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CHAPTER 131

Elara POVI stared at the ceiling for so long that the cracks there began to look like constellations in my eyes.I had traced the same one, the one just above the chandelier… for days now.A jagged line splitting into two, like something once whole that had been broken beyond repair.Exactly where my life was right now.I wondered absently if Aldric had ever noticed it when he laid beside me after the sex we had there.That warm feeling of comfort and belonging.That version of us felt like another lifetime.My chest ached, it had been for days now.It was just like a dull but constant pain that never left, no matter how many times I inhaled or how deeply I breathed out.I hadn’t left my room in days. I barely ate, barely showered too.My room was a complete mess.I hadn't had a good sleep on days now, it just came in small fragments and each time, my dreams would be haunted by flashes of Adlric’s face. That look he wore when I told him that Elton and I kissed.Or even worse, the dea

CHAPTER 132

Elara’s POVI met his eyes across the council chamber.For a heartbeat, just one fragile and utterly foolish heartbeat… I thought he might hold my gaze.I thought he might soften up and maybe let out a tear or a smile.I thought that he might see me and understand that I was drowning too, that I was suffering just as much as he was.But Aldric didn’t.He pulled his eyes away from me almost immediately, his jaw tightening and his expression hardening into something cold as stone.That single action pierced deeper than any shout or any accusation ever could.My chest ached painfully, breath hitching as if someone had reached inside me and twisted something vital.I slowly sank back into my seat, my fingers curling into my palms and my nails biting skin as I fought the sudden sting behind my eyes.From his reaction, it felt like, he wasn’t just angry at me.It felt like he was done with me for good.And that realization hurt more than anything else that had happened since I came to this

CHAPTER 133

Elara POVI didn't even remember deciding to move.One second I was on the floor, humiliated by the blondie, still drowning in guilt and rage for Aldric’s decision and now shame…The next second, my body was already in motion.The blonde woman’s shove still ached across my shoulder.The moment her words really settled in me.Watch we're your going bitch Something inside me snapped instantly.I launched off the ground in one motion before my mind could catch up.I let the cravings take over now..The distance between us vanished in a blur. My hands closed around her arms, my grip tight around her, and fingers digging into flesh.Her eyes widened in shockBefore she could tear our a scream…I sank my fangs into her neck.The taste hit instantly.That hot and metallic taste of blood in my mouth.It flooded my senses, drowning out everything else.She tore out another scream, but I barely even registered it this time.I couldn’t even feel myself now.I couldn’t feel anything except the h

CHAPTER 134

Aldric POVI slammed the door shut behind me, the sound thundering through the room like a thunderclap.My breath came hard and fast, my lungs burning as if I had just ran for miles now.The room around me felt small and suffocating.I didn’t even realize I had moved until the table left my hands.It crashed against the far wall, the wood exploding on impact.The splinters scattered across the floor, skidding and spinning, but I didn’t stop. I couldn’t.The chair next to it followed, then the lamp, then anything else within reach. I needed the destructionI needed to break something so bad…But no matter how much items I threw, or the force I used to hurl it across the room, none of it eased the pressure in my chest.Not this time atleast…Elara’s face rose in my mind no matter how hard I tried to force it away.The picture of her in that moment..Her eyes were empty and distant. It was like, it wasn't fully hers.She had blood on her lips, someone else's.My stomach twisted violently

CHAPTER 135

Elara’s POVI laid on my back, staring at the ceiling.The room felt too quiet… unnaturally so.I didn't hear even a single footsteps outside my door.Not even the usual maids murmurs and gists.It was as if the entire pack had collectively decided to pretend I didn’t exist. Or worse.. was waiting for me to disappear on my own.Maybe they hated me that much.My chest felt hollow and heavy.I turned my head slowly and reached for my phone on the bedside table.My fingers hovered over the screen for a long moment before I unlocked it.There was only one name I wanted to see right now.Anita.She was the only person who had never looked at me with fear or hatred or regret noa matter what.If anyone could ground me… remind me that I was still a person… it was her.I tapped her name and dialed it.The phone rang once and then again.I held my breath without realizing it.Then—“Hello?”Her voice came through the speaker, and something inside my chest cracked open.“Anita,” I breathed, my v

