Merlin 7 Deadly Sins Novels & Stories

44. Sinful I don’t know when I slept but I woke up by 3:00am; I was exhausted and hungry, I felt weak to my bones like I was about to faint. I struggled to push myself out of bed and when I did, I saw a tray of covered dishes on the bedside table, and a note that read: Just rest A

She'd helped make it happen. But the ghost of her greatest sin stood before her, breathing, living, burning with a quiet rage that threatened to consume them both. And all she could think was: *He can never know the truth. Never know why I did it. The price is too high.* The music continued to pound around them, but Selena couldn't hear it anymore. All she could hear was her own heartbeat, She could hear it beating louder and louder as she watched the ghost of her past standing in front of her shrouded I'm rage, betrayal and something else.

And yet… It knocked the air from his chest. He stood too quickly. Didn’t know why. She gave him a look that made him remember his manners—and all the reasons he wasn’t supposed to want her this way. He swallowed hard. “There’s something about her,” he thought. Something holy and haunted. Something sharp enough to gut me and soft enough to stay. He nearly texted her that night. Nearly told her that the moment behind her wasn’t just tension—it was temptation, mercy, and madness all rolled into one breath.

Perhaps, because he understood how fearsome Hades was and the pressure that he exuded, Bennett burst into a scream as he rushed at Hades. Hades’s eyes just looked at him coldly. Symmetry of Seven. This sword technique that he acquired from his teacher was coming from Murim World. It was the basis of all Darkness swordsmanship. This technique was representative of the underworld. Seven cardinal directions brought together on the underworld and beneath the fiery of the underworld combined into seven deadly sins. Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, and Sloth. It represented everything within the underworld as well as the greatest sins.

Tsk, I knew it—it was all their plan! Closing my eyes tightly, my face remained on her chest, and my nose sniffed her scent. I wanted to think straight, but there was something dark lurking inside my head, and it was silently commanding me to commit a mortal sin. I felt like I would go crazy if I would not follow it.

Nara then asked Merlin why he wouldn’t fight Zephyr, and Merlin said that Zephyr’s villainy is his fault. According to Merlin, Zephyr was his first and last student. He blamed himself for not seeing the evil in his heart. If he did, he could’ve saved our parents and found a worthy successor of his destiny. We bombarded him questions as to what exactly happened to make someone so evil, but he ignored them. Donatello saw that he wasn’t comfortable talking about it, and instead asked him about his successor. “My successor,” Merlin said, “must be a powerful sorcerer who is completely pure of heart.”

I murmur. I can’t look away. I won’t. She is all I see. She is all I think about. She is the contradiction I cannot resolve. Fragile and strong. Innocent and deadly. The blood of my enemy running through her veins. Every time I look at her, I want to destroy her and protect her, both at once.

Arthur's POV They call me a man with a heart of stone, a soul stained black by the world I command. I have never known pity. I have never understood the concept of mercy. To me, people are either assets or obstacles, and I have spent my life removing the latter. But fate is a twisted poet, and it chose a Tuesday night to test the limits of my coldness.

"Doesn't sound like a connection to me. She could have been about to cheat on her husband for all you know. Sorry, but I think you've wasted your time." Gabriel exhaled a deep sigh. "Perhaps. But God sent me to you this day, so it isn't a total loss. I know a great burden must weigh heavy on your heart, Mr. Harvey. Such burdens tend to lead men to do things they wouldn't normally do. The path to Hell is paved with good intentions, and desperation leads to the first step." It was as if Gabriel could see right through Cole's facade. Maybe Cole wasn't the only one with a bullshit detector.

I shook my head. "I don't care. I'll pay it. Whatever price I'll pay it. I'll give anything to forget this place and the monsters within it. I'll destroy this world if that's what it takes. I hate it here. I hate how lonely I am. I miss the sunlight. I miss the fresh air." "If that is what you wish." "It is. It's what I want." "Fine. Then you must get me the seven charms of the seven deadly sins. If you wish to have freedom of this world, I will grant it to you, but only when I have all of them in my possession." My breath hitched my eyes widened.