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The Blades curse
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2024-12-10 22:29:55
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Bound To My Protector Mate An uneasy Alliance
The sun dipped below the horizon, casting an amber glow over the jagged cliffs where we’d made camp for the night. The air was thick with tension, each of us grappling with the burden of what lay ahead. I couldn’t shake the whispers of the blade from my mind; its promise of power lingered like a seductive ghost.We were on edge, wary of any movement in the growing shadows. When the first figure appeared, stepping out from the tree line with unnerving grace, Rigel’s hand immediately went to his weapon. Selene stiffened beside me, her fingers twitching with the faint glow of her magic."Easy now," the stranger said, his voice smooth but laced with authority. He raised his hands in a mock gesture of peace, his smile sharp as a blade. “We’re not here to fight. Yet.”The stranger was joined by a dozen others, all of them exuding a palpable energy that set my nerves alight. They moved like predators, their footsteps silent on the rocky ground.“Who are you?” Rigel demanded, his tone icy.Th
Huling Na-update : 2024-12-10Bound To My Protector Mate Shadows of the Past
The wind howled through the empty expanse where Kael had stood just moments before. His words lingered in the air like a venomous cloud, poisoning my thoughts. I couldn’t look at Rigel. Not yet. The silence between us was as sharp as any blade, and every step away from the glowing sigil felt like walking toward something even darker.Selene broke the stillness, her voice low but firm. “We need to keep moving.”I nodded, my mind spinning. My hands clenched and unclenched at my sides, the memory of Kael’s words playing on repeat. “Has he told you about his past? About the ones who came before you? The ones he failed?”The trek through the dense forest was suffocating. Every crackle of a branch underfoot felt amplified, every rustle in the trees like an omen. Rigel walked a few paces ahead, his posture tense but resolute. I watched him carefully, waiting for him to say something—anything at least.He didn’t.“Are you really not going to address it?” The words burst out of me before I cou
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The blade felt heavier in my hands than it should have, as though it carried the weight of every decision I was about to make. Its dark, jagged edge seemed to hum softly, a sound only I could hear, resonating in my chest like a second heartbeat. Every time I looked at it, the whispers grew louder—promises of power, freedom, and control. I was close to running mad, or so I felt.I didn’t tell Rigel or Selene what I was doing. This was my burden, my risk. I had waited until the others were asleep, the sparkling glow of our campfire masking the faint light that pulsed from the blade as I drew it from its sheath.The first time I held it, I felt a jolt—a surge of something hot and electric that coursed through my veins. Tonight, it felt... different. Hungrier.My grip tightened as I swung it experimentally through the air. With each movement, memories and emotions I thought I’d buried began to surface—my parents’ absence, the endless nights of wondering if I was ever enough, and the gnawi
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The road ahead seemed endless, a narrow, winding trail cutting through a dense forest shrouded in mist. The air was heavy, oppressive, and the shadows between the trees seemed to stretch and twist unnaturally. We traveled in tense silence, each of us lost in our own thoughts, the weight of recent events hanging heavily over us most especially me.Rigel walked ahead, his broad shoulders stiff with unspoken tension. The mark on his chest was still faintly visible, a reminder of what the blade had done—and what it could still do. Every time I glanced at him, a wave of guilt surged through me.Selene walked beside me, her usually sharp tongue replaced with quiet unease. Her fingers occasionally twitched at her sides, as if she was resisting the urge to cast a spell to dispel the oppressive atmosphere.The silence was shattered by an unearthly shriek.We froze, the sound sending chills down my spine. It was unlike anything I’d ever heard—high-pitched and guttural, as though a dozen voices
Huling Na-update : 2024-12-12Bound To My Protector Mate Boundaries crossed
The campfire burned low, casting long shadows that danced across the makeshift shelter we’d set up for the night. The forest was eerily quiet, save for the occasional crackle of burning wood and the distant rustle of unseen creatures.I sat a few feet from the fire, my arms wrapped around my knees, staring into the flames as my thoughts spiraled. The events of the day replayed in my mind—the creature, the blade, the mark spreading across my chest. Every revelation felt like another layer of weight pressing down on me.“You’re too quiet,” Rigel’s deep voice broke through my thoughts. He settled beside me, his presence as steady and solid as always, though tonight, there was a softness to him that I hadn’t seen before.“Just thinking,” I said, not looking at him.“You always are,” he replied, a faint smirk tugging at his lips as I raised my head softly and caught him even as he tried to wash it off immediately.For a moment, we sat in silence, the crackling fire filling the space betwee
