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Chapter 27: The Witch’s Bargain
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His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 28: A Debt in Blood
Lena’s heart pounded, the weight of Selene’s words crashing over her like a tidal wave.You belong to me.No.No, that couldn’t be true.She yanked her wrist away from Selene’s cold touch, stumbling back. “You’re lying.”Selene only smiled, a slow, patient curve of her lips that sent a shiver down Lena’s spine. “Oh, sweetheart, I don’t need to lie.” She glanced at Lucien. “You can ask him yourself.”Lena’s gaze snapped to Lucien. Her chest tightened at the way his jaw tensed, at the dark, unreadable look in his silver eyes.He didn’t deny it.Lucien never stayed silent unless it was the truth.Her stomach twisted violently. “Tell me she’s wrong,” she demanded, voice barely above a whisper. “Tell me you didn’t—”Lucien’s throat worked as he swallowed hard. “I didn’t have a choice.”The words struck her like a slap.“No choice?” Lena repeated, her voice rising. “You gave me away, Lucien!”“I saved your life,” he snapped, his control fracturing. “You don’t understand—”“Then make me unde
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The silence that followed Selene’s declaration was suffocating.Lena’s pulse pounded in her ears, her breath shallow. She searched Lucien’s face, desperate for a sign that this was some cruel trick—that Selene was lying.But Lucien didn’t deny it.His silver eyes were unreadable, his face impassive. The only sign of his inner turmoil was the clenching of his fists, the faint tremor in his fingers.Lena felt the ground beneath her slip away.“You… you traded me?” Her voice came out in a whisper, barely audible over the howling wind that rushed through the broken cabin.Lucien inhaled sharply. “It wasn’t like that.”Selene let out a soft, amused laugh. “Oh, but it was.”Lena’s stomach twisted. “You erased my memories. You made me think I was free—when all this time, I was just… a debt waiting to be collected?”Lucien’s jaw tightened. “I did what was necessary to save you.”Lena shook her head, stepping back. “Save me? Or save yourself?”Lucien flinched, just barely, but she caught it.S
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Lena’s pulse pounded as she forced herself to stay upright, her legs shaky beneath her. The room around her was massive—cold and unfamiliar, yet somehow hauntingly beautiful. The black stone walls shimmered with the faint glow of the carved constellations, and the air was thick with something old, something powerful.She was trapped.Selene watched her with an infuriatingly calm expression, lounging near the onyx throne as if she had all the time in the world. “You don’t look pleased,” she mused.Lena swallowed, her throat dry. “You kidnapped me.”Selene chuckled. “Did I?” She stepped forward, the soft rustling of her gown the only sound in the vast chamber. “I merely took what was already mine.”Lena’s stomach twisted. “I don’t belong to you.”Selene tilted her head. “No?” She lifted her hand, and suddenly Lena’s wrist burned.Pain lanced through her arm, white-hot and searing. She gasped, clutching at it, only to freeze when she saw the mark forming there—glowing faintly against her
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Lena’s breath came short and sharp as she stared at the man before her. Cassian. His name was as sharp as his gaze, cold and cutting, like a blade honed to perfection.He didn’t look at her like an ally. Or even an enemy.He looked at her like an assignment.Selene lounged against the dark stone throne, watching with an amused expression. “Well, don’t just stand there, Lena. Say hello to your new mentor.”Lena clenched her jaw. “I don’t need a mentor.”Cassian arched an eyebrow. “You don’t even know what you are.”Anger flared hot in her chest. “I know enough.”Selene sighed, pushing off the throne and stepping toward them. “No, you don’t.” Her tone was almost boring, but there was something deadly beneath it. “You don’t even know what’s buried inside you, and that makes you reckless. Weak.”Lena glared. “I am not weak.”Cassian chuckled. “We’ll see about that.”Before she could react, he moved.Fast.Too fast.A blur of motion, and suddenly Lena was slammed against the cold stone wal
