All Chapters of REJECTED BY BILLIONAIRE, CHOSEN BY THE DEVIL KING : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Sophia couldn’t breathe.Lucien’s final words echoed inside her head.“It was me.”She stared at him.The man she had loved.The man she had trusted.The man she had spent three thousand years trying to find again.The man she had just risked everything to save.Had killed her.“No.”The word escaped her lips like a whisper.Then louder—“No.”Lucien lay unconscious in her arms.Blood stained his clothes.His breathing was shallow.Sophia looked toward Adrian.He was staring at Lucien with the same disbelief.“You knew?”Adrian shook his head.“I didn’t.”Sophia looked at Azael.“And you?”Azael remained silent.Sophia’s voice became colder.“Did you know?”Azael slowly shook his head.“No.”She looked toward Aria.Her daughter was crying.“You saw this.”Aria nodded.“I saw pieces.”“You knew Lucien killed me.”“I didn’t know how.”Sophia looked down at Lucien.Her fingers trembled.“Why?”No answer.She touched his face.“Why would you kill me?”Suddenly, Lucien’s eyes opened.They

“I left him for you.”Lucien stared at Sophia as if the words had struck him harder than any weapon.The Devourer’s grip on the space around them tightened.Aria was still clinging to Sophia’s hand.“Mother…” she whispered.Sophia couldn’t answer.Memories were flooding through her.Not fragments anymore.Not visions.Her memories.Her real memories.Three thousand years ago, before the kingdoms of Heaven and Hell existed as they did now, Sophia had been Elara.And she had loved two men.The Devourer…And Lucien.But her choice had not been simple.It had never been about which man was stronger.It had been about which man understood her freedom.Sophia turned toward Lucien.“I remember.”Lucien swallowed.“What do you remember?”“Everything.”His face became pale.Sophia looked toward the Devourer.“You loved me.”The creature lowered its head.“YES.”“You protected me.”“YES.”“You loved our daughter.”The Devourer’s silver eyes softened.“YES.”Sophia’s voice trembled.“But you wan

The Fourth Flame screamed.Not because Sophia had attacked her.Because Sophia had touched her.A single golden spark had appeared on Sophia’s fingertip, and the moment it touched the Fourth Flame’s body, the ancient woman recoiled as though she had been burned by the beginning of creation itself.She staggered backward.“What are you?”Sophia stood over Lucien’s motionless body.Her eyes were completely golden.The cracks of light across her skin continued spreading.The First Flame stared at her in disbelief.“That’s impossible.”Sophia didn’t look at her.“Bring him back.”The Fourth Flame wiped blood from the corner of her mouth.“He’s dead.”Sophia’s voice remained frighteningly calm.“I didn’t ask what happened.”She raised her hand.“I told you to bring him back.”The Fourth Flame laughed.“You think you can command death?”Sophia’s golden eyes narrowed.“No.”She looked down at Lucien.“I can command what comes after it.”The darkness trembled.The Fourth Flame’s smile disappe

Sophia couldn’t move.She stared at the woman standing among the newborn stars.Black eyes.Silver hair.The Devil King’s crown resting in her hand.Aria.Her daughter.The same daughter who had once clung to her hand and called her Mother.The same daughter who had stood between her and the Devourer.The same daughter who had chosen forgiveness over revenge.Now she stood in the darkness with eyes that belonged to something else.“Aria?”The girl smiled.But it wasn’t Aria’s smile.It was cold.Empty.Ancient.Sophia took a step forward.“Give me the crown.”Aria tilted her head.“Why?”“Because it isn’t yours.”Aria looked at it.“This?”She slowly turned the crown in her hand.“The crown that belonged to Lucien?”Sophia nodded.“Yes.”Aria’s smile widened.“You’re wrong.”Sophia froze.“It doesn’t belong to Lucien anymore.”“Then who does it belong to?”Aria placed the crown on her head.“Me.”The universe trembled.A shockwave tore through the newborn stars.Sophia was thrown back

“Because if it takes you… there will be no universe left to save.”Sophia stared at her father.For the first time since she had remembered him, she saw genuine fear in his eyes.Not anger.Not pride.Fear.“Father…” she whispered.He released her hand.“Don’t call me that.”Sophia frowned.“Why?”“Because I don’t deserve it.”Behind him, the enormous creature moved.The stars bent around its body.Space itself seemed to collapse wherever it stepped.The First Flame grabbed Sophia’s wrist.“Don’t look directly at it.”Sophia turned.“Why?”“Because it doesn’t have a true form.”“What am I looking at?”“Whatever your mind is capable of understanding.”Sophia stared at the creature again.Its appearance changed.For a second, it looked like a man.Then a woman.Then a child.Then Sophia.Then nothing.Her head began throbbing.Lucien grabbed her.“Look at me.”Sophia turned toward him.His eyes were red again.“Don’t look at it.”She nodded.“Who is it?”Lucien looked toward Sophia’s fa