Lahat ng Kabanata ng System Of Blood: To Crave Survival: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

CHAPTER 52Camryn's POV“Amon Claremont-Diaz,” she said calmly, like we hadn’t just fled a massacre. “House Red is going to be very interested in why one of their Hunters helped House Green members escape.”“Inquisitor Dahlia,” Amon said. His voice was carefully neutral, but his grip on his blade tightened. “This isn’t your concern.”“On the contrary. When Houses start killing each other at political weddings, it becomes everyone’s concern.” Her gaze shifted to me. “And you must be Camryn Chavez. House Gold’s lost heir. I’ve been hearing interesting things about you.”My blood went cold. Inquisitors were the Houses’ internal security. They handled cover-ups, investigations, and eliminating problems that couldn’t be solved through normal channels.If Dahlia knew who I really was, we were already dead.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said.“Of course you don’t.” Her smile was thin. “Just like you don’t know why you were recruiting Hunters to question the Wall. Or why you’ve

CHAPTER 54Camryn's POV“The usual. Questions. Violence when the answers weren’t satisfactory. That lightning device again.” He shifted on the cot and winced. “But I didn’t tell them anything useful. Just gave them enough to make them think I was breaking.”“Where’s Olyriane?”“Different wing. I heard her screaming last night during my questioning.” His jaw tightened. “They’re using her as leverage. Threatening her to make us talk.”My stomach dropped. “Is she…”“Alive. For now.” He met my eyes. “Dahlia’s playing a long game. She wants information, yes, but she also wants to see what we’re worth. If we can be turned. Used.”“We can’t.”“I know.” He leaned back against the wall, exhausted. “That’s why this is going to get worse before it gets better.”The silence stretched between us. Outside, I could hear distant screams. Guards walking their rounds. The drip of water somewhere in the facility.“How long?” I asked.“Three days since the Cathedral.” He watched me with those calculating

CHAPTER 56Camryn's POV“I regret that I didn’t feel anything while doing it.” His hand found mine, his fingers warm against my palm. “That’s what House Red does. They don’t just train you to kill. They train you to kill without hesitation, without remorse, without ever questioning if the person you’re murdering deserves it.”“When did you start questioning?”“When I killed the shadow anomaly and absorbed its power.” Shadows pooled in his free hand, stronger than before despite the wards. “Suddenly I had something House Red couldn’t control. Something that was mine instead of theirs. And for the first time since waking up in Lenore, I realized I could choose to be something other than their weapon.”His thumb traced circles against my palm, and I realized we were holding hands. When had that happened? When had the space between us closed enough that his shoulder pressed against mine, his thigh warm against my leg?“What did you choose?” I whispered.“To find something worth fighting f

CHAPTER 58Camryn POVWe’d been walking for hours through tunnels that grew progressively older and cruder until the worked stone gave way to rough-hewn passages that predated Lenore itself. Water dripped constantly. The air tasted like rust and mold.Olyriane could barely walk anymore. She leaned heavily against me, her breathing shallow and ragged. Every few steps she’d stumble, and I’d have to catch her before she collapsed completely.Amon led us through the darkness with the certainty of someone who’d mapped these passages before. His shadows had stopped flickering, which worried me more than when they’d been struggling. No power meant no defense if guards found us.“How much farther?” I asked.“Close.” His voice was rough with exhaustion. “There’s a safe house near the old canal junction. People who’ve run from the Houses before. They’ll help us.”“And if they don’t?”“Then we keep running until we find somewhere that will.”Not exactly reassuring. But it was all we had.The tun

CHAPTER 60Camryn's POVThe doctor Fabian brought worked on Olyriane for nearly three hours. When she finally emerged, wiping her hands clean, her expression was cautiously optimistic.“She’ll live,” the woman said. “The infection was bad, but I’ve cleaned it out. She needs rest and proper food. No running or fighting for at least two weeks of recovery, or everything I just did will be pointless.”“Thank you,” I said.The doctor nodded and left with Fabian to collect her payment. I was about to check on Olyriane when I heard raised voices from the main chamber.Mira’s voice, sharp with suspicion. And another voice I recognized immediately.It was Whitney.I moved to the doorway in time to see Mira blocking Whitney’s path, one hand on the knife at her belt.“I told you,” Whitney was saying, her voice strained with exhaustion and frustration. “I’m looking for Camryn Chavez. Someone said she might be here. I’m not a threat.”“Everyone’s a threat,” Mira said. “Especially Hunters who come