Todos los capítulos de The Blood Empress & Her Mortal King : Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

POV Adrian "Take her!" High Priest Williams’ screech echoed off the cathedral vaulting like a shattered bell. "Drag the blood poisoner to the altar!" The heavy iron chains rattled. Four council guards surged forward, their boots pounding against the gray marble. I stepped sideways, locking Natalie behind my back before their hands could even reach her dress. "Adrian, don't!" Aria gasped from behind me, her hands grabbing my leather coat. "If you fight the council now, they’ll execute you for treason!" "Let them try," I growled, not taking my eyes off the guards. The lead guard halted three paces out, his iron spear raised. "Sovereign Adrian, step aside! By order of the High Priest and the Council of Seven, the girl is condemned to the block!" "Touch her," I said, my voice dropping into a low, murderous purr, "and I will tear your fingers off one by one." Williams slammed his silver staff against the stone altar. "He is corrupted! The girl’s blood has infected his mind! Guards,

POV Lucas"He is unhinged!" High Priest Williams’ voice thundered through the council hall, echoing off the obsidian pillars. "The parasitic curse has claimed his mind! He is no longer fit to hold the throne!"I stood at the foot of the dais, my gauntleted hand resting heavily on the pommel of my longsword. "Watch your tongue, Williams. You are speaking of your Sovereign.""I am speaking of a monster who locked himself in his private tower with a human servant while his borders rot!" Williams snapped, slamming his silver staff onto the stone floor. The sharp CLANG vibrated through the soles of my boots. "Four lords were turned away at the gates this morning, Commander! Four! The King hasn't signed a single decree in seventy two hours!""The Sovereign is managing royal affairs," I said, keeping my voice dead even though my skin burned under my armor."Royal affairs?" Lord Vane interjected from the upper council tier, leaning over the carved marble railing. "Or is he starving, Lucas? Th

POV Adrian"Natalie!"My voice slammed against the stone walls of my chambers, bouncing off the vaulted ceiling and coming back to me empty.Silence answered.I threw the thick double doors wide, my knuckles turning white against the polished iron latch. The room was colder than it should have been.The heavy velvet drapes were torn wide. Across the chamber, the iron balcony gates stood thrown outward, swinging wildly on their hinges as the freezing mountain wind howled straight into the room."Natalie!" I roared again, taking three long strides across the rug.The bed was untouched. Her silver hairbrush was sitting on the vanity. But her cloak was gone.I lunged onto the stone balcony, gripping the frosted railing until the stone cracked beneath my bare hand.I looked up.High above the black peaks of the citadel, the sun was completely gone. The ancient Red Moon had rolled directly into its path, locking into place. A thick, suffocating wave of bleeding crimson light washed over the

POV AdrianThe cathedral doors didn't open for me. I broke them.The wood cracked. One hinge tore out of the stone and rang across the marble like a bell. Then I was inside, and every guard in the nave turned around at once."Intruder!""It's him! Close ranks!""Don't let him reach the altar!"I didn't slow down. The first guard got his spear up. I knocked it wide and drove my sword under his arm. He folded without a sound. The second came at my left. I caught his wrist, snapped it, and threw him into a pillar.Two more rushed me. I took one blade on mine and kicked the other in the chest so hard he went through a row of pews."Adrian, please." The next one was young. His sword shook in his hands. "Don't make me do this.""Then move.""We have orders from the High Council!""I don't care who gave them."He swung. I stepped inside it and hit him with the pommel. He dropped.That was nine. Maybe

POV Adrian"Natalie. Look at me."She doesn't. Her eyes are locked on the altar, and they're wrong. White. No color, no pupils, nothing of her left in them."Natalie!"Her heels scrape across the marble. Something is dragging her, and there's nothing there but the altar, humming like a throat right before a scream.I wrap an arm around her waist and plant my boots. It doesn't matter. The floor slides under me like I weigh nothing. Three hundred years of strength, and I'm being hauled along like a child."Adrian." Her voice is thin, far away. "It's warm. It feels warm.""Don't say that.""It knows my name.""It knows everyone's name right before it kills them!""No." She smiles, and it's the worst thing I've ever seen. "It's not killing me. It's asking."Her knees give out. I catch all of her, and her skin is ice. Five minutes ago she was burning against me. Now her lips are going blue."Stay with me. Say something. Insult me.""You're... very loud.""There she is." My laugh cracks in