The Harbinger’s Forbidden Mates의 모든 챕터: 챕터 61 - 챕터 70

  My anger flared hot and sharp.  I swung at him, but my hand passed through smoke.  He didn’t move.  “Violence doesn’t scare me.  It feeds me.”  “What do you gain from this?”  I shouted.  “What do you want from her?”  He smiled again.  “Balance.”  “Balance?”  “She took what belonged to me.  She bound it to a human soul.  That cannot stand.  I offer you the power to repair what was broken to free her, and yourself.”  “

He said we were brothers in darkness. I said I’d never be like him.  Now I wasn’t so sure.  When I opened my eyes, my hands were red.  Not bruised or scraped*red*.  Blood.  Dried and fresh.  My hands ached, my chest burned, and the taste of iron stayed in my mouth.  “Kael.”  Lucien’s words cut through the fog in my head.  I turned slowly, the world tilting.  His face froze when he saw me.  “Tell me this isn’t yours,” he said quietly.  I looked down again.  The blood ran past my wrist

  The dark twin raised a hand, stopping him.  “You deny what she is, brother, because you fear what she could become.”  “Don’t listen to him, Rory!”  Kael shouted.  “He’s trying to pull you in!”  But my heart was already shaking.  Because some dark, hidden part of me remembered that name.  Queen of Shadows.  It felt like a memory I didn’t want.  Lucien grabbed my arm.  “He’s lying.  Whatever he’s saying it's a trick.”  But the dark Kael turned toward me slowly.  “Do you remember the bond, Rory?  The night he ble

He lied to protect me.  But lies build cages.  Not safe.  He lied to me.  I kept telling myself it was safe.  Love. Fear. Sacrifice.  But lies are still lies.  And now they sat between us like a blade pressed to my throat.  I looked at him.  The real Kaelor, the one I prayed for, was real.  His eyes were soft yet stormed with guilt.  He looked like a man drowning while trying to smile.  A man trying to be strong while his soul bled.  He tried to reach for me. “I only wanted to shield

 Jealousy feels like poison.  Or truth.  I tried both.  I stood there, my heart beating too fast, too loud, as if it wanted to break free from my chest.  I hated this feeling.  I hated how weak I felt.  And most of all, I hated that Kael could make me feel this way.  I should trust him. I should believe him. But doubt crawled inside me again, sharp like claws dragging across my ribs.  I whispered, more to myself than anyone, “Why does it hurt so much to care?”  Elias answered even though I didn’t look at him.  “Because love always demands a cost, Rory.