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CHAPTER 86: The Queen Awakens
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2026-09-15 23:48:02
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THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 164: The Voice That Called Him Father
The crowned warrior stared at the eastern wall.The voice had claimed the child calling him Father was his own. He wanted to believe there was another explanation, but the memory of that frightened voice wouldn't leave him alone.Seraphina stepped closer.“You heard someone calling you Father. That doesn't prove the voice beneath us belongs to that person.”“What if it does?”“Then we'll find out. We won't let it decide the answer for us.”Kael moved toward the eastern wall, keeping his sword within reach.“The voice has given us accusations and fragments of memories. Every time we get close to something useful, it changes the subject.”The warrior looked at him. “It knew I was carrying a child.”“It may know more than we do. That doesn't make everything it says true.”The child wearing the silver ring had moved behind Elara. Its eyes remained fixed on the floor.“Did your mother ever tell you about the child he carried?” Seraphina asked.The child nodded.“She said someone had been t
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 163: The Child He Left Behind
“You left mine.”The voice beneath the floor went quiet.The crowned warrior stood beside the table, staring at the eastern wall. Kael still had one hand on his arm, but he pulled free.“Who are you talking about?”“The one you took wasn't mine.”The child wearing the silver ring looked up.“Then who was yours?”No answer came.Seraphina moved closer to the child. “Don't keep questioning it. The voice wants us to react.”“I want to know what I did,” the warrior said.“And it knows that,” Kael replied. “That's why it keeps giving you pieces of the story.”The warrior turned on him. “You expect me to ignore it?”“I expect you to stop accepting every accusation as proof.”A low groan travelled beneath their feet.“He chose which one crossed.”The warrior's jaw tightened.“I remember carrying someone. That's all.”Aurelith lifted the foundation drawing from the table.“Then we should examine what we have before pushing your memory further. The record mentions a child and another person. I
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 162: The Hand He Couldn't Let Go
“I was holding someone's hand.”The crowned warrior stared at his fingers. His right hand trembled slightly, and he pressed it against the edge of the table.Seraphina watched him carefully.“Can you remember whose hand it was?”“No. I remember the fingers. They were small.”“A child's hand?” Kael asked.“I don't know.” The warrior rubbed his thumb against his palm. “It was cold. Someone was pulling me backward, and the person in front of me was trying to hold on.”“Did you let go?” Aurelith asked.His head lifted.“No.”The voice beneath the floor gave a faint scrape.“He let go.”The warrior stiffened.Kael stepped toward the eastern wall. “You've been accusing him of leaving someone. If you know what happened, tell us.”“He knows.”“Then let him remember.”A low sound travelled beneath their feet.“He chose which hand to keep.”The warrior gripped the table.“I didn't choose to leave anyone.”“You chose which one crossed.”Seraphina moved closer. “What does that mean to you?”He sh
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 161: The Name He Couldn't Speak
“I know the name,” the crowned warrior whispered. “I just can't say it.”Seraphina stayed beside him. His fingers were still dug into the chair, and a tremor ran through his knuckles. She'd seen him struggle with broken memories before, but this was different. He seemed to be fighting to keep something from slipping out.“Don't force it,” she said. “Tell us what you remember around it.”He took a breath. “A corridor. A lamp burning near the floor. Someone behind me, close enough that I could feel their breath against my neck. They said the name once. I turned, and they told me not to repeat it.”“Did you recognize the person?” Kael asked.“No. I never saw their face.”Aurelith opened the inventory again. “The child said its mother warned that you mustn't speak the name until you knew which door was open. That suggests the name was connected to a particular chamber or person.”“Or the voice wants us to believe that,” Kael replied.The child sat very still beside Rowan. “Mother said the
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 160: The Passage That was Left Open
“Keeper, you left me on the wrong side.”Nobody moved.The voice had come from beneath the fallen section of floor. Seraphina could hear breathing below them, uneven and shallow. It sounded close enough to reach, yet the darkness concealed whoever was making it.Kael tightened his grip on her arm. “Everyone step back.”Aurelith moved away from the opening, keeping her eyes on the exposed stones. The crowned warrior remained where he stood, staring into the passage.“Do you recognize that voice?” Seraphina asked.He swallowed. “I've heard it before. I know that much.”“Where?”“I can't remember.”Kael crouched several feet from the opening. The passage descended at an angle, its sides lined with old stone blocks. A narrow metal plate had been fixed to one wall, almost hidden beneath the dirt.“There's something attached to the wall,” he said.Aurelith approached carefully. “Don't touch it.”“I wasn't planning to.”She leaned forward to inspect the plate. Three shallow cuts ran across i
THE NIGHT MY MATE BURNED ME ALIVE CHAPTER 159: The One Beneath the Stone
“You buried the wrong one, Keeper.”The crowned warrior stood staring at the eastern corridor door. His fingers trembled against his palm, and his jaw tightened as he struggled to understand what he'd just heard. Seraphina still held his arm. Beneath her hand, the muscles in his forearm had gone rigid.“What does that mean?” she asked.He shook his head. “I don't know.”“Do you remember burying someone?”“I remember closing a chamber. I remember being told nobody could enter again.”Kael lowered his sword slightly. “The voice wants us to believe you buried someone. We don't know whether it's telling the truth.”Aurelith remained beside the table, watching the warrior. “Even if he did bury someone, the statement might refer to something other than a body. We need to establish what happened before accepting the accusation.”The child had retreated into the corner. It wiped its cheeks with its sleeve, leaving damp streaks across its face. Seraphina released the warrior and crouched besid
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