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Chapter 129
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2026-11-06 11:11:43
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Killian: By the time I got Reya upstairs, she had been awake for nearly two days. She had fought an ancient consciousness beneath my estate, helped pull Cormac from the ground, and faced an army at my border, yet she still thought she could sit through another meeting. She made it three steps into my bedroom before her knees gave way. I caught her before she hit the floor. “You’re going to bed.” “I’m fine.” “You nearly fell.” “I tripped.” “On the floor?” She glanced at the carpet as though searching for evidence. “It’s uneven.” I stared at her until she sighed. “Fine. I’m tired.” “Your first reasonable statement today.” She lacked the strength to argue when I lifted her, though her arms still slipped around my neck. I lowered her onto the bed, and her shadows slipped across the mattress as if they had always belonged there. There was no ancient consciousness inside them now, no seal or Guardian waiting beneath Blackwood. There was only Reya. She touched the empty place ben
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Sophia: For seventeen years, I had imagined seeing my mother again. In some versions, she explained everything and I forgave her. In others, I found whoever had taken her. None ended with her standing outside Blackwood, hundreds of believers behind her, looking at me as though she had only been away a few days. Bernice squeezed my hand. My mother noticed, then looked back at me. “So many years,” she said softly. “Don’t.” Her smile faltered. “I buried you. They told me there wasn’t enough left to bring home, and you let me stand over an empty grave.” “You were young, Sophia.” “Seventeen. You know that because you were alive.” She turned to Bernice, studying the shadows around her. “So it manifested.” Bernice’s grip tightened. “You knew about me?” “Of course.” Then Reya stepped forward, and my mother’s attention shifted. “The Fifth.” “My name is Reya.” “I know.” Every report I had sent, every believer who had helped me search for the Guardian, suddenly made sense. “You were w
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Sophia: The word believers frightened me because I knew what they were capable of. The dusty rider struggled to answer questions about the attacks, but my attention stayed on the western road. These were my people. The Vale line had preserved their history for generations. They taught me that the Guardian had been betrayed, the keepers were cowards, and the Council had stolen something sacred. We were supposed to restore it. I had believed them and helped them. Bernice stepped beside me. “What are you thinking?” “That I know what they’re doing.” Her expression tightened. “Then that would be useful information to share with everyone else.” Whatever anger lay between us, she was right. I called for silence, but nobody listened until Killian intervened. “Quiet!” Hundreds fell silent. I disliked Alphas for plenty of reasons, but it was hard to argue with results. He turned to me. “Talk.” “The believers have safe houses across several territories, established generations ago. They
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Reya By sunrise, Blackwood no longer looked like home. It looked like a fortress. Warriors lined the eastern walls while healers worked from the lower dining hall, and the hidden keepers spread through the estate, reinforcing entrances and staying close to the children. Wolves moved constantly between the outer boundary and the main house, carrying reports from one commander to another. Somewhere beyond the trees, an army was waiting for me. I stood barefoot on the balcony outside Killian’s study and watched the first light spread across the sky. My shadows curled quietly around my feet, fully mine again. There was no ancient voice inside them, no pull toward the ground, and no Guardian whispering through our connection. I should have felt relieved, but instead, I could barely breathe. “They’re still yours.” Killian stood in the doorway, the bandage around his side visible beneath his black shirt. He should have been sleeping, though so should I. He joined me at the balcony and wra
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Killian: The fear vanished from Darian’s face so fast I almost thought I had imagined it. Then every line on the map lit up gold. The blast sent Sophia sliding across the floor and knocked Reya into me. I caught her around the waist as the ceiling cracked. Stone crashed behind us, pelting my back with fragments. “Cormac,” Reya gasped. Her eyes were closed, her fingers still locked around mine while she held whatever connection she had created with him. “What is he saying?” “He’s getting Elara.” Another tremor ripped through the chamber. The Guardian cried out as gold wrapped around his arms and crawled toward his shoulders. Darian stood a few feet away, but almost nothing about him felt like Darian anymore. Aelia was in control. “Tell Cormac to hurry.” Reya opened one eye. “I’m sure he assumed we wanted him to take his time.” “Baby.” “I’m telling him.” Aelia looked through Darian’s golden eyes toward Reya. “You cannot teach blood to reject what it was created to become.”
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Reya: Cormac tipped backward into the broken training ground and vanished before we could reach him. Killian ran for the opening, and I caught his arm with both hands. He dragged me several feet before stopping. “Let go. Cormac is down there.” Killian tried to pull free, but I tightened my grip. “I know, but I’m not letting you jump.” The ground shuddered as darkness rolled from the crack. Behind the retreating keepers, children cried while Elara ordered everyone to hold the circle. “He’s my brother.” Killian was still staring into the opening, and the pain in his voice made me reach for his face. “Then help me bring him back instead of giving that thing two bodies.” He closed his eyes, then faced me. “Tell me what you need.” I turned to Elara. “Can the first circle hold?” She glanced toward the opening. “For minutes, perhaps. But it cannot stop the source from moving through Cormac.” The Guardian joined us, pale and barely casting shadows. “Cormac is outside the Fifth. He is n
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ReyaThree full days passed, and I quickly realized that living in the guard wing of the Blackwood fortress was basically like being a ghost. Alpha Killian completely kept his word about ignoring me. He did not check on me once. A quiet, elderly omega servant brought a tray of minimal rations to my
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ReyaThe journey to the northern border took three agonizing days. By the time the heavy wooden carriage finally ground to a halt, the warm green fields of the south were completely gone. I looked out the small window and saw nothing but dark pine trees and a freezing mountain rainstorm that looked
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ReyaThe fairy tale did not even last until midnight. The very second our carriage pulled up to the Oakwood estate, the illusion shattered into a million pieces. We barely made it through the front doors before the first heavy crystal vase came flying across the grand parlor, smashing directly into
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Reya"Stand straighter, Reya. You look like a hunchback standing next to your sister," my mother, Eleanor, hissed the words directly into my ear. She did not actually look at my face while she spoke. Her eyes were completely glued to my younger sister, Bernice, who was currently preening in front
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