Broken Vow 소설 & 이야기

I only knew I wanted him out. At the final level, I was braced against the stone floor, blood on my hands, when the officiating priest asked, “Elena Vaughn, do you willingly sever all mate ties with Kane Blackwood? Once the vow is broken, the bond is void. From this moment forward, your lives and deaths bear no claim upon each other.” My mouth tasted of blood. “I do.” Something tore loose inside my chest.

A while ago, she was defiant and had this fire in her but a few of Jacob’s whips have quenched that fire. “Please master, I won't disobey you nor the hood again. Please master, please forgive me. Forgive this slave. I will obey you from now henceforth and do anything you ask of me. I will be loyal master, please..” Jacob didn't know if he should laugh. Where would the fun be if she truly became loyal and obedient? “ Steele, this is where the blood oath comes in,” Someone said from the audience and Ava kept her head to the ground. She didn't have time to think about blood oath or whatever. She just wanted to be rid and free of this torture and pain in her ass.

I cradled her closer, burying my face in her hair. “You said you’d never leave me,” I whispered, my voice cracking at the edges. “So don’t do this. Don’t make me live in a world where I can’t hear you laugh again. Don’t make me…” I broke. The words dissolved into silence. Because no vow. No bite. No rage could undo what fate had done. Unless I did the one thing I swore I’d never do. Unless I gave in. --- The wind shifted again. And just like before, the shadows in the room stretched, curled, and thickened.

Valeri clutched a violin in one hand and a bow in the other . She stared to play . The notes formed a soft , weet tune . Then it turned fast , then faster . The music stopped altogether before the soft tune retumed . Valeri ended the song with one hard , fast , loud note . The auditorium fell completely silent until we realized the music was finished . Still in a halftrance , we burst I smiled to myself . Valeri wasn't just a "quiet girl" .She knew about wonderful books and could play the violin like nothing I'd ever heard . Like a caterpillar or butterfly , she was beautiful and amazing when you looked closely .

The world itself seemed to pause. And then— He grabbed her wrist. Hard. Too hard. Eyes glowing black. Voice shattered. “…I can’t.” The curse surged one final time. And the ground beneath them cracked open with violent force. Bella’s world collapsed into darkness as Dave Stark completely lost himself again.

She wants me gone. And yet… She showed up at the diner. She replied to my messages. She didn’t throw the book away. She’s fighting me, yes—but she’s still in the ring. And that’s all I need. --- I’m not a good man. I’m not pretending to be. But I know how to win. Not by force. Not this time. With Ava, it has to be different. Because if I break her trust, even once, I lose Leo forever. And if I lose Leo…

“Then you have to choose.” He stared at her, silent. Then… he stepped toward her. One step, two. Until they were face to face. “I remember you,” he whispered. “Your voice was the last thing I heard before the spiral took me.” Her heart ached. “Then hold on to that.” “I want to,” he said, his hand brushed hers trembling. Then the ground split open beneath them. The spiral roared back to life devouring both of them in an instant. Seraphina screamed, and from the spiral’s edge, a new voice whispered up: “The vow has been broken.”

"I'm offering a transaction. A simple exchange." My hands stayed at my sides. "I'm not interested in whatever….." "Marry me." The words hung in the air between us like smoke. For a moment, I thought I'd misheard him. Had to have misheard him. "Excuse me?" "Marry me," he repeated, slower this time, like I was a child who needed extra help understanding. "A legal marriage. Binding contract. You become Mrs. Marchetti, play the role of devoted wife in public, and in exchange, I erase every debt your family owes. I secure your sister's future. I restore the Ashford name to its former glory."

"I know I was wrong! I dealt with that woman, and I’ve walked away from the Moretti family. Come back with me, please... I’ll spend the rest of my life making it up to you. You can punish me however you want, just come back." I wrenched my hand away and took a disgusted step back. "I’ll say it one more time, sir. I don't know you." I pulled out my phone and dialed the local police right in front of him. "Elena, you can't do this to me... we had a blood oath..." "Shut up," I interrupted coldly. "Mr. Moretti, your so-called blood oath ended the second you gave that sapphire to Sophia. The woman I am now has absolutely nothing to do with you."

Ivie said. Blackwood opened the⁠ folder and placed the single p‌a⁠ge on the desk for⁠ her to see, face up. Ivie re‌ached for‍ the page and stopped an inch above the paper. ‍She looked down. On the top of the page‍, in s‌imple black in⁠k, one word was writ⁠ten. Marri⁠age.‍