Huling Na-update : 2024-12-12Bound To My Protector Mate The Protectors struggle
The morning brought little solace. The fire’s ashes smoldered faintly, and the forest was cloaked in a dense fog, as though the earth itself shared the weight of our anxiety. Rigel sat apart from the group, his broad shoulders slumped, his face shadowed by something I couldn’t quite name—shame, perhaps, or fear.I wanted to approach him, to demand answers, but a knot of unease held me back. Selene’s warning from the night before echoed in my mind.“Daniel,” she said, her voice cutting through my hesitation as she stepped up beside me. Her hair was damp from the morning dew, her expression grim. “We need to talk.”I followed her to the edge of the camp, where the trees created a thick canopy overhead. “What now?” I asked, my frustration barely contained.“I’ve been researching,” Selene began, holding up a weathered book that looked as though it had seen centuries of use. “There’s a ritual that could stabilize the bond between you and Rigel.”“That’s great, isn’t it?” I said, though her
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The forest’s oppressive darkness pressed in from all sides, the faint rustling of leaves punctuated by the distant growls of the creatures still hunting us. My legs felt like lead, each step harder than the last as adrenaline began to wane. Selene stumbled ahead, her breaths sharp and uneven, her usual confidence cracked under the strain of the fight. In fact everyone was tensed.Behind me, Rigel loomed, his presence as solid and overwhelming as ever. But his silence was more unnerving than any sound. He hadn’t said a word since the creatures attacked, and the tension between us was thicker than the fog that clung to the forest floor.“Daniel, we need to stop,” Selene panted, leaning against a tree. Her face was pale, her hands trembling as she tried to summon another spell.“We can’t,” Rigel growled, his eyes scanning the shadows. “They’re still out there.”“And we’re sitting ducks if we collapse from exhaustion,” she shot back, her tone sharper than I’d ever heard it.A sound—a low w
Huling Na-update : 2024-12-14Bound To My Protector Mate Sparks and Jealousy
The sunlight peeked through the trees, casting long shadows on the forest floor as we packed up our things. Despite the tension hanging in the air, Adrian moved around like he didn’t have a care in the world. His every move was smooth, deliberate, and annoyingly confident.I didn’t know how he managed to make a simple task like rolling up a bedroll look like some kind of performance, but he did. The guy even whistled a tune like he wasn’t on the run from people—or creatures—who wanted us all dead.“Daniel,” he called out, his voice laced with amusement. “You’re going to wear out those boots if you keep staring at them like that.”I looked up from the straps I’d been fumbling with and found him leaning against a tree, arms crossed and a grin on his face. That damn grin.“Just trying to make sure they’re secure,” I replied, probably a little too defensively.Adrian chuckled, pushing off the tree and sauntering over. “Or maybe you’re trying to avoid the fact that you’ve been unusually qui
Huling Na-update : 2024-12-14
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Bound To My Protector Mate Trapped in the Void
When my eyes opened, everything was wrong. The world around me was a vast, endless expanse of white—not light, not darkness, just… nothing. There was no ground beneath my feet, yet I stood. The air was thick, pressing against my chest, and my mark burned hotter than it ever had before. I clutched at it instinctively, but the heat only grew stronger, coursing through me like it was alive.I took a step forward, though there was no direction to go. “Where am I?” My voice echoed strangely, as though the emptiness around me was swallowing it.“You are where you’ve always been,” a voice answered, smooth and cold, coming from everywhere and nowhere at once.I turned sharply, searching for the source. At first, I saw nothing. But then the white began to ripple, like disturbed water. A shape emerged from the haze—my shape. It was me, but not me. My reflection stood before me, except its eyes burned gold, molten and fierce, glowing like the weapon’s core.I froze, my heart hammering in my ches
Bound To My Protector Mate The Weapon Awakens
