All Chapters of Returning in Reverse After Betrayal: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

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Chapter 61 Facing the Horror

Ten minutes later, the war room filled up fast. Drake's words lingered like smoke.Kael and Marcus recapped everything: dawn attack, four hundred enemies, Seraphine in charge, and that nightmare beast."Everybody get the main points?" I asked, eyeing tense faces.Nods. No meltdowns yet."Building-sized monster. Supposedly can't kill it."Liana spoke first, all business. "Nothing's unkillable. Has a weakness somewhere. We find it quick.""In battle chaos?" Marcus challenged."Harder, not impossible," Liana fired back. "Dropped beasts folks called immortal. They bled out fine.""Any that big, pumped with two hundred years of dark magic?" Helena asked quietly.Liana paused. "No. But rules are rules."Thea tapped the table, thinking deeply. "That fusion? Old forbidden magic. Bad reasons.""Why forbidden?" Garrett asked."Drives them insane. Corruption eats the mind. Endless pain. Rage." Thea scanned us. "Imagine remade over centuries. Whatever it was? Gone. Just suffering in fur."Quiet h

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Chapter 62 All-Night Grind

The training hall turned into a full-on war factory overnight. Tables stretched end to end, covered in blank stones, carving tools, vials of blood, and half-finished runes glowing faintly in the torchlight.Twenty volunteers packed in with Thea, Erica, and me, turning the huge space into organized madness.We split into clear lines: one crew carving base patterns, another attuning them with fresh blood, a third activating the magic, a fourth testing for flaws, and the last deploying what passed muster.Nobody wasted breath on small talk.The air buzzed with quiet focus, the scrape of tools on stone, the soft hiss when blood hit rune and magic sparked.Everyone knew lives hung on this work. One weak rune could mean a breach tomorrow, and a breach could mean death.I moved between stations constantly, hands-on, fixing mistakes before they spread.My voice stayed calm, pushing without yelling."This groove here? Needs to be exac

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Chapter 63 Dawn Approaches

Sleep hit me like a brick wall. No dreams, just black nothing while my body tried to patch itself together.Then the nightmares came. The monster is ripping through our gates. Drake is choking on foam, gasping out that warning. Seraphine's face, ancient and smug, promising she'd make me scream.I shot up, gasping.Kael's arms locked around me. "Easy. You got three hours.""That enough?" My throat felt like sandpaper."Has to be." He pushed hair off my face, kissed my

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Chapter 64 Last Moments with Erica

I woke to Kael's hand on my shoulder, gentle but firm. Dawn light seeped through the window, pale and chilly, the kind that hints at sunrise without any real warmth yet.The room felt quiet。"Time already?""Almost. You have an hour before they hit us.""Erica?""Safe in the shelter with the kids. Helena's watching them herself. No one's getting near.""I need to see her.""I figured. That's why I woke you now. Gave us a little buffer."He helped me gear up slowly, buckling armor plates, strapping on weapons. Each piece settled heavier than usual, pressing into my skin. Maybe the metal really weighed more today, or maybe exhaustion just made everything drag. My muscles ached from the all-night rune work, bones tired deep down."Eat," he said, handing over bread and dried meat. Simple trail food, but practical.I forced bites while we walked the dim corridors. Chewed mechanically. Stomach churned, but I needed the fuel to keep standing, let alone fighting.The shelter sat deep undergro

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Chapter 65 The Hour of Mercy

The walls teemed with warriors when we surfaced, sunlight just breaking full.Three hundred of us lined up against four hundred incoming, plus whatever nightmare Drake spilled about in his last breaths.Everyone is locked in position now. Weapons are sharp and ready. Moonbane charms hummed softly against skin and armor, faint blue glows warding what we could.I took my spot beside Marcus on the main wall, Kael on the other flank, close enough to touch. Liana hovered nearby with her quick-strike team, eyes scanning the horizon.Garrett directed from the raised command post behind us. Thea prepped the medical station down below, herbs and bandages stacked high.All pieces set. Plans locked. Just waiting for the hammer to fall.Distant drums thrummed closer, steady and mean, each beat designed to rattle nerves deep. Count them out, picture the worst marching in time.It rattled plenty.Hands tightened on weapons. Breaths came shorter.Then they appeared full. Cult forces crested the far