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Lena’s muscles ached, her breaths coming in shallow gasps as she steadied herself. Cassian stood across from her, relaxed, unaffected, like he hadn’t just tossed her around the chamber like she was nothing. Selene watched from the throne, her amusement unwavering. “Again,” she repeated. Lena swallowed the frustration clawing at her throat. She could do this. She had to. She charged. Cassian didn’t move until the last possible second, sidestepping effortlessly. But this time, she anticipated it. She twisted, spinning low, and swept her leg toward his ankles. He jumped. But she was already moving, following up with a punch aimed at his ribs. Cassian caught her wrist. Lena growled and slammed her other fist toward his face. He blocked it with infuriating ease, twisting her arm behind her back and forcing her chest against his. “You’re getting better,” he murmured. “But still too predictable.” Lena gritted her teeth, refusing to let him see the strain in her muscles. Instead, s
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Lena barely dodged Cassian’s attack, throwing herself to the side as his fist sliced through the air where her head had been just seconds before.No warning. No hesitation.This wasn’t training. This was a test—one she had no intention of failing.She landed in a crouch, her muscles burning, but there was no time to recover. Cassian was on her again, faster than before.His next strike came at her ribs. She twisted away, narrowly avoiding the impact, but before she could counter, he pivoted and slammed his foot toward her side.Lena caught it—barely.The force sent her skidding backwards, her boots scraping against the stone floor.Cassian smirked. “Better.”Lena exhaled sharply. “If this is your idea of control, I think you need a better definition.”He moved again. A blur.Lena barely got her arms up before his fist crashed into her forearm, the impact sending a shockwave through her bones.“You think control means hesitation?” Cassian asked their voice calm despite the relentless a
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Lena lay awake long after the chamber had emptied, her body aching from every hit, every lesson Cassian had drilled into her. The bruises forming beneath her skin were proof of his ruthless teaching, but they were also proof of her progress.She had knocked him down.And he had gotten back up like it was nothing.That thought gnawed at her. If she couldn’t even keep Cassian down for more than a breath, how was she supposed to stand against the real threats waiting beyond these walls?Her fingers curled into the rough fabric of the blanket draped over her cot. The dim candlelight flickered against the stone walls, casting restless shadows.She had spent most of her life fighting for scraps of control. Now, she had power—but it was wild, untamed, and terrifying.A knock at the door startled her.Lena sat up, wary. “What?”The door creaked open, and Cassian stepped inside, his violet eyes unreadable in the low light. He didn’t look like the merciless trainer who had thrown her to the gro
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Lena’s breath caught in her throat as she stared at the man standing before her. The dim candlelight cast flickering shadows across his face, but there was no mistaking those golden eyes—eyes she had once known as well as her own. Eyes she thought she’d never see again.“Dorian,” she whispered, barely trusting her voice.His name felt foreign on her tongue, like a relic of a past she had buried long ago.Dorian took a step closer, his gaze sharp, scanning her like he was trying to memorize every inch of her. “Lena. Gods, it’s really you.”She stepped back instinctively, heart hammering. “You’re supposed to be dead.”A humourless smile ghosted across his lips. “I get that a lot.”Lena shook her head, trying to piece together the impossible. She had watched him fall. Had seen the blood spill from his wounds. She had mourned him, cursed his name, and carried the guilt of his death for years.And yet, here he was, standing in her room like a ghost made of flesh.“How?” she demanded, voice
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His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 142: The Rift’s legacy
