All Chapters of Forbidden never felt this good : Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

The shadow stepped forward, and my stomach dropped before my mind could catch up.Liam.For half a second, I thought my eyes were lying to me. That exhaustion, fear, and adrenaline had finally fractured my sense of reality. But the way he stood, shoulders squared, jaw set, eyes cold and distant was unmistakable.My sister’s mate.The man who had sworn to protect her.The man I had trusted with my life.“You?” The word slipped out of me, raw and broken. “No… no, this isn’t real.”His gaze flicked to me, just briefly. There was something there, regret, maybe but it vanished too quickly to hold onto. His finger remained poised over the trigger.“Step back,” he said calmly. “All of you.”Elliot stiffened beside me. “Liam, whatever you think you’re doing”“This isn’t about what I think,” Liam cut in. “It’s about what’s inevitable.”Marcus’s voice was low, dangerous. “You betray us now, and you don’t walk out of here.”Liam smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “None of us are walking out c

The chamber stayed silent.Not the quiet of a room after a fight, more like the hush of a place holding its breath, waiting to see what I would do.The lights dimmed completely, and the hum stopped.For a second, I thought the world had died.Then, somewhere deep beneath the metal floor, a faint vibration returned. Slow. Steady. Like a heartbeat.The spine was awake.And it was watching me.Adrian stepped closer, his eyes sharp and alert, but his body moved like a man walking on glass.“Cassie,” he whispered.My name sounded wrong in my own ears. Like it didn’t belong to me anymore.The chamber’s walls lit up again, not the soft glow, but a cold, sharp brightness that made the room feel clinical. The map on the floor reappeared, but this time it wasn’t a map.It was a command interface.Lines of data streamed through the air like strands of light. Names flashed across the surface like messages.And then, without warning, a voice spoke.Not Adrian’s.Not mine.A voice that sounded like

The chamber was quiet.Not just silent, empty, like the world had been erased and only I remained. The hum had stopped. The lights had dimmed. The walls no longer pulsed. It was as if the entire system had taken a breath and held it.My heart pounded so loud I could feel it in my throat.My name had been on the screen.CASSIE VALE.Not Elliot.Not Marcus.Not Liam.Me.The spine had recognized me.And now it wanted something from me.The key in my hand felt heavier than it ever had. The metal pressed into my palm like a warning.A door somewhere in the chamber clicked, slow, deliberate.The sound broke the silence like a crack in ice.I spun around.A narrow tunnel had opened behind the wall I had fallen through.And the air from it was cold.Not the cold of the underground station… not the cold of winter.This was the cold of something that had been buried for decades, waiting for me.“Cassie,” Adrian said quietly.I turned to him, and he looked… different.The calm mask was gone.No

The spine’s voice didn’t sound like a voice.It sounded like a verdict.Like metal being crushed into a sentence.Like the world itself speaking through a machine.It echoed inside my skull, cold and unfeeling.“Choose the first sacrifice.”My sister, Lena,stood in front of me, her hand still touching mine.Her skin was warm.Her eyes were bright.But her soul… her soul felt like someone else’s.Someone hollow.Someone made of fear.Adrian was staring at her like she’d just become a weapon.His jaw was clenched so hard I could see the tension in his neck.“Cassie,” he whispered, “you don’t have to listen to it.”I shook my head slowly, trying to keep my mind from breaking.“You don’t understand,” I whispered.The spine wasn’t asking for a choice like a person.It was demanding a sacrifice like a god.I glanced at the map on the wall.The red line pulsed, moving faster now.It was like a heartbeat.Like the spine was alive and hungry.My heart hammered in my chest.My body trembled.An

I raised the key.The metal was cold against my skin, but it felt like it was burning from the inside.My breath hitched.The chamber trembled.The hum of the spine grew louder, like a beast awakening.The blue line on the map pulsed, brighter than before, angrier.It was moving.Toward me.As if the spine itself was reaching out.Adrian stepped forward, grabbing my wrist.“Cassie don’t!” he shouted.The panic in his voice made my blood run cold.“Adrian,” I whispered, voice shaking, “I have to do this.”He shook his head.“No,” he said. “You don’t understand. If you lock the core from here”“I understand,” I interrupted, voice tight.I looked at the map again.The blue line was almost at the chamber.The pulse was growing faster.The spine was not waiting anymore.It was forcing the choice.It was demanding the decision.And it was going to take it from me if I didn’t act.My chest felt tight.My hands trembled.I swallowed hard.“Adrian,” I said softly, “tell me what happens if I do