All Chapters of “Marked as Property, Stolen by the Alpha”: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Everything changed in one second.Mira collapsed against me.The gold light around her body flickered violently.The bond twisted painfully.And Hope screamed.Not aloud.Inside us.Inside all of us.A child's terrified cry echoed through reality itself.The sky cracked again instantly.The healing stopped.Darkness spread through the gold light like poison flooding clear water.My heart nearly stopped."No."The void surged forward inside me.Protective.Panicked.The creator moved first.The giant golden eye flashed brighter than ever before.Reality froze around Mira.Time literally stopped.The city became motionless.The oceans halted mid-wave.Even the falling debris above the rooftop hung frozen in the air.Only a few of us could still move.The creator.The giant.The Devourer.The First Alpha.The void.And me.The creator's voice thundered sharply."HOW DID IT ENTER?"The Devourer looked genuinely disturbed now."That's impossible."The giant stepped closer.Silver energy wr

The moment Hope called me—I broke.Not loudly.Not visibly.Something inside me simply shattered."Daddy..."Her tiny voice trembled through the bond.Afraid.Hurting.Reaching for me.And suddenly the idea of letting go became impossible.The creator's command echoed across the rooftop."Separate from the bond now."No.Every instinct inside me rejected it violently.The darkness around my body exploded outward.The rooftop cracked beneath my feet.The void surged with me.Protective.Terrified.Possessive.The corruption purred in satisfaction."Yes."Silver light from the giant immediately pressed against my darkness.Trying to contain it.Trying to stop me from feeding the corruption further.But I barely noticed.Because Hope was crying.And every sound tore through my chest like a blade.Mira grabbed my arm instantly."Silas."Her voice shook.Not with fear of me.Fear of losing us.That made it worse.The corruption laughed softly."Such beautiful desperation."The creator's e

White.Nothing but endless white.No sky.No city.No pain.For one terrifying second, I thought everything was gone.Then I heard breathing.Soft.Uneven.Real.My eyes opened instantly.“Mira.”She was in my arms.Alive.Warm.Crying quietly against my chest.Relief hit me so hard my knees nearly gave out.I pulled her closer immediately.Too close.Then caught myself.The memory of the corruption still burned through me.Possession.Fear.Control.No.I loosened my grip slightly.Mira looked up at me instantly.And smiled softly.Like she understood exactly why.The bond pulsed warmly between us.Not painful anymore.Peaceful.Hope’s presence glowed quietly beneath it.Safe.The realization almost destroyed me.“She’s okay?”Mira nodded immediately.“Yes.”Her voice cracked with emotion.“She’s okay.”I closed my eyes briefly.Thank God.The white space around us slowly began fading.Reality returning piece by piece.The rooftop.The fractured sky.The city below.Everything reform

The creator lasted exactly three hours before experiencing its first public meltdown.“This makes no sense.”It stood in the middle of the marketplace staring at a fruit stand like reality itself had betrayed it.Around us, the rebuilt city buzzed with life again.People walked the streets cautiously but hopefully.Children laughed.Merchants shouted.Music drifted through the warm afternoon air.And directly in the center of it all—the former ruler of countless timelines looked personally offended by oranges.The vendor blinked nervously.“Uh… they’re sweeter this season?”The creator stared harder.“But why do you exchange paper for them?”The vendor looked at me helplessly.I looked away immediately.Not my problem.Mira was failing miserably at hiding her laughter beside me.Hope pulsed wildly through the bond.Amused.The Devourer leaned dramatically against a nearby wall eating something that looked suspiciously illegal.“I told you,” it said smugly. “Humanity is incomprehensib

I couldn’t stop staring at him.At myself.Or the version of myself that stood across the shattered marketplace carrying enough grief to poison reality itself.Every movement he made felt familiar.Every expression.Every breath.That was the worst part.I understood him.The alternate version looked at me calmly.Almost sadly.“You feel it too, don’t you?”The bond trembled painfully.Because yes—I did.I felt the fear buried beneath his rage.The desperation.The unbearable terror of losing Hope.And the horrifying truth that under different circumstances—I could have become him.The void beside me whispered quietly—“Choice.”The word hit hard.Because that was the only difference between us now.Choice.The alternate Silas noticed the realization in my face and laughed bitterly.“There it is.”His silver eyes darkened.“The moment you realize love can destroy you.”“No.”Mira’s voice cut through the marketplace instantly.Clear.Certain.The alternate version turned toward her s