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The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 26: improvement
Kael's words stayed with her long after she'd delivered the plate to Azriel's room and retreated to her own, curling up in bed with her mind still turning over every possible meaning behind them. *Hard to hide things forever.* She told herself it was nothing—an offhand comment from someone who liked stirring things up just to watch how people reacted—but some small, persistent part of her wasn't convinced.She woke the next morning heavier than she wanted to admit, the exhaustion of the past two days settling deep into her bones despite a full night's sleep. Still, there was no room to indulge it. She had a routine to keep now, one the system had made very clear wasn't optional if she ever wanted to summon her sword again.Before breakfast, before anything else, she pulled up the interface in the quiet of her room.*"System,"* she thought, *"status update. Soul strengthening progress."**{Current Method: Gravity Endurance Training. Progress: Minimal. Recommend consistent daily session
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 25: half truth
The rest of the afternoon passed in a blur of lectures and half-finished thoughts. Auriel sat through her remaining classes with her body present and her mind somewhere else entirely—back in that dim room, watching Azriel's chest rise and fall while his fever climbed higher than it should have, no matter what she tried. Every so often, Lyra would nudge her elbow to pull her attention back to whatever the professor was saying, and every time, Auriel would offer an apologetic smile and force herself to focus for another few minutes before her thoughts wandered off again.By the time the final bell rang, the sky outside had already begun sliding toward that soft amber shade that meant evening wasn't far behind. She said a quick goodbye to Lyra at the usual intersection, waving off the halfhearted offer to grab a snack together, and made her way back toward the dorm at a pace just short of running.The house was quiet when she stepped inside—no sign of Orion or Lucian, no sound of Kael's
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 24: forgotten assignment
By the time Auriel reached the classroom, she was out of breath. She paused outside the door, steadying herself before cautiously peeking inside. Her heart sank. The professor was already standing at the front of the room, and judging by the stack of papers on his desk, attendance had long since been taken. The moment the door creaked open, every conversation died. Dozens of eyes turned toward her. The professor looked up, his expression unreadable. "Miss Auriel," he said, his voice carrying effortlessly across the silent classroom. "How thoughtful of you to join us. Please, come in." Keeping her head down, Auriel stepped inside, painfully aware of every gaze following her. "Would you care to explain why you're late?" She opened her mouth, but no convincing explanation came to mind. "I'm sorry, Professor. I... had something important to deal with last night and lost track of time this morning." It wasn't exactly a lie. She simply couldn't explain that "something important" invo
The crown system: four kings bound to me chapter 23
By morning, she had already dozed off, her head resting against the edge of the bed beside him.Azriel was the first to wake. For a moment he simply lay there, disoriented, the pale light of dawn creeping in through the curtains before the memory of the night settled back over him—the wound, the fever, the quiet weight of someone sitting beside him through every hour of it. He turned his head slightly and found her there, slumped forward with her cheek pressed against the mattress, a stray strand of hair falling across her face with each slow breath.He stayed still for a long moment, just watching her.Carefully, almost hesitantly, he reached over and brushed the strand of hair away from her face, his movements slow enough not to wake her. He let his gaze linger a moment longer than he probably should have, a quiet, unreadable expression settling over his features. *Why would she go through all this trouble for me?* he thought. Staying up through the night, wiping his forehead over a
The crown system: four kings bound to me chapter 22: Helplessness
The knock came again, sharper this time, and panic surged through her chest before she could stop it.She looked toward Azriel, half-expecting him to say something, to tell her what to do, but he only stared back at her with that same pale, pained urgency in his eyes, his grip still weak around her wrist. There was no time to think it through properly. She gently pried her hand free, pressed a finger to her lips in a silent plea for him to stay quiet, and slipped out of his room, easing the door shut behind her with a soft click.Her heart was pounding so hard she could feel it in her throat as she crossed the living room toward the front door. She smoothed down her clothes, took one steadying breath, and forced her expression into something that resembled calm before turning the lock and pulling the door open.Orion stood on the other side, one eyebrow slightly raised, his gaze flicking past her shoulder into the dim living room behind her before settling back on her face."Auriel,"
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 21: healing him
I didn't know what to do as panic set in within me. I tried my absolute best to calm down—panicking wouldn't help either of us, and Azriel needed someone steady right now, not someone falling apart beside him.I knelt down next to him and said, "Fine. I won't call anyone. But if you lose consciousness, I'm ignoring everything you just said and calling for help. That's not negotiable."Azriel gave a faint nod, his eyes half-lidded, as though even that small motion cost him more than it should have.The living room wasn't safe—not with Orion, Lucian, or Kael liable to walk through the front door at any moment. He needed to be somewhere out of sight. Thankfully, his room was on the ground floor, just off the hallway, so I wouldn't have to drag him up an entire flight of stairs on top of everything else.I looped his arm over my shoulder and tried to help him up, and immediately regretted underestimating just how much dead weight a barely-conscious person could be. He was tall, broad-shou
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