Can't Escape From Crossing Fate Romane & Geschichten

“But why? She’s so young.” Ailm lowers her head slightly. “War is coming. I can feel it in my bones. I had no choice.” Caden reaches for her again—but freezes. On his palm, a strange mark glows: a circle with a cross inside. Ailm nuzzles it. “It’s like a current,” he says, shocked. “It’s an Ailm mark,” she explains. “We are fated. Not just mates—fated. A rare, divine connection.” Drake stiffens. “Will Baylee wear the same mark?”

The Veil had opened. The voice in my head spoke again, louder this time. "You think you can break the cycle? You cannot escape fate. He who breaks the cycle will become the cycle." The world around us shattered. "Lucien, what does that mean?" I gasped, as everything around us began to spin uncontrollably. But Lucien had already taken a step forward, his eyes now dark with an emotion I couldn’t quite place. "It means we’ve crossed a line we can never uncross."

Today, I was crossing a threshold into a world where freedom had been sacrificed on the altar of duty and legacy. I took a deep breath and stepped forward, each step resonating with the unspoken truth that I was leaving behind the person I once was. Crossing that threshold wasn’t just a physical act—it was a surrender of all my dreams and the beginning of a life defined by others. As I walked down the aisle, every echo of my footsteps felt like a final farewell to the self I once cherished, and the reality of my future pressed down with unbearable finality.

Then, softly, “Then don’t trust me like someone you’ve known your whole life. Trust me like I’m the last person left you could believe in. Just for tonight.” Something in his voice steadies me. Not desperation. Not pity. Just quiet certainty. Something I can lean on. So I nod. “Okay. Lead the way.” We walk. Past busy streets, past glowing windows, past people laughing over drinks like their worlds haven’t just split in two. We cross a park, then dip into a narrow trail I didn’t know existed. Trees press in from both sides. The world hushes around us. Eventually, we reach a small, hidden clearing by the edge of a river. The moon reflects off the water in silver shards, and there’s an old wood

Chills started to creep inside my skin, sending trails of goosebumps. “None of this would have happened if I didn’t fall for Janova. If I didn’t love him with my last breath.” Now, I was paying the price of that affection even in this life. Through blurred vision, the silver shimmer of my impending doom glinted on my arm like chains from a fate I had already escaped once before. I chose Zadekiah—an escape, but fate refused to yield to my command. “Why…” I sobbed faintly, trying to hold back the tears already painfully rolling down the side of my face.

The cold wind sliced across the terrace like a knife, and I brushed a tear from the corner of my eye. Cheers erupted from the hall behind me. Another game, I surmised. Kieran, without a second thought, chose Seraphina again. "This is your fate, Aurora," I told myself. "Even if you gave him your heart, it wouldn't be as precious to him as that porcelain doll, with all her 'royal blood'." I pulled myself together, ready to go back inside, when suddenly, the air shimmered.

My shrill scream echoed through the room. With a sharp crack, my vision went black, and I nearly lost consciousness. “Please let me go. Tomorrow—no, I’ll leave Latia right now. I’ll disappear forever from Sam’s sight!” My voice was barely audible. The pain made my entire body spasm, and despair completely overwhelmed me. Isla let out a soft snort. “Only the dead can truly disappear. Continue!” The second finger was snapped. My whole body convulsed, cold sweat instantly soaking my clothes.

The route shuddered as if that distinction itself burned. The route creature dragged itself forward another inch, all stolen mouths trembling with effort. “First crossing joins scent to memory,” it whispered. “Second crossing joins memory to future. Third crossing makes the pair a road.” Its grey eyes fixed on us with wet, fascinated hunger. “The old line failed because it could never force both hearts to open at once. But you…” It shivered. “You keep reaching for each other voluntarily.” “That is the least seductive sales pitch I have ever heard,” I said.