The Chain Kindle Novels & Stories

Like something you'd buy for a stranger. "The chain is platinum," she continued. "Hypoallergenic, of course. It sits beautifully on the collarbone and catches the light with every movement." I shook my head. "Next." She didn't miss a beat, closing the case and moving to the next. This one held a collection of sapphire and ruby pieces, their deep colors vibrant against the velvet.

Beneath them sat a small wooden box. Not large. Not ornate. Simple cedar. The kind someone might use for baby clothes or letters or things too painful to throw away. Except silver chains wrapped around it. Dozens of them. Every link etched with tiny symbols. Crown. Claw. Moon. Thorn. Frost. Damien inhaled sharply. “What?” His gaze stayed on the chains. “Those are council marks.” My skin went cold. “Council as in current awful council?” “As in older than current.”

“We’re going hunting. No horses. Just feet. The Luna’s crown isn’t meant to sit pretty.” She blinked. What? The words barely registered. Her thoughts were still tangled on his sculpted chest rising and falling with controlled breaths. Then her gaze was arrested by the silver chain. It sat against his skin, nestled in the dip between his collarbones. It laid there like iron between metals. She couldn’t stop staring at the chain on his chest. It was strangely elegant but dangerous. It didn’t look like something for show. There was history woven into its metal. Her hand moved before her thoughts could catch up. Fingers reaching for it.

Its design mimicked thorned vines, elegant yet malevolent. “What is this?” I whispered, horror spreading across my face as I stared into the mirror. Xareth's reflection appeared behind me, calm, composed. His breath grazed my ear as he leaned in, his smirk spreading like rot. “It's called the Chain of Thorns. Or the Thorned Binding, if you prefer something more poetic.” His voice was soft. “It looks beautiful, doesn’t it? But the real artistry lies in what you can’t see. Every thorn, invisible to the eye, digs deeper the more you resist... or feel.”

She will not let them beat her ability, Never and everything will only start now. Kurt sits in a well-known restaurant in a hotel in Chicago, wearing his Leather Flat Bill Visor Snapback Classic Hat Cap, with a jeans suit and T-shirt and sports sneakers, he is sitting in the corner of the restaurant with his back to them from afar, for tonight this restaurant is very expensive he was not surprised because someone had kept this restaurant only for their party and their special night, they were in a special room that looked out over the balcony, Kurt had prepared everything before they even came he also put a small conversation listener device near their window to Kurt monitoring their convers

"Lauren, there's something I have to confess to you. Last night I accidentally bonded with a love system. "That stupid thing told me that all your boyfriends will fall in love with me and break up with you. I don't want this to happen either, but it said that if I try to unbind from it, I'll die. You're my best friend, so you wouldn't want to see me die, right?" In my last life, when I first heard those words, I did not believe her at all. I thought she was just messing with me. After all, I only saw system binding in novels, and there was no way something like that could exist in real life.

“Then we show it we don’t fail.” The chains fell again, this time three in one, and of different angles. Two of them were stopped by Kieran, and the third struck directly at me. I didn’t flinch. The ember tore loose. I felt heat bursting out of my chest and down my arms and my hands and my voice with screaming. Fire burst out, not the red-gold of Kieran but blinding white through with veins of crimson. It struck the chain in full blast, and cut it, the links falling apart in sparks which flashed out before they struck the ground.

The words landed hard, like a punch to the gut. Executioner. The man who took down Broken Wolves executed orders swiftly, without hesitation. He was feared by most people around him. “No.” Eiren shook his head. “No, you can’t be” "The bond tells no lies." Kael stood up, then took a second key from his belt and used it to free Eiren's wrists. The chains fell, clanging loudly against the ground. you move with me." “My quarters.” Eiren’s stomach twisted. “I can’t. The elders said”

Unfortunately for Jane, Declan moved too fast. He tore open the blanket, only to find a bundle of cotton staring back at him. Declan was dumbfounded. "W-What's this? Where's the baby?" He looked somewhat dazed and even rubbed his eyes in disbelief. However, no matter how he looked, the child he thought he had switched was nothing more than cotton. I crossed my arms and watched him calmly.

Chapter nine Laura pov “I’m gonna fuck you so hard they’ll hear you screaming my name, Jett.” His thumb dragged across my lower lip, slow and rough. His wet mouth brushed my ear, my voice low and shaking. “I’m begging you… please.” He pulled back, jaw clenched so tight I could see the muscle jumping. His eyes were black with fury and something even worse need. For a second, I thought he might lose it completely. Then, like a switch flipped, he reached up and unlocked the chains around my wrists.