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Chapter Seven - The Curse Revealed

Author: Rita Nash
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Kieran!"

I was moving before I could think, rushing down from the platform. Alexei grabbed my arm but I yanked free. Every instinct screamed at me to reach him, even though my mind knew better.

Kieran writhed on the marble floor, those black marks spreading like poison across his skin. His warriors rushed forward, but Damon held them back.

"Do not touch him!" Damon's voice was sharp with fear. "It will only make it worse!"

"What is happening to him?" I demanded, dropping to my knees beside Kieran. Up close, I could see the marks were not tattoos—they moved, pulsed, like living things crawling beneath his skin.

"Sera." Kieran's eyes found mine through his agony. They were filled with such pain it made my chest ache. "Run. Get away from me. Please."

"What is this?" I reached for him but hesitated. The marks looked dangerous, wrong.

"Curse," he gasped out. "Witch's curse. Cannot speak of it. Cannot—" He screamed again as the shadows crawled up his jaw.

A woman's voice cut through the cha
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