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The Forgotten Clans. The exiled. The monsters even the underworld had rejected. They were more than dangerous — they were fickle, broken, held together by little but ancient grudges and fury toward those who had expelled them. And now, I was going to ask them to pick a side.Jameson reclined back in his chair, running a hand down his face as if he could already sense the headache brewing. “You realize that they have every reason to kill us on sight, yes?”Soraya folded her arms and leveled a pointed gaze at me. “They don’t do alliances, Lena. They don’t follow any of each other, or anyone else, for that matter. In such a situation, if you approach them, you’re stepping into a fight before you even say a word.”I met her gaze, steady. “Then I make them listen.”Maxwell, who so far had been disconcertingly quiet, finally broke his silence. His voice was level, but there was an undertone of urgency. “And if they don’t?”I turned to him. “Then we make an example.”His golden gaze pierced
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The air was thick with magic. Not the kind I grew up with—not the kind that hummed in the ley lines or whispered in ancient spellbooks. No, this was older and belonged to no one species or bloodline. And it was wild and untamed and completely its own.”The Forgotten Clans had never followed the rules of the supernatural realm. They had no leaders; no structure; no alliances. They lived on the fringes, tethered only by survival. And now I was heading right into their territory, requesting something no one had previously dared to request.Their loyalty.Or their fear.As we neared the ruined cathedral, Jameson took a breath, his eyes flicking toward the blacked-out entrance. “You know, this is normally the part in the horror movie where the dumb main characters go inside and then don’t come out.”Soraya rolled her eyes. “You’re not helping.”Jameson scoffed. “I wasn’t trying to.”Finally, Maxwell — who had been quiet with a few chirps — spoke up. “Stay close. If this fails, there’s no c
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Lilith didn’t speak for a long moment. She just watched me, her sharp eyes studying every flicker of golden light still pulsing around my fingers, every measured breath I took, every shift of my stance.She had expected me to fail.And now, she was deciding what to do with the fact that I hadn’t.The silence stretched, heavy and waiting, until finally, she smiled. “Impressive.”Jameson let out a sharp breath. “Yeah, that’s one word for it.”Maxwell, who had been standing at the edge of the fight, looked like he was barely holding himself back from dragging me out of there. His golden eyes were locked onto me, unreadable but burning.Lilith gestured to the now-empty chamber. “You just faced the Unmade and walked away. Not many can say that.”I inhaled slowly, willing my pulse to steady. “If I couldn’t handle the darkness, I wouldn’t be here.”Lilith’s smile widened. “Spoken like someone who’s already lost their fear.”Soraya stepped closer, crossing her arms. “Fear isn’t the problem. T
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The air shifted.The figure stepping forward was massive, easily towering over me by at least a foot, his broad shoulders cutting through the dim light like a living shadow. His eyes—black, bottomless, unnatural—locked onto me with a quiet kind of hunger, not like a prey, but like something calculating, something measuring.Lilith smiled as she leaned against the crumbling stone. “This is Kieran. He’s our best.”Kieran cracked his neck, his expression unreadable. “You don’t look like much.”Jameson snorted. “Wow. How original.”Kieran ignored him, his focus entirely on me. “They say you’re strong.”I met his gaze, steady, unflinching. “They say a lot of things.”His lips curled slightly, almost amused. “Let’s find out what’s true.”The moment the words left his mouth, he moved.I barely had time to react before he was on me, closing the distance too fast for something his size. His fist shot forward, aimed directly at my ribs.I twisted at the last second, narrowly avoiding the hit, b
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Lilith’s words in the air were like a guillotine up, ready to fall.Start a war.As if it were that simple. As if I wasn’t already working one.The tension of Maxwell beside me was real and living. He was studied and poised, his golden eyes fixed on mine with some substance too fleshy to name—a warning, a plea, a silent accusation.“You’re sure about this?” His voice was low and cautious, but I knew him too well not to hear the anger underneath.I didn’t hesitate. You know, I don’t really feel we have another choice.”Maxwell let out a deep breath, shaking his head as if it was all too much to comprehend. “There’s always another way you can go. You just don’t want to have on it.”I swallowed hard and tried to steady myself. “And what option is that? Running? Hiding?” I shook my head. “We tried that, Max. It didn’t work.”Maxwell’s jaw clenched. “So now we just start torching everything?”Lilith snickered, partly surprised at the tension but saying nothing, letting the moment stretch b
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The energy of the cathedral still crackled through the air, holding onto the stone walls as a challenge that they did not speak. The stares of the Forgotten Clans pressed into me, evaluating me, weighing my worth.But it was Maxwell’s eyes that seared the most.He hadn’t taken his eyes off me since I’d unleashed my power. He was standing there, rigid, arms crossed over his chest, golden eyes dark with something I couldn’t name.Disbelief?Anger?Or maybe—just maybe—fear.But Maxwell was not afraid of things. Not battles, not death, not enemies more powerful than himself.He only feared losing people.To him, I had the sinking feeling that’s just what did happen.Lilith, always the opportunist, cut the silence first, striding forward with a slow, hesitating smile. “Well, well. You really know how to make a statement!”I breathed out, allowing the scraps of power to bubble under my skin. “Was it enough?”Her smirk widened. “For now.”Bastian, however, did not find it as funny. He still
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Long after Maxwell had turned the corner, the weight of his words stuck to me like a second skin.“Promise me you won’t get lost in all this.”I had promised.And we both knew it was a lie.I exhaled, fingers to my temples, the night stretching thick and suffocating. Through the cathedral’s ruins, the wind howled, whispering secrets I was not ready to hear. The Forgotten Clans had agreed to fight, but it had always been a shaky sort of loyalty. This war was inevitable and whether or not we were ready, and I was running out of time to see to it we were.A presence settled beside me.Lilith.I didn’t look, but I felt her sharp stare examine me, dissecting me as if she were reading something in my bones that I couldn’t even see.“You’re conflicted.” Her voice was smooth, drolly amused, even. “Doubt doesn’t suit you.”I let out a humorless laugh. “You say that as if I can just turn that off.”Lilith smirked. “Maybe you should.”I finally turned to face her. “You think doubt makes you weak
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