บททั้งหมดของ The Eclipse Vow: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

LyraThe silver blade in my back felt like ice and fire combined. I could hear the metal scraping against my ribs as Sasha twisted the hilt. My legs gave out, and I hit the dirt with a heavy thud."Finally," Sasha whispered, leaning over me. Her face was smeared with soot and tears. "The maid is back where she belongs. In the mud."I tried to reach for the Void, but the silver was poisoning my magic. It felt like my veins were being filled with liquid lead. I looked up and saw the monster that used to be Caleb. He was mid-air, his massive jaws aiming for my throat.This is it, I thought. The end of the Ghost.Then, the world turned black.It wasn't the Void. It was Zade.

LyraZade was buried in stone up to his chest. He roared, his muscles bulging as he tried to break free, but the liquid rock had hardened into something stronger than steel. Every time he moved, the stone tightened, crushing the air out of his lungs."Stop struggling, Zade," my grandfather said. His voice was smooth, like silk over a dagger. "You are a king of shadows, but I am a master of the earth. You cannot win this."I stood between them, my hands trembling. The gold light from the cave was still buzzing under my skin, but it felt erratic, like a trapped bird. "Let him go, Grandfather! You said you wanted to help me!""I am helping you, Lyra," he said, stepping closer. He looked at me with eyes that were cold and calculating. "The Council is hunting you. The packs w

LyraThe world turned into a roar of fire and water. When Alpha Miller pressed that button, the sea-mine beneath the Iron Rose didn't just explode it tore the ship in half.Wood splintered like dry glass. The deck tilted so sharply that the guards who weren't killed by the blast slid into the burning ocean. I grabbed a brass railing, my fingers slipping."Zade! Leo!" I screamed over the sound of the sinking ship.Zade was a few yards away, his shadow-claws dug deep into the deck planks. He had his other arm wrapped around Leo, who was still half-conscious. Zade’s eyes were wild, searching for a way out, but the fire was closing in from all sides."Jump, Lyra!" Zade roared. "The fuel tanks are going to blow!"

LyraZade didn’t blink. His eyes, once full of warmth and protective fire, were now two flat, gray stones. He lunged at me with a speed that blurred the air. I barely had time to roll to the side before his claws shredded the tree trunk where my head had been a second ago."Zade, stop! It’s me!" I screamed, my voice cracking.He didn't hear me. He spun around, his shadows rising up like giant, jagged blades. The man in the suit Zade’s grandfather, Marcus stood by the archway, playing that haunting flute. The music felt like needles crawling under my skin."It’s no use, Lyra," Marcus said, pulling the flute away for a moment to sneer. "The Valerius bloodline was built on obedience. I am the True Alpha of the Shadow Legion. He is just my puppet."

LyraThe searchlights from the helicopters blinded me. The wind from their blades whipped the white grass into a frenzy. Zade was gone pulled into the abyss with his traitorous grandfather and I was left standing in the ruins of the Ancient Grove. My heart felt like a hollow shell, cracked and empty."Zade..." I whispered, my fingers digging into the dirt where he had vanished."Target sighted! Do not fire! The Council wants her alive!" a voice boomed from a loudspeaker above.Ropes dropped from the sky. Men in black tactical gear slid down, their boots hitting the sacred ground with heavy thuds. These weren't just Enforcers. These were the High Council’s private guard. They carried silver-net launchers and batons that hummed with blue electricity.