CHAPTER 136

Elara POVWho would have thought, I'd meet my end by the very people I thought were the safest…The man lit the match and the flame shot out, trembling at the end of the stick.For one suspended moment, nothing happened.It was like everything else stopped for a beat.The fire danced around the stick, the flames reflecting clearly on my pupils.The wood under me creaked softly, as if it already knew what was coming.My body remained numb and useless not that movement would help me in this situation.Then the man stepped closer.He leaned toward the cross and let the burning tip touch the base of the wooden cross.At first, it was almost… quiet, like a soft hiss.A thin line of fire snaked its way along the dry wood.My breath hitched.So this was it.The fire caught faster than I expected. It spread swiftly, crawling upward on the wood.The heat around me grew drastically as the fire grew nearer.I stared at it, numbly.There was no screaming and no begging, I was unable to.I could

CHAPTER 137

Elara's POVI woke to the sound of crackling wood.For one horrifying second, I thought the fire had followed me.That I was still tied to the cross, that the flames had finally finished their work and this.. this burning ache in my chest, was my body realizing it was dying.I gasped sharply and bolted upright.Pain exploded through me instantly ripping a cry from my throat.My vision blurred instantly, the world around me tilting for a beat longer. .“Elara—hey, easy. Easy.”A familiar voice cut through the chaos.I felt warm hands massaging my shoulders, the feel was firm but gentle, grounding.Then, I forced my eyes open.I recognized exactly where I was…Anita.Her cabin.Then, the memories from earlier immediately hit me like a tidal wave.The numbness I felt, the shouts and cheers, being tied to a cross.. the fire.My breath hitched violently, panic clawing up my throat.My hands shook as I clutched the blanket around me, my heart hammering so hard I thought it might tear itself

CHAPTER 138

Aldric’s POVI stood there long after the healer’s words fell into silence, my breath shallow and my chest tight as if something invisible had wrapped around my ribs.A cost.Black magic never came without one. I had known that. I had always known that.Heck, a deep part of me knew that Elara gaining her legs again came at a cost from the very first day, yet I ignored it…I took in a slow breath, then I stepped foward. “What's the cost?” I asked.“To purge black magic, it must be transferred,” she had said. “Shared. One of you must bind your life force to hers and absorb what remains.”“It can't be cleansed or erased completely, but sharing it reduces the cravings and hunger to a fairly manageable rate.”Share? The plan was to share the dark magic wugh Elara..I could still hear her voice echoing inside my skull as she turned away from us.“I need one of you for the ritual, or any person really, but more, this bind is eternal.”The words echoed in my head.Eternal?!“Decide quickly,”

CHAPTER 139

ELARA POVWhen I peeped through the window and saw those Lycans outside, ten of them, my breath froze.They found me…They had to be here for me, surely.I pulled my head away before any of their eyes darted to the window, and began pacing the roomThe knocking came again even louder this time.It tore through the quiet of Anita’s cabin like a blade against bone, and my heart lurched violently in my chest as if it already knew what was coming.Anita stood up now taking slow steps to me.“They're Lycans outside there.” I barely kept my voice low.“Ten of them..”“Fuck! How? Who are they?”“I don't know…”They had come. Whoever they were and whoever sent them, one thing was clear.They weren't friends.The third knock came again, this more even more louder than the first two combined.They were getting impatient.My pulse thundered in my ears as Anita liftedone finger, signaling for me to move… now. I didn’t argue.Instinct took over me, overriding the haze of fear.I slipped back, my

CHAPTER 140

Elara POVThe scream tore through the cabin like a blade.I knew that voice…Anita.No!!!My heart slammed against my ribs as my body moved before my mind could catch up.I didn't even give it another thought before I turned around and rushed back toward the door, slamming it open so hard it rattled against the wall.“Anita!”I dashed through the back rooms and once I got into the room I planted myself in front of her without thinking.“Stay away from us!” I shouted, my voice shaking but loud. “Stay away from us!”They were already inside.Lycans.Six of them we're in here now, maybe more, moving slowly and deliberately.They began to fan out slowly and carefully until they formed a circle around us.Their eyes glowed faintly in the dim light, pupils blown wide, lips curling to reveal teeth that weren’t meant for smiling.Predators.Anita was shaking beside me. I reached back blindly and caught her wrist, pulling her closer, steadying her when her knees buckled.“I told you to run, El

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