LOGIN"Your skin color has returned to normal. No signs of tissue damage from the parasites. Congratulations, Princess, you're officially a mortal human who's completely useless in combat.""Thank you for your honest diagnosis, Dorian," I said, trying to sit up.Alaric immediately slipped two large pillow
MAEVE POVSunlight pierced my eyelids with scorching heat. I blinked, feeling my eyelids as heavy as lead. My body was stiff, and my muscles ached as though they had just been struck by a sledgehammer over and over again.Yet something felt very different. The cold that usually nested deep within my
“To hell with your magic!” I roared without the slightest hesitation. “To hell with this throne and your ancestors’ power! I don’t love your magic, Maeve! I love you! Throw away that damned magic and come back to me!”My words seemed to become an anchor in the storm inside her mind. The black haze i
ALARIC POV“Let me go, Bastard!” I roared, my voice cutting through the sound of the storm of darkness raging in the middle of the throne room.I struggled with all my strength, wrenching against Dorian’s hands as he tried to lock my neck and pin me to the shattered marble floor.“You’re insane, Ala
I looked up and stared at Uncle Garson, who was now beginning to choke from the loss of his parasite magic."Your turn, Uncle Garson," I hissed. "Give me the rest of your power!"I focused the pull of my energy directly onto Uncle Garson's body with extreme intensity."NO! STOP! AAAAAA!" Uncle Garso
MAEVE POVMy scream shattered as the parasite mist continued slamming into my chest. And it wasn't just energy striking me—it was voices filled with pain. All of them overlapped, screaming and crying out in agony.It felt like my skull was about to explode. Because I could hear the voices of wolves
“What are you doing? Pick up your sword and fight me, Sword Bearer.”“No,” Alaric says firmly.“How amusing… are you not afraid of dying by my hands? Or are you going to stab me in the back and kill me all over again?”“I never stabbed you in the back, Princess. I am willing to die for you.”A low g
Oh my God… that is a parasite sample!“This parasite is the most perfect and most destructive mutation I have ever seen. There is no formula in the modern world capable of neutralizing its poison without killing the host.” Dorian casually twirls the crystal tube between his fingers.“But Alaric surv
Maeve swallows nervously. Her eyes dart away from mine.“I got sick while drinking the formula, and Dorian had to hold me down so I would not throw it up,” she whispers.“He hurt you. Do you realize that?” I hiss through clenched teeth.“But—”“Princess Maeve, listen to me. Dorian forces you, binds
Especially because he no longer trusts me while I remain tied to Dorian.“Move aside, Sword Bearer. I need to check on our princess.”An elegant and irritating voice suddenly breaks the tension between us. Dorian appears behind Alaric and immediately approaches me. Dorian ignores the low growl comin







