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N Hotel—the very hotel they’ve long wanted to reclaim from the mysterious buyer who purchased it from Dark’s grandmother? What lies behind everything? WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!

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"It's not just the guardians that you should worry about. You also need to be wary of the Darkness. It's already on its way to claim the land of the sacred pillars. You must return home with the Aria immediately, or both you and the Aria will be devoured by the Darkness." Noorh looked out into the forest across the river. The Darkness was still many miles away from them. It would also need to completely destroy the pillar before it could greedily creep into the forest and catch up to them. The feat should take the Darkness several days, so it should be safe for Noorh and Kiran to spend the night near the river. "Is there…really a way for me to go home?" Noorh guiltily looked away, rememberin

I should have known he would not have been this overly welcoming. Alpha Ben rushed to my aid but it was to late. The next thing I knew was just darkness all around me.

I don't usually put content alerts but I thought it would be a good idea to include one here. This chapter may contain triggering content! There is abuse and hintings of rape. Please read at your own discretion. • • • The air was wonderful against my face. We were seated on the roof of an abandoned building with the magnificent skyline before us. Tonight had been a bust. Sure I'd been able to make enough to pay off the rent but I could still feel the strong fingers clutching my arm like a vice.

No wonder Maura was finesse; she was probably royalty. We decided to introduce ourselves individually to the Calma household staff. Amid the exchange of pleasantries, we were interrupted by a strong gust of wind that felt heavy in the heart. A figure appeared before us; it was a huge shadow in a shape of a cloaked man with no identifiable facial feature. It whispered in a gravelly, eerie voice, "Darkness has risen. Soon, hell shall rise; the dawn of darkness approaches." Then, it vanished in a cloud of smoke, leaving all of us coughing. Noah was yelling, "Moros, you coward! Face me!"

The place was starting to give me the creeps so I turned preparing to go back home when I came to where the building was. I stood and stared at it for a while. Weighing the options. Going into the building and getting killed by a ghost or going back home to a very worse fate of marrying James. The latter looked way better so I went for it. I went closer to the gate and touched it only to have it open up by itself. Told ya! Run now when you still have the chance. No! OK then, go ahead and get yourself possessed or even worse, killed. That was an argument with me and Maya. That girl really knows how to encourage one. Note the sarcasm.

Boiler rooms had always seemed suspicious to me and having a monster lurking down there didn't make it any better at that moment. I looked at Reese, who was watching the darkness, but relaxed. Suddenly the same sounds came from his coat pocket with which he had already lured the Spuma to the Grim Reaper. Then everything happened very quickly. A scratch on the stairs, something big and blue rushed into the corridor, heading straight for Reese. The emerging growl was interrupted by a bang. It didn't yelp or make any other noise as it fell to the ground and slid right up to Reese's feet. It was just dead. As suddenly as it appeared, so suddenly its life had come to an end.

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I woke just before dawn, heart racing, sheets tangled around my legs. “Okay,” I whispered to the ceiling, voice hoarse. “New rule. If your vampire roommate downloads the modern world into his brain… you do not get secondhand trauma.” Brenda hummed softly through the walls, apologetic. I pushed myself upright, rubbing my face. My body felt heavy, like gravity had decided I’d personally offended it. Outside, the sky hovered in that fragile gray-blue moment before morning fully committed—like it was still deciding whether to be kind.