Romper El.circulo Novels & Stories

Even though I hadn't been paying full attention, a few rules had managed to stick. "In case you forgot, dating a teacher is strictly prohibited, handsome." I turned back around to face them. They were frantically trying to fix their clothes. The guy froze mid-buttoning when he realized I hadn't left yet. He turned toward me, his wide eyes locking onto mine as he took me in. I cleared my throat. "But hey, whatever. Rules are meant to be broken." He looked away and resumed buttoning his shirt. I let out a sharp sigh. "Next time, be more careful. Not everyone is as nice as I am," I deadpanned.

“The Circle is attacking!” “They’re trying to take Elena!” Daniel’s eyes widened. “They need her…” Mercer looked at the final scanner. “Without Elena…” “…the chamber will never open.” Marco’s radio crackled with gunfire. “Damien!” “They’ve broken through the south perimeter!” Above the vault, explosions shook the mansion. Dust drifted from the ceiling. Daniel looked at the final biometric scanner. “We have to get to Elena.” Mercer nodded urgently. “If the Circle gets to her first…”

Manolya screamed, the sound raw and piercing. “Manolya, it’s an imitator!” I snarled, circling the edge of the light. Its cursed circle kept me at bay, a spell I could not break. “Allow me to shift! I can’t do it without your permission, the circle prevents me!”

This was a ceremony led by the pack, for the pack. An elder named Elara, her voice thin with age but clear as a bell, stepped forward. She did not address Adrien or me. She addressed the circle. "We have passed through fire," she began, her words flowing into the silent, attentive night. "We have been broken, and we have been remade. We have lost much. But we have gained a strength that cannot be taken from us. It is a strength not of one, but of all. It is time to honor that. It is time to close the circle of the past and step into the circle of the future."

Eldric turned and looked at him. "Wait," he said again. "If either of you enter the circle right now you will break the partial resonance they have built. The resonance needs all four aspects present and undisturbed. If the circle is interrupted it resets and they have to begin from nothing and Kieran's suppression will return the moment Luna steps back." Kael stopped walking. He was not still. He was holding himself in place and there was a clear difference between those two things and I could see it in his shoulders and in his hands and in the set of his jaw.

Focus. We reached the heart of the compound, where the Circle of the Shattered Bond had gathered once more. The wolves stood in a circle, their eyes turned toward us, their expressions unreadable. I could feel their scrutiny, their silent judgment, but I didn’t flinch. I had passed the trials. I had earned my place here. The rogue stepped forward, his voice commanding. “Elara has passed the trials,” he said. “She is ready to join the Circle. Her control over the bond is stronger than we expected. But the real test begins now.”

"And then the creature will come. And you will bind it." I nodded, my hands trembling. "You need to be strong," Elara said. "You need to be focused. The circle will test you. It will push against you. It will try to break you. If you lose your concentration, even for a moment, the creature could break free." "I know." "Then begin." --- I walked toward the circle. And then I stopped. There was something there. Something in the air. Something pressing against my skin, cold and heavy, like a hand pushing me back.

“We need to protect her before Nyra’s father breaks her will.” I swallowed hard and stepped closer. “What do you need me to do?” “You and Aether need to guard the circle,” she instructed, not looking up. “No one can cross into it once I start. If they do, the link between Elira and the bottle will shatter, and so will she.” Aether nodded, his hand holding his blade tightly as if ready for war. I did the same, gripping my double-edged dagger tightly, my pulse racing in my ears. My breath was loud, due to panic and uncertainty.

EREBUS Bursts of air whip in and around the circle of flames. Each burst causing the flames to shoot up into the air farther. Ella stands in the center of the circle holding her arms out to her sides commanding the two elements of fire and air. Grace is pushed closer and closer to the center of the circle by the ever growing flames behind her. Ella is not someone that I recognize at the moment. Her glowing emerald eyes and the careless look upon her face is terrifying. I don’t dare step between them because I do not yet know what Ella is capable of.

"It's resisting. The components are locked from inside." "How long?" "Too long." Elder Silas throws another wave. Donovan catches it full in the chest and goes down to one knee. I reach through the bond and pour everything I have into him and he comes back up, and we go again. --- Silas Cross appears at my left shoulder without warning. "I can break the circle faster," he says. "Lucian designed it. I know where it's weak." "Then go." He runs for the circle before I finish the word.