Semua Bab Academy Of Cursed Hearts : Bab 141 - Bab 148

Chapter One Hundred and Forty-One****The Hollow came again tonight, after a failed trial last night.I felt it before I even saw it because the air around me changed, the shadows in my room deepened unnaturally, and the candle on my desk began to shake though there was no wind. I wasn't scared and I didn't call for Jason. I just sat up, wrapped in the quiet hum of our bond, and I waited for it.It rose from the floor in a smoke given form,taller than before, its edges frayed, its void-eyes sparking with something new, like confusion.It attacked.Its claws raked my chest,jaws snapped at my throat. It poured its hunger into me like a flood, desperate,and starving.But nothing happened, it didn't drain me, I didn't feel pains either.My animus didn’t just resist, instead it rejected it.Because I wasn’t alone anymore.Jason’s presence flared within me, a black-gold fire that burned away the Hollow’s touch like mist in dawn. The spirit recoiled, hissing a sound like stone grinding on b

Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three.****Morwen thinks it’s the Queen.That the ancient power she tried so desperately to steal has finally turned on her. That the shadows feasting on her every night, the Hearthstone blooming double, and the Bell of First Dawn ringing after a century of silence was all divine retribution.She was wrong.It wasn't the Queen.It was all me.And tonight, I feel like playing.The Hollow came to me to seek permission.It bowed in the corner of my dorm, its form now less a monster and more a silhouette of smoke shaped by sorrow and purpose. I didn’t speak to it. I just opened my palm."What does she fear most?"Images flooded my mind.Morwen, kneeling before a mirror, chanting to a reflection that no longer answers. Her hands trembling as she burns her own blood scrolls. Her eyes wide with fear as the wards reject her touch. And worst of all,her standing alone in the Grand Courtyard, screaming as students walk past her like she’s already a ghost.She fe

Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Five****I was still in the library when I understood the truth.The candle on my desk was gradually going dim,casting long shadows over the open page of the book I was reading . My fingers traced the same line for the tenth time:“When the Anima Gemina surrenders fully to love, their bond becomes absolute. Power ceases to be channeled,it becomes instinct. The soul no longer merely echoes,it commands reality itself.”My chest tightened.Because it wasn’t theory anymore.It was already happening.Every time Jason’s hand brushed mine, every time his shadows curled around me like armor, every time he looked at me like I was the only light in his world,something in me answered. Not just emotionally but magically.My animus didn’t just burn brighter.It changed.And the book warned what came next:“Such power cannot be contained. It will unmake all that opposes it,including the wielder’s own will.”I slammed the book shut.But the truth wouldn’t stay buried.

Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Seven****My dorm was too quiet the next day.Jason sat on the edge of my bed, hands clenched between his knees, his shadows curled so tight around his boots that they looked like chains. Kael leaned against the window, arms crossed, fire sparking low in his palms like a caged beast. Elian stood by the door, starlight dimmed to a soft silver glow,his eyes were filled with worry.I was sloggishly folding a few of my clothes into my box. I felt so uneasy packing my things because it already feels like home here and the thought of going to that house gives me heartburn. My face looked very pale and dull.“You don’t have to go Aria,” Kael said for the third time.“I do,” I replied, my voice was steady. “If I don’t, my father insisted I come and Morwen gave her consent too. I don't want her waging war against me or anyone close to me. And then… none of us might win.”Jason finally looked up. “She’ll use your absence. You know that.”“I know.” I zipped the bo