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Chapter 66 Before the Storm

I woke to Kael's hand on my shoulder.Gentle, but insistent.Through the window, early dawn light filtered in gray and cold, the kind that came before sunrise."It's time?""Nearly. You have an hour before they arrive.""Erica?""In the shelter with the other children. Helena guards them personally.""I need to see her.""I know. That's why I woke you when I did."He helped me dress. Each piece felt heavier than it should, or maybe I was just that tired."Eat," he said, pushing bread and dried meat into my hands.I ate while we walked, forced it down. I'd need the strength.We went to the shelter together.Underground, safe, fortified， twenty feet of stone and earth between the children and whatever was coming. Guards at every entrance. Helena had organized it well.We found Erica helping younger children stay calm, reading them stories. A picture book about a brave wolf who saved her pack.When she saw me, she set the book down carefully and walked over with controlled composure. Too

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Chapter 67 The Monster's Shadow

The city wall was already crowded with warriors when we emerged.Three hundred defenders against four hundred attackers, plus whatever that monster was.Everyone is in position.Weapons ready.Moonbane amulets glowed faintly against armor and skin.I took my place beside Marcus, Kael on my other side.Liana stood nearby with her mobile team.Garrett coordinated from the command post.Thea waited at the medical station.All pieces in place.In the distance, war drums began.The rhythm was deliberate, steady, meant to strike fear—to make us count each beat and imagine what was coming.It worked.Then we saw them.The Cult army appeared on the horizon like a dark stain spreading across clean cloth.Marching in formation, four hundred strong.Dark armor gleaming in the dawn light, red banners snapping in the wind, eyes glowing with corrupted magic—purple and sickly green.They moved in perfect unison.Unnaturally perfect, like puppets controlled by a single will.At their head rode a woma

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Chapter 68The Circle of No Return

"Or..." I said, pieces clicking into place. Everyone looked at me."Or she's completing her own preparations. Something big. Something that needs time.""The ritual," Garrett realized."The one Drake mentioned. Binding divine power to mortal form.""Takes preparation," Thea confirmed. "Blood circles. Sacrifices. Channeling enough dark magic to attempt something that is insane? She'd need at least an hour to set up.""So we're not the only ones racing a clock," Liana said.Garrett nodded grimly. "Either way, we use this hour."I turned to the assembled leaders. "Marcus, final weapons check. Make sure everyone has Moonbane weapons, not just amulets. Liana, position your mobile reserves—I want them ready to deploy in thirty seconds, not three minutes. Thea, you're with me—we deploy the containment circle. Everyone else, prepare your people. Make sure they know the plan. Make sure they're ready.""What about me?" Kael asked. I felt the storm through our bond—fear, desperate protectivenes

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Chapter 69The Bait

"How do we lure it here?" an assistant asked."That thing isn't going to just walk into an obvious trap."I looked across the field toward the distant walls. Toward where the monster waited. "I'll lure it.""Sophia," Kael started, his ancient voice edged with barely controlled fear."It wants me. Seraphine wants me alive. The monster will follow me. I lead it here, into the circle. You two activate the trap the moment we're both inside.""And if it catches you before you reach the circle?""It won't.""You cannot know—""I'll make sure it doesn't." I touched his face.Felt the tension in his jaw.The fear vibrates through him."Trust me." Then he nodded. "Always. Though it may be the death of me.""Not if I can help it."Thea pulled out three amulets, which were different from the others they'd made. More complex patterns were carved into the silver. They pulsed with contained power."These are specially crafted. For you three. Enhanced protection against corrupted magic and physica

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Chapter 70 Last Promises

"I know you'll need every edge," Thea said, gripping my shoulders firmly. "These runes will block three, perhaps four direct strikes before they shatter. After that, you fight without them.""Three or four is more than I dared hope for.""Thank you, Thea.""Do not thank me yet. Thank me if we all live through this." Her eyes betrayed deep unease. Fear.We regarded the circle one final time. Lethal. Magnificent and terrifying in equal parts."Time to move," I said. "Forty minutes remain."We returned to the walls. The circle waited behind us, patient and silent. I refused to glance back. Doubt was a luxury I could not afford.Yet I sensed it—through the Tear, through my magic, through every fiber of my being. The trap poised. The immense power bound within those twelve runes. The terrifying fragility of our strategy. One error. One misjudgment. One stroke of misfortune. That was all it would take.I found Martin in the armory, inspecting his weapons with the calm precision

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