The core pulsed with an unnatural rhythm, a heartbeat that wasn’t mine but felt like it could be. My mark burned, matching its cadence, and I couldn’t tell where my body ended and the weapon’s energy began. The rogue leader stood at the edge of the chamber, his smile razor-sharp as he watched me struggle.“Don’t fight it,” he said, his voice low and commanding. “The weapon recognizes you as its master. Embrace it, Daniel. Take the power that’s rightfully yours.”Every fiber of my being wanted to resist, but the pull was relentless. Waves of energy surged through me, amplifying my senses and flooding my mind with visions—images of destruction, chaos, and power beyond comprehension. It wasn’t just a weapon; it was alive, sentient, and it wanted me as much as the rogue leader did.“Stop!” I managed to shout, but my voice sounded distant, swallowed by the vortex forming around me.Far above, I felt them coming. Rigel and Adrian. Their presence was like a flicker of light against the darkn
Bound To My Protector Mate The Protector’s Sin
Rigel’s silence was louder than any confession. His eyes avoided mine, and the air between us grew heavier with each passing second. The truth hovered just out of reach, a dark thing that neither of us wanted to acknowledge.“You killed them, didn’t you?” Adrian’s voice sliced through the tension, low and venomous. He didn’t look at Rigel as he spoke; his gaze was fixed on me, as if waiting to see how much more I could take before shattering.Rigel flinched, and in that moment, I knew the answer. “It wasn’t like that,” he said finally, his voice rough, almost pleading.“Then what was it like?” I asked, my voice barely more than a whisper. I didn’t know if I even wanted to hear the answer.Rigel took a shaky breath, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides. “I was young. Foolish. The bond… it wasn’t like ours. It was suffocating, controlling. I didn’t see another way out.”“You’re saying you killed them to free yourself?” I couldn’t keep the disgust out of my voice. “And you th
Bound To My Protector Mate Adrian’s Betrayal
Adrian’s absence had gone unnoticed at first. Between Rigel’s growing tension and my constant struggle with the weapon’s whispers, none of us thought to ask where he was or why he’d been so quiet. But now, standing in the ruins of what should have been our final chance to destroy the weapon, it was impossible to ignore.“What the hell happened?” Rigel’s voice was sharp, cutting through the eerie silence of the lair. He scanned the room, his eyes landing on the smoldering remains of the magical seals we’d painstakingly created to weaken the weapon’s defenses. They were destroyed, shattered into useless fragments.I stepped forward, my heart pounding. “This wasn’t an accident,” I said, the truth sinking in as I took in the deliberate destruction. “Someone did this.”Before Rigel could respond, a slow, deliberate clap echoed from the shadows. Adrian emerged, his face a mix of defiance and guilt, the edges of his shirt singed as if he’d just walked through fire.“You?” Rigel’s voice was l
Bound To My Protector Mate A Night of Vulnerability
The silence between us after my revelation hung heavy in the air, almost suffocating. Rigel’s eyes stayed locked on mine, wide and unguarded. For once, the weight of his usual confidence was nowhere to be found. It was just him—raw, vulnerable, and exposed in a way I’d never seen before.“We’ll find another way,” he repeated, his voice softer now, as if trying to convince both of us. “We have to.”I didn’t respond immediately. Instead, I turned away, sitting down on the edge of the makeshift cot we’d set up in this cold, unfamiliar space. The weapon’s whispers were still there, faint and persistent, like a distant hum I couldn’t shut out.“You can’t promise that, Rigel,” I said finally, my voice barely above a whisper. “Not this time.”I heard the scrape of his boots as he crossed the room, felt the warmth of his presence as he knelt in front of me. His hands found mine, calloused but steady, anchoring me even as the storm inside me raged.“Then let me promise this,” he said, his tone
Bound To My Protector Mate A Forbidden Connection
The weapon’s light flickered, its energy swirling around me like ghostly tendrils, tugging at the edges of my consciousness. The longer I stood before it, the more it felt like something alive—something ancient, wounded, and impossibly powerful.As the glow intensified, a strange warmth seeped into my mark, not painful but unsettlingly intimate, as if the weapon were reaching inside me, searching for something buried deep.“Daniel,” Rigel’s voice cut through the haze, sharp with urgency. His hand gripped my shoulder, pulling me back a step. “Don’t let it in. Whatever it’s showing you, it’s a trap.”I wanted to respond, to reassure him that I was still in control, but my words caught in my throat as a sudden vision overwhelmed me.I was no longer in the rogue leader’s lair. Instead, I stood in a vast, desolate plain under a sky bruised with storm clouds. In the distance, a figure knelt before a swirling mass of dark energy—the weapon in its rawest form.The figure turned, and I gasped.
