the silver-eyed woman shouted from the passage. “You'll tear him apart!”Seraphina held her sword against the dark strand. “Then tell me how to stop it.”“Return what he took.”“I don't know what he took.”“He does.”The crowned warrior twisted against Kael's grip. Five red lines had spread from his right palm, branching beneath the skin towards his f
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 145: The Wrong Child
“Lyra, don't let him open it again.”The warning came from somewhere beyond the passage. A dragging noise followed, slow and uneven, like something heavy being pulled across stone.The child with the silver ring stumbled backwards. Seraphina caught its shoulder before it fell.“Who said that?” Kael demanded.Nobody answered.The crowned warrior stood several steps from the opening, staring into its darkness. The three red lines across his right palm had grown darker, spreading towards his wrist. He kept his fingers curled against his tunic, but Seraphina had already noticed the faint tremor running through them.“Did you recognize the voice?” she asked.“No.”“Then stay back.”His eyes shifted towards her. “It called the child by that name.”“It also warned us not to open something. We don't know whether it's trying to protect the child or use it to reach whatever is beyond that passage.”The child pulled away from Seraphina and stared at the symbols carved into the wall.“My mother u
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 144: The Child Beneath the Ruins
The floor collapsed beneath them.Seraphina struck a sloping surface and slid through broken stone. Her shoulder slammed against a wall before she rolled onto the chamber floor. Dust filled her mouth. Somewhere nearby, metal struck rock, followed by Kael's strained groan.She forced herself upright.“Kael?”“Here.”He was several feet away, trapped beneath a fallen piece of timber. His injured shoulder was bleeding again, but he was conscious. Seraphina pushed the timber aside, and he dragged himself free.The crowned warrior lay beside a collapsed pillar. The child with the silver ring sat near the opposite wall, staring at him.Seraphina hurried toward them.“Don't move,” she told the child.Its eyes remained fixed on the king.“Father remembered.”The warrior stirred. “Don't call me that.”“You gave me that name.”“I have two children. Elara and Cael. I remember their births, their mother, and the kingdom we lost. I remember what happened to Veyra.” His voice weakened as he pushed
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 143: The Bell That Called the Children
The bell rang again.The sound travelled through the stone beneath their feet, shaking dust from the ceiling. The narrow opening in the northern wall remained dark, but the black mark around Seraphina's wrist tightened.She pressed two fingers beneath her left eye. The new mark there burned in response.The child with the silver ring backed away from the crowned warrior.“Don't let it take them,” the child whispered.The ancient king struggled to stand. Blood soaked his tunic where the shadow had pierced him. Kael kept one hand against his injured shoulder.“Who is it asking for?” the warrior demanded.“You know,” the voice beyond the opening answered.“I know nothing.”“You knew when you closed the door.”The warrior stared into the darkness. “What door?”The child pressed the ring against its chest. “My mother said there were things he must never remember.”Seraphina turned toward it. “What did she tell you about the bells?”The child swallowed. “The first bell was a warning. I wasn
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