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Chapter 162
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2025-03-18 00:21:28
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Ava's pov)Run.That was the only thought replaying in my head as I ran through the spirit realm, my breath coming in ragged pants.I pumped my legs as hard as I could, willing my body to go faster.I made the mistake of looking back, eyes widening as I saw the darkness coming close to me.Zerathos roared, it was filled with so much rage that even the air trembled. His power slammed into the ground causing the shimmery liquid like surface to crack.I have to get out.I have to sever my magic.The spirit realm kept changing around me, like we were disrupting its balance. The landscape kept changing into different things— endless skies, towering buildings, rivers flowing upwards instead of downwards.This realm was a free space of magic and anyone with strong magic can change it to their willAnd Zerathos was far stronger than me here.“You can’t run from me, little goddess,” his voice echoed through the space, slithering into my ears, sending a shiver down my spine.I risked another gl
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Xander's povThe entire room was heavy with tension. Ava was still trembling in my arms, her face pale, eyes unfocused as if she were still stuck between realms. Leo hadn't stopped growling since she returned and told us what had happened.Zerathos had tried to claim her.Tried to replace her bond with the Moon Goddess.Tried to take her.The very thought sent a murderous growl rumbling through my chest, my grip tightening around Ava instinctively. She had fought him off, but it wasn’t enough. He had touched her, reached her in a way no enemy ever should.I exhaled sharply, trying to focus on what mattered most. The ritual had worked. The bombs infused with Ava’s light magic were useless to the rebels now. But this… this was a deeper problem.“We need to talk,” I said, my voice firm but low enough not to startle Ava.Rowan, Kael, Vanessa, Kaida, Lucien, and Darius were all watching us closely. Their expressions ranged from concern to outright fury.Darius was the first to speak. “What
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Ava's povThe dream started the way all nightmares did, it was too quiet, too still.I was standing in a vast, endless void of nothing, the ground swirling with black mist that stretched as far as my eyes could see. The air was thick, suffocating and laced with the smell of evil and death.Every breath I took felt heavier, as if the air was pressing against my chest. I tried to find my bearings but there was nothing. No ground beneath my feet, no sky above me. Just endless black stretching in every direction.A shiver ran down my spine.Something was wrong.I turned slowly, my heartbeat picking up. I was alone.Or so I thought.Suddenly, a deep, dark voice broke the silence."Did you really think you could escape me, little moon?"My entire body went rigid.That voice.I knew it.I had fought it. Resisted it. Ripped my magic away from his grasp. And yet, somehow, I was here again, back in the abyss of Zerathos' world.I clenched my fists, my heart pounding in my chest as I summoned ev
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Ava's povI clenched my teeth, forcing my eyes open, forcing my body to resist.“You don’t control me,” I hissed.Zerathos frowned, his grip tightening. “Why fight, Ava? You were born from the dark.”“I was reborn in the light.”I gathered every ounce of willpower I had left and shoved against him.A crack of golden light burst between us, making him stagger back.The shadows around me recoiled.I gasped, stumbling backward, my body still shaking from the darkness he had poured into me.Zerathos scowled, his gold eyes burning with irritation. “This isn’t over, little goddess.”I turned and ran.The darkness shifted around me, grabbing at my heels.Zerathos’ roar shook the void. “You can’t escape me!”My feet pounded against the nothingness, my lungs burning.I had to wake up.Had to get out.I saw something up ahead, a light in the abyss. I reached for it with every strength in my body.Then, just as zerathos reached me—I woke up.****My body shot upright, my breath ragged, my skin
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Ava's povThe morning air was nice as usual stepped onto the balcony of our chamber, the familiar sound of Blackthorn castle stirring as the servants and guards alike started their daily activities. But something felt… off.I exhaled slowly, watching as my breath fogged in front of me. I had a hard time falling asleep after the nightmare last night, I barely managed to close my eyes again and before I knew it, it was dawn. Even now, the memory of Zerathos voice kept replaying in my thoughts like a plague that refused to go.You’re already mine, Ava.A shiver ran down my spine. I shook my head, gripping the stone railing at the thought. It was just a dream, I told myself. He isn't here, he can't be here.But deep down, I wasn’t convinced.Because something had changed.The shadows around me were moving in an unnatural way. At first, I thought it was just a trick for my eye but I kept seeing it.I frowned, turning my gaze to the corner of the balcony where the morning light hadn't touch
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Ava's povWe gathered in the hidden chamber later that night. The council as well as our friends were with us and even Darius that I hadn't had time to check up on in a while.“This isn’t just a physical battle anymore,” I told them. “Zerathos is trying to worm his way inside my head, and I need to stop him before it’s too late.”Elder Maris folded her arms. “And how do you propose we do that?”I turned to the shelves, scanning the endless scrolls. “There has to be something here. Some kind of warding spell. A way to purge his influence from me completely.”Xander crossed his arms. “We won’t leave this chamber until we find it.”Everyone got to work.Books were pulled from shelves, scrolls unraveled, pages turned at a furious pace.The weight of the moment weighed down on everyone. I could still feel the shadows shifting around me, but I refused to let them consume me. Their effect had lowered ever since we got into the chamber but I could feel the shadows outside the chamber calling
