Novel Chains Novels & Stories

A black three-sectioned body was at the end of each chain, with a diameter of more than 50 meters, smashing down like a miniature steel mountain. Rumble! Ding Hao felt the earth beneath him shake violently. The four chains were like four three-sectioned mountains hitting the ground, perforating the four golden stone blocks paving the street, plunging several hundred meters into the earth. He did not know what kind of material these black chains were made of, but they shone with a metallic luster. Surging with the aura of living creatures, they looked alive. The four interlinking chains released black light. Slowly, a black prison cell about 100 meters in diameter materialized.

Miyal shouted, but the wind snatched his voice and hurled it against the rocks. Kaelen struck down two wolves together, and Ignatius's long sword cut a path that flowed light. But the space between the ford and the ward was not small; the monsters stretched out like arms. A plague-beast leapt for the line of men Miyal's shoulder caught the blow and a scream ripped loose of him. The chains on his chest flared and bit deep into his flesh as if probing the meat there. Hurting, white and pure; the chains drew a tiny, constant stream of blood and shone. He sensed the first true pull then, something vibrating at the ends of the links, and he realized in a roaring engine-thought what the chains des

It took a while, but eventually, he came up with the chains. “Here,” he'd tossed them into my hands. “Wrap this around him. It should be able to hold him…” “For how long?” I'd cut in. “Long enough to be able to figure out a way out of all of this.” I snapped back to the present again, once the memory had cleared. The chains shimmered like obsidian dipped in moonlight. The said chain buzzed with runes I couldn't recognize, and it made my stomach churn. I wasn't as knowledgeable when it came to werewolf lore and stuff, but even I could tell that these chains weren't meant for an ordinary wolf. They were meant to hold something ancient and twisted, something akin to what Darius had become.

Shadows peel back, afraid. My laugh stutters, catches, dies. The cavern groans as the pulse rolls on, leaving its mark in every stone, every link, every scar carved into me. Two flames once sundered are whole again. The words etch themselves into the walls, into the chains. They burn without fire. --- I bare my teeth. “No.” The shadows whisper back: Yes. I drag against the chains. They bite deeper, links sawing flesh, blood smoking black where it spills. I roar, louder than the chains, louder than the cavern, louder than the Council above.

Fully standing now. No chains remained around his arms. Or shoulders. Or chest. Only one remained. A massive chain wrapped around his heart. The largest of them all. The First King's smile returned. "There it is." Lucien followed his gaze downward. The final chain pulsed with black resonance. Unlike the others, it wasn't made from failure. Or guilt. Or fear. Althea could feel it immediately. This chain was different. The First King noticed her realization. "Do you know what that one is?"

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What was the point of gold, after all, he decided if it didn’t look like gold. “Lovely. Do any of these catch your eye?” Blake Nilem crossed to the counter. Faith was already opening cabinets and taking out trays of chains. He nodded at some, shook his head at others, and lay three upon the glass. Jasper ran his eye over the chains. “That one,” he picked one that would sit flat against the skin, the links layered like snake scales. “Wonderful. A pendant?”

All Chelsea did was share a novel about a CEO who turned his secretary into a sex slave, and the first thing she did was shave. "Ooh, my god," she cried out. Ezra chuckled, maintaining constant eye contact with her. "Is there a problem, Miss Norwells?" he asked. Sarah covered her hands over her mouth, realizing she was too loud. "Is that sweat, Miss Norwells?" Ezra inquired, a look of distaste across his face. Sarah hurriedly placed her hands down as her face got disheveled in embarrassment. She yearned for the earth to engulf her.

The days following our agreement with Langford were like stepping into a new world—one where shadows lurked at every corner, and every whisper in the dark held a secret. Our cabin, once a sanctuary, now felt like a cage, a reminder of the choices we’d made and the life we’d left behind. The quiet, peaceful life we’d been clinging to was slipping away, and in its place, a new kind of reality was taking shape.