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CHAPTER 18: The Hall of Forgotten Kings
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2026-07-07 16:43:42
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THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 70: The Son Who was Blamed
The entity crawling through the Veil had no face, no discernible features to anchor the horror. At first, Seraphina thought it was merely a shifting mass of the chamber's native gloom, but then its massive shoulders cleared the opening, followed by long, sweeping arms plated in jagged black crystal. Its fingers dug deep into the ancient stone, leaving smoking, scorched grooves behind as it hauled its weight forward.Kael stood frozen beside her, every muscle rigid."You were never the traitor."Lyra’s voice still hung heavy in the tense air of the vault. The older Aurelian turned slowly, his eyes narrowing into cold slits."Careful."Lyra didn't flinch, holding her ground. "You lied to your own son."Aurelian’s expression hardened like cured granite. "You don't get to speak about betrayal.""I know exactly what I did," Lyra replied, her voice shaking with suppressed emotion as she forced the words past her teeth. "I hid the truth because I thought I could protect him."Kael f
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 69: The Betrayal Beneath the Veil
The hand shot through the raw tear in the fabric before my fingers could retreat, black fingers clamping around my wrist with a shock of dead, numbing cold. I screamed, driving the crimson edge of the Crown Blade downward with every ounce of panic left in my chest. It struck his forearm with a dull hiss, black blood splattering across the cold stone, and he recoiled into the shadows. My other self slammed into my side, her arms wrapping tight around my waist to haul me backward across the floor."Move!" she snarled.We scrambled away from the opening, but Kael was still half-submerged in the swirling smoke of the Veil, his fingers locked desperately around mine as the dark void fought to drag him under. I dug my heels into the earth and pulled with everything I had left, my voice cracking raw."Kael!"His face twisted in agony, sweat plastered across his forehead as the abyss tugged relentlessly at his waist. "Don't let go!""I'm trying!"From the shifting fog of the memory bey
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 68:The Man Inside the Chains
"Too late."The words tore past Kael’s lips, but the voice wasn't his. It was too low, scraping like rusty iron dragged across glass. I stared into his eyes, searching for the warm amber I knew, but found only endless, liquid black. My pulse hammered against my throat. I knew the man in front of me was slipping away, but my muscles refused to retreat."Kael," I breathed.His head snapped violently to the side with an audible pop of his vertebrae. Black, thread-like veins spidered up his neck, bulging beneath pale skin until they disappeared beneath his frayed collar. He strained forward, his neck muscles corded as he fought his own limbs, and the heavy iron chains anchoring him to the dais rattled frantically, throwing sparks against the flagstones."Don't... come closer," he rasped. The first half came out as Kael's desperate tenor—his chest shuddering as he fought for air—before his jaw locked, his shoulders set, and Aurelian’s terrifying, cultured calm smoothed over the final w
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 67: The King Who Wore Kael's Face
I knew before I even made a move. That wasn't Kael.Every instinct begged me to believe otherwise. My heart reached out, dragging up memories I hadn't asked for—the broad line of his shoulders when he stood between me and a blade, the familiar warmth of his palm against mine, that infuriating half-smile he wore whenever I accused him of worrying too much. But the man standing before me carried none of that soul. He had Kael’s sharp jawline, Kael’s low voice, Kael’s physical frame, yet the vital, pulsing core of him was hollowed out.The Crown Blade thrummed in my grip, its edge humming against my palms."You finally see me," the stranger said, his lips curling into a dry smile.I completed my turn, keeping the burning steel planted firmly between us. "Where is Kael?"His dark eyes narrowed, glinting with a quiet, condescending amusement. "You're asking the wrong question again.""Where is he?""Safe."I shifted my stance, my knuckles turning white around the hilt. "That's not
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE Chapter 66: The Queen in the Bone Crown
I couldn't move.The palace stretched farther than my eyes could follow, its black marble floor polished enough to reflect the steady flicker of every torch burning along the high walls. White bones had been painstakingly worked into the architecture—weaving through the soaring pillars, framing the vaulted arches, and forming the massive throne beneath the woman watching me. None of it should have been familiar, yet my body recognized every inch of the space. My feet knew the exact path to the dais, my fingers curled around the ghost of a sword that wasn't there, and somewhere deep beneath my ribs, something whispered a name. Not mine. Hers.The woman rose from the throne. Bone scraped against bone as the crown shifted slightly on her brow, catching the firelight. She had my face, my mother’s pale eyes, and the other Seraphina’s sharp mouth, but her expression belonged to someone who had spent centuries ruling long enough to stop asking permission."Come closer," she said.I stay
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 68: The Voice Behind the Door
"I do."My other self's answer had barely cleared her lips before the blackness beyond the threshold rippled.Then come to me.The voice carried a soft, familiar cadence—the quiet edge Lyra used whenever she was terrified but refused to show it, the gentle weight in her tone when I used to be reckless as a child. My chest tightened until breathing felt like swallowing glass."Mother?" I whispered.Kael's fingers clamped around my forearm like an iron vise. "Don't.""That's her," I urged, pulling hard against his weight."No." His focus never drifted from the doorway. "It sounds like her.""What's the difference?""The woman you knew would've dragged herself back to you," Kael muttered, his jaw working as his grip tightened further. "This thing is sitting in the dark, waiting for you to walk right into its mouth."A pale hand emerged from the shadow, its long fingers catching the faint light, followed by another. A woman stepped into the open air of the chamber, and my knees
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