All Chapters of REJECTED BY BILLIONAIRE, CHOSEN BY THE DEVIL KING : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Sophia stopped breathing.The man sitting on the black marble throne looked nothing like the monster whispered about in ancient legends.He was devastatingly handsome.Tall.Broad-shouldered.His long black hair fell loosely around his face, while his dark eyes seemed to contain an entire night sky.But it was his presence that frightened her.The air itself seemed to bow before him.Lucien Draven.The Devil King.He slowly rose from the throne.The moment his feet touched the floor, every candle in the chamber went out.Darkness swallowed them.Then two crimson flames appeared behind him.Sophia instinctively stepped backward.Lucien’s eyes remained fixed on her.“My queen.”His voice was deep and calm.Yet every word seemed to shake the walls.Sophia swallowed.“Don’t call me that.”A faint smile appeared on his lips.“You still don’t remember.”“Remember what?”“Me.”Damien stepped forward.“Stay away from her.”Lucien finally looked at him.The temperature in the chamber dropped i

The battlefield had gone strangely quiet.Even the Celestial soldiers stopped moving.Sophia stared at Lucien.The man who had promised to protect her.The man who had called her his queen.The man who had claimed they had loved each other in another lifetime.Now he stood before her in silence.And for the first time…She was afraid of him.“Lucien.”Her voice trembled.“Did you kill me?”Lucien didn’t answer.That silence was worse than any confession.Sophia took a step backward.“Answer me.”His crimson eyes softened.“I didn’t kill you.”Seraphina laughed.“Of course he would say that.”Lucien’s expression turned murderous.“Enough.”Seraphina raised her sword.“Then tell her the truth.”Lucien remained silent.Sophia’s eyes filled with tears.“You told me you would never lie to me.”“I didn’t.”“You didn’t tell me everything either.”He looked away.Sophia’s voice cracked.“Why?”Lucien finally whispered,“Because I was afraid.”“Afraid of what?”“Of losing you again.”A sudden

The black portal expanded.The golden light that had filled the chamber was swallowed by darkness.One by one, the Celestial soldiers lowered their weapons.No one spoke.No one moved.Even the air seemed afraid.Sophia stared at the portal.Something was coming through.Something ancient.Something that had been imprisoned long before she was born.Lucien grabbed her wrist.“We’re leaving.”Sophia pulled free.“No.”His eyes flashed.“Sophia.”“My mother is inside that palace.”“I know.”“Then I’m not running.”Lucien stepped closer.“You don’t understand what you’re facing.”“Then tell me.”He looked toward the portal.“The Fallen God isn’t a demon.”“He’s worse.”Sophia’s expression hardened.“How?”Lucien’s voice dropped.“He was once the first Celestial King.”“The first ruler of Heaven.”“And he became obsessed with immortality.”Raphael continued the story.“He discovered that the power of the Celestial bloodline could make him immortal.”Sophia looked at herself.“My blood.”R

Sophia froze.The voice echoed across the black ocean.“Don’t believe her.”She slowly turned.Someone stood several feet away.A man in a dark suit.His face was pale.His hair was disheveled.But there was no mistaking him.“Ethan…”Her heart slammed against her ribs.It couldn’t be him.She had watched him die.Or at least…She thought she had.“Ethan Sterling?”The man smiled sadly.“Hello, Sophia.”She stepped backward.“You’re dead.”“I know.”“Then how are you here?”Ethan glanced toward the woman standing beside Sophia.“Because she brought me here.”Sophia turned.The mysterious woman remained perfectly still.“You know him?”The woman smiled.“I know everyone who has ever been connected to your destiny.”Ethan stepped closer.“But I know something she doesn’t want you to remember.”Sophia narrowed her eyes.“What?”Ethan looked directly at her.“Lucien didn’t kill you.”Sophia’s breathing stopped.“You just said—”“I know what Lucien told you.”Ethan shook his head.“He wasn

Sophia stared at the vision.The newborn baby lay peacefully in Adrian’s arms.Her tiny fingers curled around his thumb.But her eyes…They were completely black.Not the black of darkness.The black of something ancient.Something that had existed before the first kingdom was ever built.Sophia’s voice trembled.“That’s me?”Lucien shook his head.“No.”“Then who is she?”His expression became painfully serious.“Your daughter.”Sophia stopped breathing.“My…”She could barely say the word.“…daughter?”Lucien nodded.“The child you gave birth to before you died.”Sophia stared at the baby.“But I don’t remember having a child.”“Because the Celestial Council erased the memory.”“Why?”“Because they were terrified of her.”Sophia looked at the vision again.The baby’s black eyes suddenly turned golden.Then a tiny smile appeared on her lips.The entire vision shook.Lilith stepped backward.“No…”Ethan’s expression changed.“What is it?”Lilith whispered,“She’s awake.”The black oce