Todos os capítulos de Vows of convenience Hearts in Collision : Capítulo 121 - Capítulo 130

The clock didn’t tick.It counted down.Red numbers glared from the wall like an open wound 00:29:41 each second stealing breath from my lungs.Lucien had designed it that way. Not urgency. Torture.Caelum sat opposite me, wrists bound, blood drying along his temple. Alaric’s image flickered on the screen to my left his chest rising shallowly, bruises blooming like shadows across skin I once kissed goodnight.Two lives.One choice.I felt myself fracturing between them.“Look at me,” Caelum said quietly.I didn’t want to. I was afraid if I did, I’d break completely.“Saphira,” he pressed. “Look at me.”I raised my head.His eyes were steady, devastatingly gentle. Not pleading. Not commanding.Accepting.“I need you to listen,” he said. “Not as leverage. Not as the woman Lucien thinks he owns right now. As you.”My throat closed. “Don’t do this.”“You’re not choosing,” he said. “You never were.”Lucien’s voice slid through the speakers, amused. “Time is precious.”Caelum ignored him.“

I didn’t move.I didn’t breathe.I pressed my forehead against the cold steel door and let the darkness swallow me whole, afraid that if I reacted if I cried out, if I whispered his name too loudly whoever was listening would take him away again.“Saphira…”The voice came again, softer this time. Broken. Real.Alive.My hands trembled as I slid down the wall, knees hitting the concrete with a dull thud. I pressed my mouth to my sleeve to muffle the sob that ripped through me.“Caelum?” I breathed.A pause. Then a low exhale, almost a laugh.“You always sound like you’re bracing for impact,” he murmured. “Even when you hope.”Tears blurred my vision.“Where are you?” I whispered. “They took you I saw them”“Different corridor,” he said quietly. “Same hell.”I closed my eyes, anchoring myself to the sound of him. The room smelled of metal and disinfectant. A single overhead light buzzed faintly, casting shadows that crept along the walls like spies.“How bad are you hurt?” I asked.Anot

The click under the floor wasn’t mechanical.It was deliberate. Ancient. Slow. Like something breathing beneath concrete, waiting.Lucien froze mid-step, his smile faltering. He didn’t turn immediately he was too confident, too sure of his control. Too human.I didn’t have time to process it. My restraints cut into my wrists and ankles, burning with every pulse of fear. I pressed my face against the cold glass, searching for Caelum’s eyes, for any sign he knew what was happening.He did.A subtle shift in his shoulders. The faintest tensing of his jaw. Even with his chest rising against bruises, with blood dried along his collarbone, he was alert. Like a predator.The machines around him whirred, lights flickered an ominous prelude. Then, from beneath the facility, the floor vibrated violently, sending a tremor through my chair.“Did you hear that?” I whispered.Lucien’s head snapped toward me, irritation twisting his features. “Silence, girl. You are not to”Another tremor shook the

The object in Lucien’s hand pulsed, a sickly green light that painted the walls in shadows. My stomach churned. Whatever it was, it wasn’t just a weapon it was alive, like it had a will of its own, humming with energy that made the hair on my arms rise.Caelum pulled me closer, shielding me with his body. “Stay low. Watch my lead. Don’t even think about it,” he hissed.I nodded, heart hammering. Every muscle tensed, adrenaline screaming through me. I could feel the weight of the shadow still writhing around the room, tentacles snapping against steel and concrete. The air smelled of ozone and blood, a mix that made my throat tight.Lucien’s grin widened, and he raised the device. The pulsing intensified, illuminating the chaos like a neon nightmare. Sparks flew from broken machinery, and the shadow hissed as if it could sense the new energy source.“Do you see?” Lucien’s voice echoed, sickly sweet. “This ends tonight. Not just your love story, not just your little rebellion… everything

The light burned my eyes.Not painfully but in a way that made everything else fade. Shadows, concrete, chaos all gone. It was as if the blue glow had swallowed the facility whole, lifting us into a new reality.I blinked, trying to adjust. Caelum’s hand stayed firmly around mine, a lifeline in this alien space. My breath caught. The air was different thicker, humming with energy. It tingled against my skin and set my hair on end.“Where… are we?” I whispered.Caelum’s jaw was tight, eyes scanning the strange landscape before us. “I don’t know,” he admitted, voice low. “But I know we’re not in Lucien’s world anymore. Whatever that thing is… it brought us here.”I tried to move, but the ground beneath my feet pulsed softly, like it was alive. Tiny tendrils of light rippled along the surface, reacting to every step I took. I glanced down in horror and fascination my hand passed over the surface, and it recoiled slightly, almost like it recognized me.Caelum’s eyes were locked on somethi