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Chapter thirteen black magic
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2025-04-26 05:13:47Freya’s POV
The moment Kade vanished and my body stopped shaking, I felt it__A pull.
Like something inside me had woken up and it wasn’t done with me yet.
The wind outside howled louder. I looked up to see the moon glowing bright red. Blood moon. A warning, Or a beginning.
I staggered, and Finnick reached to catch me, but before he could__Everything disappeared.
The dungeon, the walls, the wolves. All gone.
I stood in a wide field, dark and quiet, under a sky full of stars. The air smelled like ash and frost. My heart thudded. I was alone.
Then I heard a voice, soft and strong.
“Freya Rynn, of the Nightfang line. Your bloodline calls you. Rise or fall, you must choose.”
I turned around. No one was there.
And then the field changed. The stars blinked out. A mirror appeared in front of me, tall as a tree. But it didn’t show me now.
It showed her.
A little girl.
Me.
She sat in the dirt, wearing a ripped dress, skinny legs bruised, hair tangled. Her eyes were hollow. She didn’t look up.
I knew this memory. I’d been left alone for three days, hidden in the woods to "toughen up." No food. No one came.
The first trial had begun.
“Freya,” the voice said again. “To move forward, you must face what still holds you back.”
I walked closer to the girl.
Her eyes finally met mine and they were full of pain.
“You left me,” she said quietly. “You became strong and forgot me.”
“No,” I whispered. “I became strong because* of you.”
She shook her head. “You hated me. You hated being weak. You hated being unloved.”
I stepped closer. My throat tightened. “I hated what they did to us. Not you.”
She stood now, just as tall as me. Her face hard. “Then why did you bury me?”
“I didn’t,” I said. “I carried you every step. And I’m sorry I didn’t protect you. I should’ve. You deserved more.”
She blinked. Her hands trembled.
I opened my arms. “I forgive you. I forgive me.”
She ran to me and hugged me. And as we held each other, she turned to light—warm and soft—and flowed into me.
The field cracked like glass.
Then it shattered.
I came back to my body like falling from the sky.
I gasped, landing on stone again. Finnick was there—his eyes wide, full of fear.
“You were gone,” he said. “Just standing there. Frozen. I tried to reach yo”
“You couldn’t,” I whispered, still shaking. “It was the first trial.”
His face tightened. “Trial?”
I nodded slowly. “Three of them. My bloodline set them. If I don’t pass, I’ll lose my power forever.”
He looked away, guilt shadowing his face. “And I can’t help?”
“No,” I said softly. “You have to let me go through them alone.”
He stepped back like my words cut him. “Just like before,” he muttered. “I stood by and let them break you. I didn’t fight for you.”
I touched his hand. “But you’re here now.”
He didn’t speak. Just nodded, jaw clenched.
Suddenly, a pulse of magic hit the air. My skin prickled. A shadow flickered at the edge of the room—another door had appeared in the dungeon wall, glowing faintly gold.
The second trial was waiting. A figure was rising, Not a vision, Not a test, Kade.
Alive.
And not alone.
Behind him, shadows moved. Dozens. Maybe more.
An army. He looked at me and smiled.
“Welcome back, Freya,” he said. “Just in time for the end.”
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