The cavern felt wrong.Even though the Riftgate had disappeared, something lingered in the air—an unnatural stillness, thick with expectation. The Riftfire still simmered inside Lena, coiled like a beast waiting for permission to strike. But it wasn’t just hers anymore.It belonged to her.And she belonged to it.A cold shiver crawled up her spine, but she forced her body to move. One step. Then another.Behind her, Cassian exhaled sharply, shaking his head as he slid his daggers back into their holsters. “Alright. I have questions. Many, many questions.” His voice was light, but his eyes were sharp as they flicked toward her. “Starting with what the hell just happened?”Lena flexed her fingers, watching the faint traces of violet fire dance along her skin before flickering out. The Riftfire wasn’t resisting her anymore. It wasn’t raging. It was waiting.The realization made her stomach twist.“I don’t know,” she admitted, her voice quieter than she meant it to be. “I—I felt it. The R
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 141: The Rift’s Voice
Lena’s pulse roared in her ears. You were meant to open it. The King’s words curled around her mind like smoke, insidious and inescapable. She wanted to deny them, to cast them away like a lie. But the Riftfire inside her didn’t reject them. It recognized them. She staggered back, breath ragged. “You’re wrong.” The King only watched her, his golden eyes steady, unreadable. “Am I?” Lena clenched her fists, nails biting into her palms. “I came to close this gate, not—” A sharp pulse of power cut through her words. The Rift trembled. And suddenly, she wasn’t alone. Not just with the King. But with the echoes of something long buried. The vision struck like a lightning bolt to the skull. A battlefield. The air thick with Riftfire, burning violet against the endless night. Creatures—monstrosities—crawling from the gate, their shrieks tearing through the void. And at the center of it all— Her. Or rather— The woman who wasn’t her. The woman who was. A w
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The pull tightened around Lena like invisible chains, wrapping around her ribs, her spine, her mind. It wasn’t violent. It wasn’t forceful. It was patient. A silent whisper, a presence at the edges of her thoughts, waiting. "Lena?" Ronan’s voice cut through the haze, grounding her. She blinked. The tunnel stretched before her, Cassian and Ronan already a few steps ahead, both watching her now—Cassian with wary confusion, Ronan with something closer to understanding. She forced herself to move. One step, then another, until the pull loosened its grip. It didn’t leave. But it let her go. For now. She exhaled slowly and followed them into the narrowing passageway. The tunnel walls pressed in, rough stone scraping against her arms. The air smelled of damp earth and something older—something untouched by time. Their footsteps echoed, the sound swallowed too quickly, as if the Rift itself was listening. No one spoke. Cassian led the way, navigating the uneven terrain wi
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 139: The Rift’s Truth
The cavern still hummed with the remnants of Lena’s power, the air thick with the scent of scorched flesh and magic. The Riftfire coiled around her fingers like a living thing—no longer wild, no longer resisting. It had chosen her. Lena’s breath came in ragged pulls, her heart hammering against her ribs. She wasn’t just standing in the aftermath of battle; she was standing at the edge of something irreversible. She could feel it. The Rift’s presence, no longer just a force that haunted her, but a part of her. Her. Cassian took a hesitant step forward, his daggers still in hand, though his grip had loosened. “Lena… what the hell was that?” Lena swallowed hard, but the words tangled in her throat. She didn’t know how to answer. Because she didn’t fully understand it herself. Ronan was watching her closely, his jaw clenched. His sword was sheathed, but his stance hadn’t relaxed. “Your fire—” He cut himself off, then exhaled sharply. “It’s different.” Lena flexed her fingers, st
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 138: The Rift's Curse
The ground trembled beneath Lena’s feet. Not with violence, but with recognition. The Rift knew her now. And it wanted her back. Lena’s breath came in sharp, uneven pulls as the air around her thickened, reality bending at the edges. She could feel the Rift pulling, not with brute force, but with something far worse—familiarity. She was sinking into it. Becoming part of it. No. Lena clenched her fists, summoning every ounce of willpower to push back against the weight pressing on her chest. Riftfire surged at her fingertips, flickering wildly, caught between obedience and rebellion. The King watched her struggle, his burning gaze unreadable. “You still resist.” Lena swallowed against the rising panic. “I don’t belong to this place.” The King tilted his head slightly. “No,” he agreed. “But it belongs to you.” The words struck something deep inside her, something she wasn’t ready to face. Because part of her felt it. The Riftfire inside her wasn’t just reacting
