Novel & Cerita The Faithful And The Fallen

His face instantly turned pale. “Because I already died once.” I looked into his eyes as I enunciated each word. “In my previous life, you abandoned me on the delivery bed. “I suffered unbearable pain because of the slow-acting poison you fed me. “I listened in despair as the doctor declared that our child wouldn’t survive either. “It all happened simply because you were foolish enough to believe that I had caused Camillia’s death. “As for this life…” I snorted. “When has the humiliation and your cruel treatment of me ever been not real?

He glanced at me once—cold, detached—before his lips curled. “I won’t mark Quinn. I’d rather die.” “If you force me, I’ll sire a dozen pups outside this pack—and let her raise them all.” The elder by the fireplace—Gregory, Caleb’s grandfather and the former Alpha—froze. His hand trembled as he lifted a third cane high. “What is wrong with Quinn?” His voice shook the chamber. “She is loyal, pure, chosen by the Moon Goddess herself. How is she any less than the she-wolves you crawl to at night?”

“Watch everything. Trust no one. Not tonight.” The figure paused, hesitation in its step, then retreated into the fog. But the tension didn’t fade. My chest heaved, mind racing with fear and exhilaration. He turned to me, eyes smoldering. “You see? Even the past… even the lies… they follow us. But it doesn’t matter. Because fire… fire consumes all.” “Even me?” I whispered, voice trembling. “Even my heart, my mind… my everything?” “Yes,” he murmured, fingers brushing my cheek, pulling me closer. “Because once you surrender… fully… there’s no turning back. And you… you’ve already surrendered.”

By the time I was thirty-two, I had already made the billionaire list. Joel, having performed well in prison, was released early. He said he wanted to see me one last time. I agreed. In the coffee shop downstairs from my company, he looked weathered and hesitant as he asked, “If there’s a next life, if I don’t say those things… Will we still have a chance to be together?” I looked down and took a sip of my latte. Then, expressionless, I told him, “People’s inherent flaws are in their bones. Sooner or later, they will surface. Asking this is meaningless.”

Choose quickly. I clenched my fists. Faith was broken. The truth was sharp. And war was learning how to breathe. I looked at the god offering alliance and whispered the question that would change everything. “If I say yes,” I asked, “who falls next?”

This was no longer about right or wrong, loss or victory, this was a matter of faith; And while our faith may twist and turn, its path remains true to our will. "Arise, oh faithful," A mature yet beautiful voice spoke from the smoke, and as we stood the bones were turned to ash, and our fate was sealed; A dangerous deal, but a deal we would make good on, as the smoke twisted and turned it took the form of Lady Muerte, mask and all. "You ask for salvation? For Guidance? But what shocks me most, for wisdom?"

Kokabiel, fucking Kokabiel. He wasn't just any fallen angel, he was a high ranking fallen; and the commander of an army of spirits. Residing in the nether realms it was rare to see him, and those that had never lived to tell the tale. He was known as the most sadistic of the Watchers, and one of the most powerful; and he had Jason.

“It’s funny how again I’m the one that’s being placed on trial for saving lives while the one who took a life is spared, saved even. Can he repent and go to heaven with her? How is that fair for her?” Gabriel sighed, really not in the mood either to go through her loss of faith with her. “Jasmine…” “No, Gabriel. Tell me. Why is that possible? I have fought my entire life to walk the straight and narrow and the only thanks I get for it is to be haunted by the damn Guild? What have I done huh?” “It is written as The Almighty’s design.”

Cassius fucking Riven belongs to Alessia fucking Rossi, and no one else! THE END.

Are you sure there’s nothing shady about that bank you’re talking about? Due to Etchen’s past actions, Hailey had lost trust in him, even in the moment!