Todos los capítulos de Beneath the Alpha’s Mark: Capítulo 61 - Capítulo 70

The temple was collapsing.Stone rained down from the mountain as cracks spread across the ancient walls. Smoke filled the air, making it difficult to see more than a few feet ahead.“Move!” Kael shouted.I ran beside him.Eryx was on my other side, still pale from his fight with the Hollow King. Nia followed closely behind us.We had barely reached the temple when another explosion shook the ground.I stumbled.Kael caught my waist before I could fall.“Careful.”“I’m fine.”“You really need to find another sentence.”Despite everything, I laughed.It lasted only a second.Then another crack tore across the temple.My smile disappeared.“We're running out of time.”Darius approached us through the smoke.“The Shadowborn are pushing our warriors back.”“How many?”“Too many.”I looked toward the valley.Black creatures were moving between the trees.They didn't walk like humans.They crawled.Climbed.Jumped from tree to tree.Their eyes glowed faintly in the darkness.“What happens i

The ground beneath us shook again.Dust fell from the ceiling.A deep rumble rolled through the temple, followed by another crack that split the stone floor between us.Kael immediately pulled me closer.“Everyone back!”We moved away from the crack.For several seconds, nothing happened.Then a thin line of silver light appeared inside the crack.I stared at it.“That wasn't there before.”Nia shook her head.“No.”Eryx stepped closer.“It's spreading.”He was right.The silver light moved across the floor like veins, branching toward every corner of the temple.My Balance Mark began burning.I grabbed my wrist.“It's responding to me.”Kael looked at me.“Can you control it?”“I don't know.”“Try.”I closed my eyes.I took a slow breath.The First Queen's voice returned to my mind.You are the one who decides who gets to enter.I focused on the light.“Stop.”The silver lines immediately froze.Everyone went silent.I opened my eyes.The temple had stopped shaking.Eryx stared at me

The mountain was breaking apart around us.Stone fell from the ceiling as the creature standing before us released a roar that shook the entire chamber.I couldn't move.Not because I was afraid.Because I recognized it.Not its face.Not its voice.Its presence.I had felt it before.In my dreams.In the memories I thought were mine.In the moments when the Balance Mark burned for no reason.The creature wasn't simply the Hollow King.It was something older.Something that had been waiting for me.“Lira!”Kael's voice pulled me back.He was struggling to stand against the broken wall.Blood ran down the side of his face.I rushed toward him.“Are you hurt badly?”He gave me a tired smile.“I've had better days.”“You're bleeding.”“So are you.”I looked down.A thin line of blood ran across my palm.I hadn't even noticed.Kael reached for my hand.“Come on.”The creature moved.The ground beneath us cracked.Nia grabbed Eryx.“We need to get out.”“No.”I looked at the creature.“We

The voice inside the palace was mine.I knew it.There was no mistaking it.The same tone.The same slight pause between words.The same quiet confidence I heard whenever I spoke to myself in my thoughts.But there was something different about it.Something colder.Something cruel.“You should have stayed dead.”Kael tightened his grip around my hand.“Lira.”I couldn't answer.I was staring at the palace doors.They were wide open now.Beyond them was darkness.Not ordinary darkness.It looked like the palace had swallowed every bit of light that entered it.Nia stepped closer.“Don't go in.”I looked at her.“Why?”“Because whatever is inside knows you.”Seraphine gave a quiet laugh.“She knows herself.”Nia glared at her.“What exactly are you hiding?”Seraphine's expression became serious.“I'm not hiding anything.”“You've already told us that Lira fought the Guardians.”“Because she did.”I shook my head.“I don't remember.”“You will.”Seraphine looked toward the palace.“That

“Why didn't you save me?”The question echoed through the darkness.I couldn't move.Thousands of people stood before me.Their faces were pale.Their clothes were torn.Some carried wounds.Others looked exactly as they had the day I remembered losing them.My mother stood among them.The First Queen was at the front.And behind them all were the Guardians.The people I had supposedly killed.My chest tightened.“No…”The First Queen stepped forward.“You wanted the truth.”“I didn't ask for this.”“You asked to remember.”“I didn't ask to suffer.”Her expression softened.“Sometimes they are the same thing.”I shook my head.“This isn't real.”A man stepped out of the crowd.I recognized him.One of the first Guardians.His name came back to me.Aren't.He had been kind to me.He had taught me how to control the balance.He had called me sister.Now his chest was covered in blood.“You killed me,” he said.My throat tightened.“I know.”“Why?”“I don't know.”“You knew.”He stepped