Bound To My Protector Mate The Rogue’s Plan
The rogue leader’s domain was colder than I remembered, its walls pulsing faintly with an eerie, otherworldly light. As I stood in the heart of his lair, facing him across a massive obsidian table, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the room itself was alive—watching, waiting.“Welcome back, Daniel,” the rogue leader said, his tone dripping with mock warmth. “I trust you’ve had time to reconsider my offer.”Behind me, Rigel’s presence was a searing heat, his tension radiating like a storm about to break. “You don’t have to do this,” he muttered under his breath, just loud enough for me to hear. “This isn’t the way.”I ignored him, focusing on the rogue leader. “I want answers,” I said, my voice steady despite the knot tightening in my chest. “About the weapon. About why you need me.”The rogue leader’s smile widened, his sharp teeth glinting in the dim light. “Ah, the weapon. Such a crude word for something so magnificent.” He gestured toward a shadowy alcove, where the faint outline o
Bound To My Protector Mate A Fractured Team
Adrian’s voice rang out like a whip. “You’re going to get us all killed, Daniel.”I froze, his words cutting deeper than I wanted to admit. Around us, the tension was suffocating. Adrian’s anger radiated like heat, while Rigel stood rigid, his jaw tight as he glared at Adrian. Lyra’s absence left a void in the group that none of us dared acknowledge, but it lingered, a silent reminder of what we’d already lost.“I didn’t ask for any of this,” I said finally, my voice low. “Do you think I want to be the reason people keep dying? Do you think I enjoy having to make these choices?”Adrian crossed his arms, his dark eyes narrowing. “Choices? What choices? You’re letting the rogue leader manipulate you, Daniel. You’re playing right into his hands, and you don’t even see it.”“That’s enough,” Rigel growled, stepping between us. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”Adrian took a step forward, his voice sharp. “Oh, don’t I? You’re so blinded by your feelings for him that you can’t see
Bound To My Protector Mate A Dangerous Alliance
The rogue leader’s words hung in the air, a heavy silence following his declaration of war. My heart pounded, the echo of my own defiance reverberating through my mind as I stood there, caught between power and peril. He watched me with the patience of a predator, his sharp gaze dissecting every inch of my resolve.“I’ll give you one chance to reconsider, Daniel,” he said, his tone smooth but brimming with menace. “Walk away now, and the chaos I unleash will spare no one—not even those you hold closest.”I forced myself to meet his gaze, swallowing the knot in my throat. “I won’t walk away,” I said evenly, my mark burning against my skin like a second heartbeat. “But I’ll hear you out. If you want my loyalty, prove it. Tell me everything—about the weapon, the bond, all of it.”Behind me, I felt Rigel stiffen. His voice cut through the tension, sharp and cold. “Daniel, no. You can’t trust him.”I turned to face him, my own frustration bubbling to the surface. “Then what’s your plan, Ri