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Ava's povThe castle had never felt so empty.Two days had passed since I walked out of the war room, leaving the others to argue amongst themselves about whose life would be sacrificed. Since then, I have kept to myself, drowning in my own thoughts.No one had come to find me.Not Xander. Not Rowan. Not Kaida. Not Vanessa. Not Damian. Not Lyra. Not Kael. Not even my father or mother.I should have been relieved. I had wanted the space. I had needed the time to think. But now, as I sat on the window seat of Xander’s chamber, staring out at the snow-covered courtyard below, I wasn’t so sure anymore.The year was coming to an end. It was hard to believe that so much time had passed. It felt like time flew too fast and went too slow at the same time. With everything going on, it felt like I had been here for over ten years and not just a war.A lot has changed since I got selected, some for the better and some for the worst.I sighed, running the current problem through my head a thousan
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Ava's pov“Are you ready?” Xander asked, his voice soft and touch gentle as he grabbed my hand.I couldn't speak so I gave him a nod then with that, we all left the war room and headed to the dungeon.The dungeon smelled like damp stone, blood, and rot.As we walked further into it I shivered due to the eerie feelings it gave me. The torches on the wall flickered, making the shadows move and claw at me.I squeaked as one touched me, making me press myself closer to Xander who wasted no time in wrapping his arms around me and shielding me from the shadows.The walls seemed to be closing in on me , making me feel claustrophobic. The stench of sweat and unwashed bodies clung to the air, thick and suffocating.The rogues had been locked away for weeks but they refused to crack after the first one did a few weeks ago.Not once.Not under interrogation.Not under the threat of death. They remained firm and loyal to Zerathos.That was why we had chosen one of them.And yet, as I approached t
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Xander’s POVThe moment I stepped out of our chamber, I knew something had changed in her.I didn’t need to hear her say it. I didn’t need Aria whispering warnings through the bond. I could feel it—the way Ava clung to reality like it was sand slipping through her fingers. She was awake, but she wasn’t free. Whatever realm her dreams had dragged her into… it still had its claws in her.And I couldn’t reach her.Not the way I needed to.My fists clenched as I descended the stone staircase, nodding stiffly to a few warriors I passed. They didn’t say anything, just gave respectful nods and cleared the way.They all knew something was wrong.Ava had slept for over a day. She would stir, I would feel little surges of her power but she didn't wake up until now and she was breaking.I’d seen soldiers fall before. Seen them break under the weight of war, haunted by the things they’d seen and done. But this was different.Ava wasn’t just a warrior. She was a weapon forged by fate, a queen bles
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Ava's povMy eyes flew open with a gasp.Air rushed into my lungs like I had been drowning for hours. My chest rose and fell rapidly as I stared at the ceiling, my heart beating so loudly it was the only thing I could hear. My skin was drenched with sweat, the sheets tangled around me like vines, sticky and heavy and too real.I jolted upright.The room was quiet.My heart hammered wildly in my chest, my throat dry, my hands clammy, the world was spinning. My fingers gripped the sheets beneath me as if they were the only thing anchoring me to this world.The walls were familiar.. The scent of lavender and firewood. A soft breeze from the open window. Sunlight filtering in and shining across the bed.I was in Ashville, in the chamber that had been given to Xander and I.I was still alive.Still whole.Still breathing.Xander’s scent mixed with the warm comfort of our shared chamber wrapped around me. This was… home.Or at least it looked like it.A tremor ran down my spine.How could I
THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 192
Ava's povMy breath caught in my throat.The flickering shapes. The shifting shadows. The wrongness etched into the faces of those I had known for years.But what I was seeing—none of it made sense. It was twisted. A funhouse reflection of the world I knew. Was this the truth? A vision? A warning?Or…My heart pounded violently in my chest as my legs gave out from under me. I fell to my knees on the stone floor, staring at the ground as if it might split open and swallow me whole.Then the realization hit me.It wasn’t real.None of it.I looked back up at the people I had just seen—people whose faces had changed, who had grinned and had wrong shadows—and now… they were normal again. Whole. Familiar. The same as always.I gasped. “No… no, no, no…”It wasn’t real.It wasn’t real.I stumbled back, shaking my head as the panic started to claw its way through my throat. “It isn’t real. IT ISN’T REAL!” I screamed, so loud it echoed through the forest.Doors slammed open.Boots rushed towar
THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 191
