11: Don't leave me alone

"Three days," Lucian said. "If your bond is real, you'll survive. If it's just plot deviation..." He shrugged. "Then it'll correct itself naturally."Through the bond, Adrian felt Cassian's fury-and fear.Elian!I'm okay! Don't-The bond cut off.Like a limb being severed.Adrian gasped, falling to his knees. The absence was agony-worse than any physical pain. He could still breathe, still move, but something fundamental was missing."Cassian!" He looked up to see the Demon Lord on the other side of the barrier, shadows exploding around him as he tried to break through."Don't bother," Lucian said. "Author privileges trump demon magic. You have three days, both of you. Prove this bond is strong enough to overcome my story."He turned to walk away, then paused. "Oh, and Prince Elian? If you fail, I'll make sure the next plot correction is permanent.Cassian will get his tragic ending, exactly as written. And you'll watch it happen, powerless to stop it."Then he was gone, leaving Adria

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12: The traitor Prince

I thought— The emotion through the echo was chaotic. I thought I'd lost you. Like everyone else. You haven't lost me. I'm still here. We're still connected. It hurts. Cassian's mental voice was raw. Being alone again. I'd forgotten how much it hurts. I know. I feel it too. Adrian clutched the crystal. But it's only three days. We can survive three days. What if we can't? The vulnerability in that question broke Adrian's heart. What if the bond breaks? What if this is all we get—just a few weeks of not being alone, and then nothing? Then we make those few weeks worth it, Adrian said fiercely. And we fight to make sure it doesn't end. Cassian, listen to me. Lucian wants us to fail. Wants us to doubt the bond. Don't give him that satisfaction. A pause. Then: You're infuriatingly optimistic for someone in severe pain. Adrian laughed despite everything. And you're infuriatingly pessimistic for someone with a fated pair who's refusing to give up on you. He felt Cassian's surprise

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13: A different ending

"Then you choose treason."The words hung between them."If standing against oppression is treason," Adrian said quietly, "then yes. I'm a traitor."His father looked at him like he was a stranger."Get out," King Aldric said finally. "Until you come to your senses, I don't want to see you."Adrian left, feeling the bond pulse with Cassian's complex emotions—anger at the rejection, satisfaction at Adrian's defense, guilt that the bond was costing him his family.Don't, Adrian sent through the bond. Don't feel guilty. This is my choice.A choice you wouldn't have to make if not for me.A choice I'm glad to make.He found Cassian waiting in their usual meeting spot—a secluded garden that had become neutral territory."Your father disowned you," Cassian said. Not a question."Temporarily. He'll come around or he won't." Adrian sat beside him on the stone bench. "Either way, I meant what I said.""That was foolish.""Probably.""You've given up everything for this bond.For me." Cassian

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14: Someone in your corner

The attack came during a diplomatic dinner.Adrian had been expecting something—Lucian wouldn't give up after one failed separation attempt, and the nobles who hated demons were getting bolder.What he hadn't expected was for the assassin to target HIM instead of Cassian.The blade came from nowhere—a servant who'd been bribed or coerced, lunging across the table with a poisoned dagger aimed directly at Adrian's heart.Everyone froze.Except Adrian.Years of reading assassination plots in novels had taught him the patterns. He'd been watching for threats all evening, tracking positions, noting suspicious behaviors.He moved before anyone else could react—twisting sideways, grabbing the servant's wrist, and using the attacker's momentum to flip him over the table in a move that would have made his combat instructors proud.The dagger clattered away.Adrian had the assassin pinned before guards even reached for their weapons."Talk," Adrian commanded, knee pressed into the man's spin

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15: The long game

"Then we'll go at your pace.""My pace," Cassian repeated. Then, so quietly: "What if my pace is 'terrified of being hurt again'?""Then we go terrified together."Cassian's control broke.He pulled Adrian into his arms— Clinging like Adrian might disappear."I don't know how to do this," Cassian admitted into Adrian's hair. "How to let someone care without waiting for the betrayal.""You don't have to know. We'll figure it out together."They stood like that, wrapped in each other, the bond singing with relief.[Soul Bond Synchronization: 58%]"Stay," Adrian said. "Tonight. Just... stay.""I shouldn't.""I know. Stay anyway."Cassian pulled back enough to look at him, crimson eyes searching. "Just stay? Nothing else?""Just stay. I'm not trying to seduce you, Cassian. I'm trying to show you that someone will stay without ulterior motives."Through the bond, Adrian felt Cassian's walls crumbling—just a little."Okay," Cassian whispered. "I'll stay."They ended up on Adrian's bed— Cas

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All Chapters of Reborn as the villain's obsession [MM romance]: Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

11: Don't leave me alone

12: The traitor Prince

13: A different ending

14: Someone in your corner

15: The long game