บททั้งหมดของ The Dumb Cursed Heiress and Her Mates: Reborn For Revenge : บทที่ 141 - บทที่ 150

Nadia's POVThe Silent Barrens were exactly what the name promised. Silent. Barren. A flat, white wasteland that stretched to every horizon. No trees. No animals. No wind. Just snow and ice and a sky so grey it felt like the world had been erased.We walked for two days across that nothingness. My feet were numb. My back ached. The baby was quiet, as if she too was tired of this frozen hell.Noah walked ahead, his eyes scanning for danger. Neal stayed close to me, his arm ready to catch me if I fell."There," Neal said, pointing.A crack in the ice. Not a natural crack. Too straight. Too square. A doorway.We climbed down into darkness.The tunnel was narrow, the walls slick with frost. I slipped twice. Neal caught me both times. Noah lit a torch, the flame casting strange shadows on the ice.At the bottom of the tunnel, a cave opened up. And in the center of the cave, a cage.Not a cage of bars. A cage of light. Golden, shimmering, humming with power. And inside the cage, a woman.She

Nadia's POVThe world went white. Then it went black. Then it went everywhere and nowhere all at once.I was not in the cave anymore. I was not anywhere. I was floating in a sea of light and shadow, sound and silence. Noah's hand was still in mine. Neal's hand was still in mine. But they were not just beside me anymore. They were inside me. I could feel their hearts beating alongside my own. Their breaths moving in and out of my lungs. Their fears and hopes and memories swirling through my mind like my own."Nadia." Seraphine's voice echoed from everywhere and nowhere. "The ritual has begun. You are entering the space between souls. Here, you have no secrets. No walls. No lies. You must face each other truly. Completely. If you hide anything, if you hold back, the fusion will fail."I tried to speak, but I had no mouth. No voice. Just thought.How? I thought.Show each other your deepest fear, Seraphine said. Not with words. With feeling. Open yourselves completely. Let the others see

Nadia's POVThe Sebastian home became our hidden fortress.For three weeks, we lived in the small wooden house, waiting, planning, hoping. Noah sent messages through secret channels. Neal kept watch at the windows. I rested as much as I could, my belly growing bigger each day, the baby growing stronger.We were alone. Hunted. Wanted.But not everyone believed the Council's lies.The first to arrive was Kael.He came at midnight, alone, on foot. No horse. No escort. Just him and a bag of supplies. Noah almost attacked him before recognizing his face."Alpha," Kael said, breathless from running. "I am sorry it took me so long. I had to shake the Council's spies."Noah stepped back, his knife still in his hand. "Why are you here, Kael? The Council put a bounty on our heads. You could collect it and be rich."Kael spat on the ground. "I would rather be poor and honorable. The Council's lies stink. Everyone with half a brain knows it. They are scared of you. Scared of what you represent."

Nadia's POVThe night was quiet. Too quiet.I had learned to trust that feeling over the years. The stillness before something broke. The silence that meant the world was holding its breath, waiting for the blow to fall.We were in Whitemore Keep, the old stone walls around us, the resistance fighters scattered through the rooms and corridors. Neal was beside me, his hand on my arm, his eyes scanning the darkness. Noah was on my other side, his body tense, his sword already in his hand.Something was coming. I could feel it in my bones."Do you hear that?" Noah asked."No," Neal said. "That's the problem."The guards on the walls had gone silent. No calls. No footsteps. No signs of movement. Just the wind and the dark and the feeling of something watching.Then the screaming started.They came from everywhere at once.Vampires moved through the shadows like smoke, their bodies blurring, their hands already red. Shifters dropped from the walls, their bodies changing mid-air, teeth and

Nadia's POVNeal's breathing was getting worse.The black lines from the cursed wound had spread up his neck and across his jaw. His skin was pale, almost grey. His lips were cracked. His eyes, those bright green eyes that always laughed at everything, were dull and half-closed.We had been hiding in the cave for two days. Eleanor kept cold cloths on his forehead. Gaius made soup he would not eat. Noah paced the entrance, watching for Council agents, his face carved from stone.I sat beside Neal, holding his hand, feeling his pulse grow weaker by the hour."We need help," I said. "Real help. Not just us guessing."Noah stopped pacing. "Seraphine. She might know something.""It is a risk," I said. "The Council could be watching the Barrens.""She is our only chance."We left Gaius and Eleanor with Neal. Noah and I traveled fast, pushing our wolves to the limit. The Silent Barrens were just as cold and empty as before. Seraphine was still in her cage of light, her milky eyes widening wh