Ava's povNo one said anything to me anymore.They didn’t need to.The whispers were loud even in their silence.The way conversations shifted when I walked past. The way people refused to meet my eyes, as if even eye contact might make them join in my madness—or worse, my supposed crime.I tried apologizing to some of them even though I didn’t know what for. I tried helping in the kitchens. Volunteering for patrol. Sitting through meetings I was no longer welcome in.Nothing worked. No one wanted me around them.I was a ghost in a home I had helped fight for.The days passed like the wind—fast and untouchable. I drifted through them like a ghost.Nobody spoke to me unless they had to. Even then, it was clipped, formal, laced with suspicion and caution. Conversations that used to warm up rooms now stilled when I walked in. Smiles I used to see daily became vacant stares—or worse, side-eyed glares.I didn’t blame them.Elder Maris had been a guide to them, a beacon. She’d walked with w
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Ava's povSilence clung to me like a second skin.Cold and unforgiven.Quiet but loud.It was deafening.I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t move. Couldn’t even speak. All I could do was stand there, trembling, as dozens of eyes bore into me. Judging. Accusing. Disbelieving.Hating on me.“What did you do?” Elder Thane’s voice cut through the silence like a blade. “Ava… what have you done?”“I—” My voice cracked, barely above a whisper. “I don’t know. I don’t understand what’s happening—”“You’re holding the dagger,” someone growled, voice filled with suspicion and hate.Hate that broke my heart. Hate that I didn't deserve but was getting due to a situation that I didn't understand.I looked down again. My fingers were clenched around the hilt of the dagger, knuckles white, blood trickling down my wrist in thick, slow streams. Maris’s blood.“I didn’t—I wasn’t even—” I took a shaky step back. “I went for a walk. Through the volcanic forest. I just… needed to clear my head.”“That’s not possi
THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 189
Ava's povThe night begins with shadows.Always.Not the kind that creep under doorways or stretch across walls. These are inside me—cold, vile things curling behind my ribs and pressing against my spine.I couldn't sleep. Again.I thought I had gotten rid of Zerathos' hold on me so I was very confused by the shadows tormenting me.Or is it all just in my head?I didn't know. It was driving me crazy.Every time I closed my eyes, I would see a shape in the dark. A flicker at the edge of reason. A whisper that wasn't by voice.And tonight, it showed me something that I couldn't escape.It started with smoke— it was thick, black, and curling like serpents across the ground. I was standing on a cracked path of scorched earth, the sky a scary swirl of red and grey. The air hummed like something alive.I didn't know this place but something in me said I did.Death Hollow.It whispered.The forbidden wasteland where no life grows. Where bones sink into the black soil and never rise again. Wh
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Ava's povWar doesn’t end in a day. But neither does peace begin in one.It has been three days since Zerathos vanished.Three days since we watched his monstrous army retreat into the mist, leaving behind scorched earth, broken trees, a pile of bodies, the smell of blood and rot and the faintest echo of something dangerous whispering in the wind.We had returned to the Ashville main pack to regroup, heal, and mourn. The war council met daily. The injured filled the infirmary. My magic was slowly coming back as the days passed. Our warriors were tense, always half-listening, always watching the tree lines.But there’s something worse than fear in the air.Something wrong that had plagued me since the day of the first battle.And I could feel it clawing at me like a cold hand pressed against the back of my neck.I would wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air, heart pounding like I’ve been running. But there was nothing there, no matter how hard I searched. Just Xander’s s
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Zerathos' povThey think they’ve won.How foolish.War doesn't end when someone retreats. Not for those who breathe war.They thought my vanishing act was surrender. That my army fading with me was a sign of loss. But they misunderstood the game entirely.You don’t conquer a kingdom by brute force alone—you break its spirit, fracture its foundation, and wait for the cracks to show and watch everything crumble as they scramble to save what is beyond repair.The moment I faded from the battlefield, I felt the wave of their false relief like a sweet smell in the wind. It made me smirk at their naiveness. A dream. It was the normal way a prey always relaxes when the predator steps away… forgetting that sometimes, the beast only backs off to sharpen its claws.I stood at the top of the cliffs of Death Hollow now, the wind howling in the air, the sky was bleeding, the earth soaked with death, black mist curling at my feet. The death hollow was a little realm I had crafted for myself. Below
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Ava's povWar doesn’t start and end in a day. It takes a while.To build. To break. To bleed.To bury.And when the sky finally cleared of fire and ash, when Zerathos’s monstrous form vanished into the nothingness from which he had come from, taking his cursed army with him, all that remained was silence.A thick, eerie, unnatural silence.Like the earth itself was holding its breath.The blood-soaked ground beneath my feet was still warm, humming with the leftover power of dark spells and light magic. The battle was over…for now but it didn’t feel like a victory. It felt like a pause. A line right in the middle of a war that hadn’t even shown us its worst yet.All around me, bodies lay scattered like fallen birds—our warriors, his Shadow slaves and everything in between. Some would never rise again. Others would carry the scars forever.My heartbeat echoed in my ears, the only sound I could hear over the rush of adrenaline still coursing through my veins.Xander stood a few feet from