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 137: Riftborn King
The cavern trembled as the Rift’s energy expanded outward, swallowing the air, pressing against Lena’s skin with a force so dense it was almost suffocating.The King stepped forward.He wasn’t like the mindless creatures that had come before. He wasn’t grotesque or malformed.He was whole.His form was cloaked in shadows that moved like living smoke, shifting around him in slow, deliberate waves. Beneath the darkness, glimpses of something ancient and inhuman flickered—jagged obsidian armor, silvered veins pulsing with Rift energy, a face that was too sharp, too perfect, too unnatural to belong to anything mortal.His eyes—twin voids of fire and stars—settled on Lena, and the cavern dimmed, as if the very world was bracing for what came next.A voice, low and endless, rumbled through the chamber."You are the one."Lena’s pulse pounded in her ears. Her Riftfire reacted violently to his presence, rising in defense or recognition—she wasn’t sure which.But she forced herself to stand he
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 136: Blood of the Rift
The world tilted.Lena’s breath caught in her throat as the weight of realization slammed into her. The Rift’s power thrummed beneath her skin, but it was nothing compared to the force radiating from the woman standing before her.Her mother.No. That couldn’t be right. Her mother had died when she was a child. She had no memories beyond fleeting warmth and a lullaby whispered in the dark.And yet—The woman’s presence felt familiar.Ronan shifted closer, tension coiled in his frame. “Lena…?”Cassian didn’t speak, but his fingers tightened around the hilt of his blade.Lena swallowed hard. “Who—who are you?”The woman smiled, stepping forward. The edges of her form flickered, like she existed between realms. “You already know, child. You’ve always known.”Lena’s pulse roared in her ears. “That’s not possible.”“And yet, here I stand.”The Riftfire in Lena’s veins surged, responding to the woman’s presence like a long-lost tether being pulled taut.“No.” Lena shook her head. “You can’t
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 135: Riftfire
Lena exhaled, steadying herself as the cavern pulsed with anticipation. The Herald stood motionless, hand still outstretched, its offer tangible in the air. The Rift’s power thrummed beneath her skin, no longer just a whisper but a steady, insistent call.This was the moment.She reached forward—then clenched her fist, drawing her hand back. “No,” she said, her voice stronger than she expected.The Herald’s expression didn’t falter, but the cavern trembled in response. “You refuse?” it asked, tilting its head.Ronan let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding, but his stance remained guarded. Cassian edged closer, his eyes never leaving the Herald.Lena swallowed hard. “I’m not a pawn in whatever game the Rift is playing.”The Herald regarded her with something that almost resembled amusement. “A pawn? No, Riftborn. You were never a mere piece. You were meant to be the one who shapes the board.”The cavern walls pulsed again, and the Rift’s energy surged forward like a wave.Le
His Hunger, My Curse Chapter 134: The Fall
Darkness swallowed them whole.Lena’s breath caught in her throat as the air rushed past her, cold and unrelenting. The abyss stretched endlessly below, an empty void that felt like falling through time itself.Ronan’s grip on her wrist was iron-tight. He refused to let go.Cassian was just ahead, his body twisting midair, trying to prepare for whatever awaited them below.But there was no ground.No end.Just falling.The Rift’s presence coiled around Lena’s mind, whispering in a voice that sounded so much like her own.You are home.You were never meant to run.The air shimmered.Lena gasped as reality split apart.For a single, horrifying second, she saw it—the Rift in its true form. A world between worlds. A chasm of shifting energy, pulsing with life and death, beginning and end.And at the center—a throne.A throne waiting for her.Her blood burned. The mark on her skin pulsed in time with the Rift’s heartbeat.It was trying to pull her in.No. No, I won’t—“Lena!”Ronan’s voice
