Chapter 51: The Naming Rite

The Glasslands were not made of glass. They were made of light — fractured, wandering light that refracted through the air as though the sky itself had shattered and fallen upon the earth. Every rock shimmered faintly, every pool of water mirrored the moons above in colors that did not belong to nature. Kael and Aria moved carefully through the haze, their boots crunching against pale crystal dust. They hadn’t spoken in hours. The mist that had once guided them now thinned to a brittle sheen, revealing too much of the landscape — and too much of each other’s exhaustion. When they finally stopped, it was under the shadow of a ridge that bent like a broken blade. Aria sank to the ground, her hands trembling as she tried to steady her breath. Kael knelt beside her, his brow furrowed. “You’re fading again,” he said softly. “Your pulse… it feels distant through the bond.” She swallowed hard, her voice a whisper. “It’s the voices. They’re louder here.” He stilled. “Voices?” She nodde

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Chapter 52: Convergence

Light fractured and drifted in slow, wandering patterns, casting distorted reflections across the crystalline haze. Everything shimmered, but nothing moved of its own accord—except the quiet, pressing weight of what had just happened.Aria sank to her knees, her hands trembling against the pale dust. Kael crouched beside her, voice soft, careful.“You’re… still here,” he said, almost more to himself than to her.“I think so,” she whispered, leaning against him. “But… it feels like pieces of me are scattered across the Glasslands. Pieces I’ll never fully get back.”Kael’s thumb traced circles over her knuckles. “You’re still you. Every part that matters is here.” His own voice faltered, though he hid it in the rhythm of the bond.They didn’t speak for a long while. The remnants of the shards that lingered after the Naming Rite hovered faintly, subtle echoes of the voices that had tried to claim her name. They seemed hesitant, watching, almost reluctant. Yet Aria could feel them, like t

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Chapter 53: Fractured Bonds

Kael’s hand gripped Aria’s tightly, each pulse through the bond a reminder that they were tethered not just by circumstance, but by choice. The shards around them quivered with anticipation, sensing the bond that refused to yield. “Do you feel it?” Aria asked softly, her voice barely more than a tremor. “She’s close. I can feel her… everywhere.” Kael’s jaw tightened. “Yes. But she doesn’t know the truth of what she’s facing. Not yet. Not fully.” The illusions came first as whispers, faint and insidious. Then, as if the Glasslands themselves conspired with them, shapes formed — reflections of fear and doubt, warped images meant to fracture their unity. Aria saw herself as a child again, trembling in the cold halls of the Covenant, abandoned, left to shadows and whispers. Her chest tightened, and she clenched Kael’s hand like a lifeline. “I… I never wanted to remember all of that,” she admitted, voice quivering. “The way they left me… or didn’t leave me at all.” Kael’s eyes so

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Chapter 54: The Veiled Confrontation

Selene’s presence began as a flicker, a tremor in the mirrored haze — then coalesced into form at the center of the fractured plains. The Glasslands themselves bent inward as if bowing to her arrival. Her projection rose from the shards in a slow, elegant pull: molten glass weaving into limbs, her hair spilling like liquid obsidian, her eyes sharp, cold, and too knowing.“You’ve grown bold,” she said, voice slicing easily through the shimmering air. “Defiant, even.”Her expression softened into something far more dangerous.“And yet… you are still mine.”Aria pressed closer to Kael without meaning to. His arm immediately wrapped around her waist, anchoring her—not out of fear, but instinct. The bond thrummed in her chest, alive and protective.“We’re not yours,” Aria said, voice steady despite the tremor she felt under her ribs. “We’re us. Together. You can’t touch that.”Selene’s lips curved, amused. “You speak as though your togetherness is some… shield.”Her eyes flashed. “Shall I

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Chapter 55: The Quiet Before Breaking

The Glasslands settled into an unnatural stillness after Selene’s projection faded, as if the entire realm were holding its fractured breath. Aria could still feel the echo of her voice—sharp, cold, invasive—pressed against her skin like lingering frost. Kael, sensing her tension, slid his hand along her back in slow, grounding circles.“Come here,” he murmured.She leaned into him, exhaustion pulling at her limbs. The bond still pulsed, but now it was soft, rhythmic—like the glow of coals instead of fire. Their breaths mingled, their foreheads brushing, and for a moment the world shrank to just the warmth between them.But the Glasslands were never truly quiet.The ground chimed with faint vibrations beneath their feet, as if the shards buried deep below were whispering to one another, preparing their next cruel trick. The sky above them cracked with pale rivers of light, unnatural and eerie, like a web of glass that might shatter at any moment.Kael pulled away only enough to search

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The Witch's Demon Mate의 모든 챕터: 챕터 51 - 챕터 55

Chapter 51: The Naming Rite

Chapter 52: Convergence

Chapter 53: Fractured Bonds

Chapter 54: The Veiled Confrontation

Chapter 55: The Quiet Before Breaking