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CHAPTER 73: The Blood Door
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2026-08-31 14:09:05
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THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 74: The Man Beneath the Kingdom
We fell for what felt like an eternity through a void devoid of wind or directional sense, only darkness rushing past my body while Kael's hand remained locked around mine. My other self was somewhere to the left, her curse cut short by the sharp scrape of her steel against hidden stone.“Seraphina!” she shouted.“I’m here!”Kael's grip tightened until my bones ground together. “Don’t let go!”“I’m not!”The darkness abruptly evaporated, and we slammed hard onto stone. Pain lanced through my shoulder, making my teeth click together hard enough to send a dull ache vibrating through my jaw. For several raw seconds, the only sound in the dark was the ragged rhythm of our breathing.Then Kael groaned beside me, shifting his weight. “You alive?”“Unfortunately.”A weak, humorless laugh escaped him. “Good.”My other self pushed herself upright, her hair matted with gray dust while a thin, bleeding cut traced a red line along her cheek. She squinted into the gloom. “Where are we?”
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 73: The Blood Door
The voice rolled up the spiral stone, a low, resonant pressure that settled heavy and hot over the ruins of the city. My boots locked against the ground, refusing to obey the frantic commands of my own nervous system. It wasn’t just my voice echoing off the scorched masonry; woven beneath my cadence came Kael’s rough register, and then the distinct, sharper tone of the other Seraphina, layered one over the next until the amalgamation sounded entirely subhuman, a vibrating chord of memory and metal.At the bottom of the descent, the heavy black iron of the door waited in the shadows.Only blood may open.My double stared down at the threshold, her reflection rippling in the dark metal. “That’s what it wants.”The original Seraphina didn’t answer immediately. She simply watched me with an unnerving, centuries-deep scrutiny.“Why me?” I demanded, the metallic taste of adrenaline sharp at the back of my throat.“Because you’re carrying the awakened half.”“And Kael?”“His blood c
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 72: The Queen Beneath the Ruins
"She's awake."Lyra's warning barely cleared her teeth before the palace behind her shuddered, a long, tearing groan rolling upward through the foundations of the underground city. It wasn't the sound of stone merely settling against stone; it was deeper, heavier, vibrating the teeth in our skulls. Dust cascaded in dense curtains from the high towers, and somewhere out in the shadowed alleys beyond the plaza, metal screamed against metal as ancient mechanisms ground to life.Kael stared at Lyra, his jaw rigid. "You told us to run.""I did.""Then why are you still standing there?"Lyra's shoulders tightened beneath her coat. "Because if I leave this place, she follows me."My other self stepped up beside me, the Sword of Dusk catching the faint, eerie light. "Who?"Lyra didn't look at her. "The woman you were created from."The words dropped like ice water down my spine. I stepped forward, gripping the hilt of the Crown Blade until my knuckles ached. "You mean the original Seraph
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 71: The Door Beneath the Kingdom
"You sealed the wrong door."The words lingered, a flat echo suspended inside my skull long after the voice had faded away. Kael remained on his knees beside me, one hand clamped hard against his ribs as he dragged in thin, rattling breaths that leaked sweat down his pale temples.My other self stared unblinkingly at the fractured stone wall. "That wasn't Aurelian.""No.""Then who was it?"I tightened my grip on the hilt of the Crown Blade, feeling the cold metal bite into my palm. "I think we already know."She looked at me, hesitation hardening her features. I didn't want to say it aloud, because the voice hadn't belonged to either of us, yet it carried the exact same cadence, the same tone, and even the subtle rasp at the end of certain words. It belonged to someone older, someone who had spent decades waiting in the dark.Kael forced himself upright, his knees shaking beneath him. "We need to leave."I turned toward him, eyeing the gray sweat plastered to his skin. "Can
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
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