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[Carys]“Kian…”Icy panic struck every movement of my body as I tried to free myself from Christian’s grip, who held me back.It seemed as if I had teleported into a trance where it was just me and Kian in that throne room. Everything and everyone else had turned into a white blur. And the time seemed to have slowed down.Kian kept going farther and farther away from me. Before I could chase him, I tripped and fell on the ground.“Kian…”I jerked away Christian’s hands and sprinted towards Kian. I was probably screaming his name or crying, perhaps sobbing. I couldn’t tell. At that moment, I wasn’t aware of myself as much as I yearned to be aware of him. To read his soul, to know that he was still there.The chaos and the screams around me drowned in a ringing silence. It was a kind of silence where I failed to hear my own voice.“Carys!” Christian seized my wrist and yanked me roughly against himself. He enclosed me from behind, his arms locking around me in an urgent attempt to stop
[Carys]Mizkeal’s fangs merely scraped my skin, a sharp sting and pulsating heat lingering on my neck before he withdrew.Blood trickled down to my collarbone, his tongue tracing the path as he planted a reluctant kiss on the cut.Stripping Kian’s jacket off my body, he leisurely trailed his fingers down from my ear to my neck. He wrapped his hand around my throat, pressing gently over the throbbing vein and my windpipe. With deliberate slowness, he glided his searing finger over the curve of my neck, my skin streaked with cold sweat. Goosebumps shot down my entire body, caging all my breaths in my lungs with my relentless heartbeats.A shuddering gasp emerged in the back of my throat when he slid the string of my white dress down my shoulder.His tongue trailed along my neck, the cool air brushing against my exposed skin, sending a shiver down my spine. Knitting my brows, I struggled against the brand’s control, but my mind was delirious.I kept looking for Kian somewhere in his war
[Carys]I kept defending us from Mizkeal, channeling Bond’s power through Christian and Morana.Controlling the Bond, I concentrated on channeling it directly towards Morana, but Christian attracted most of Bond’s energy like a magnet.I narrowed my eyes, analyzing the pattern.Why was Christian attracting the energy better?Could it be that I was directly bonded to him in some way?If so then…I looked towards Illumi, Nulzar and Edith and veered a portion of Bond’s energy towards all of them. Nulzar’s body glowed brighter than Edith’s and Illumi.I widened my eyes, the realization sinking in like shards of glass in my chest. My heart pounded faster against my ribs as I snapped my head towards Mizkeal.I stopped channeling the energy towards Nulzar and directed it back towards Christian. Morana was able to harvest Bond’s powers better through Christian.It looked as though I could use the Bond without losing control over it or risking the lives of everyone around me, after all. But fo
[Carys]“W-what happened!?”I tried to wrench myself out of Christian’s grip, but he just tightened it even more, stopping me from sprinting towards the other passages that hadn’t closed yet.“Kian! What did they do to him? Let go of me, Christian!” I growled, glaring at him.“He’s not Kian! Kian would never hurt you!”“He is Kian!” I yelled, boring my gaze into him and, with determination, jerked his hands off my shoulders.I hadn’t even taken a step closer to the passage that was about to close when Christian grabbed my wrist, yanking me away from it until it fully disappeared.“What the hell!” Turning around, I slapped Christian across his face.Christian clenched his jaws, his grip still unyielding.“He is not Kian…” he said in a strangely calm tone. “You should not go back in there. He is going to kill you. And if Kian was here, he would want me to stop you, and that’s what I’ll do.”I clenched my fists.“Don’t talk as if Kian is dead,” I grunted through my gritted teeth. Tears b
[Carys]Before I could counter him, Alpha King was teleported to the hospital right after his declaration of war.I couldn’t sit still and wait for them to kill Kian.I entered the AAC dungeons where AAC imprisoned Illumi and Edith under heavy magical security. The dragon officials had taken back Nulzar to the land of dragons. The Guild from Xafran had taken the wizards, witches, elves, and the others who were involved in the incident.And the number of people being imprisoned was constantly increasing.Everything had happened overnight. ACC invaded Blank Space, opening portals all over the place and capturing everyone they found in there. Special forces were planted all around the floating pyramid and Kian to monitor him and the lunar seal.The team keeping an eye on Kian sent Liam hourly reports on the condition of the seal, and the preparations for the war were quickening just as fast. The meaning was clear: the lunar seal was weakening faster than they anticipated.Meanwhile, I wa
[Carys]“Obviously. So? You are gonna play difficult or make deals or trade. What do you want?” I asked.Illumi chuckled.“Nothing, honestly,” he shrugged.“You don’t wanna get out of here?” I asked.“This prison has good food and a warm floor. What more do you want from life?”I frowned as he peered at me with a smile.“I need to know the end of this. I need to know everything you know!” I stepped closer to the bars of his cell.“You are a Zeke, miss Elffire. You already know everything you need to know to reach the end of all this. You already have all the answers, everything you need to stop the fae lord.”I knit my brows, squinting my eyes.“What do you mean?” I asked plainly.“Have you heard about karma, miss Elffire?”“Yes.”“No one in this universe can escape karma. Not even your moon goddess. She can delay her trial, but she cannot escape it. Her karma would find a way to her. It has found a way to her through us. Us who are mere puppets of the universe.”“What are you playing
[Carys] “I have made it impossible for him to teleport within the borders of the Neutral Zone, so it is going to be a battle beyond the borders. Our army is ready on the borders and if he tries to break through, we will attack him with all intention of neutralizing him, Carys,” said Alpha King. “This was something Alpha Kian saw coming a long time ago.” “He sure did,” I mumbled, keeping my head low. “I understand what you are going through right now—” “No, you don’t,” I said, peering at my fingers. “No one can understand how I feel. I don’t understand myself either.” Alpha King let out a sigh. “Look, if you can stop him beyond the borders. Like you keep insisting, if you can bring Kian back in that duration, only then can I think of changing my decision,” he said. “But until then… my decision is final.” I nodded. “Let’s be real. You won’t be able to do it alone and there is no way I am sending you out there by yourself. First, I can’t let him take Bond and allow him to get str
[Carys] I glanced at the drone video being broadcasted live from around the borders. Liam had given the army tablet on Alpha King’s order. The gray light of the dawn had sprawled over the dark sky. I examined the rising and falling green and yellow rectangular lines situated in the lower right corner of the tablet. These lines were connected to the mana detectors placed beyond the borders, designed to pick up on the abrupt surge in mana that happens when the passage to the Blank Space opens. So far, the calm within the borders was clashing with the peace beyond the borders of the Neutral Zone. I filled my lungs with a frigid breath, shutting my eyes. We had come to an agreement that as long as Mizkeal didn’t attack, Alpha King wouldn’t attack him either. But I had a strong feeling that after breaking the seal, he would directly come for his land to regain his power and kill the Alpha King. Even I knew it would be stupid to not have an army ready beyond the borders to hold him bac