ASHES OF BETRAYAL THE SORCERER'S VENGEANCE
“Your parents will be glad you died.”
The words carved deeper than claws as Kael Ashford lay bleeding out, abandoned by his guild squad and by Lyanna, the woman he loved. She turned back once, smiled, and said.
“Die well, darling.”
Monsters feasted slowly, savoring his screams. His parents were long dead… weren’t they? Yet that final taunt gnawed at him even as darkness claimed his life.
Then the light returned.
A fallen goddess,the infamous Whore Spirit,offered him a second chance.
“Child of sorcerers.”
She whispered.
“Be reborn. Learn why a king and queen sentenced their own son to death… and make them choke on every breath since.”
Eighteen years later, Kael awakens in a new body: eldest son of the feared Duskborne family, masters of shadow magic and blood sorcery.
His betrayers still live, laughing about the weakling they fed to beasts. They have no idea some deaths refuse to stay buried.
Vengeance burns coldest when it has waited two lifetimes.
Will Kael unearth the royal secret that doomed him? Will he shatter the comrades who smiled as he died? And what forbidden power stirs in his veins, hungry to be unleashed?
In a world where loyalty is an illusion and love is a blade, revenge is the only truth left.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 13His eyes flipped open and immediately scanned his surroundings. He was clad in silk, top tender and warm.Wrapped perfectly well in soft clothes, he was kept to rest in a cradle in a room. The interiors were decorated with fine lined golden artifacts and very spacious. The air around him was smooth and warm, unlike what he had always known.His consciousness was still intact ans he knew he was alive but now in a different body.The goddess appeared suddenly before him and he jerked softly.“Child,” she called proudly, caressing his skin softly.“I don't like it here!” He begged, but she chuckled softly and vanished,but he words echoed across the room.“The journey begins here…”He tried to scream after she left, but his voice was a sharp contrast to what he had always known. He was crying like an infant, and this was when it dawned on him that he was actually an infant.The door flung open and a woman, clad in royal blue apparel rushed in, alongside a company of maids and a with a cur
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Chapter: CHAPTER 12The darkness slowly brightened, and before the ground was a wounded soul, lying somewhat peacefully, floating in the void.His skin looked torn apart, more like it was joined together by some glue. His eyes flipped open and he stood up sharply, and fear enveloped him immediately. He scanned the area, noticing he wasn't standing on anything, just floating in an empty void. His heart raced hard against the slow-moving objects here, and everything seemed blurry before him.“How am I alive?” He asked himself, his face pale. “I'm supposed to be dead, right?”He took a careful look at himself and his face twisted into disgust. He just realised he looked like some pieces of bones glued together.“Where am I?” He screamed loudly into the void, but all he got was echoes from the emptiness. “Where am I?” He was unrelenting and still screamed, hoping maybe someone, maybe someone else, trapped in this hell as it seemed may reach out.“Hello?!” “Anyone here! Where am I?!”He wiggled himself, st
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Chapter: CHAPTER 11Kael struggled to maintain his stance as the ground shook violently and his heart raced. “Marcus!” He cried, still not wanting to let go. It was still a shock to him that they actually left him here.“Lynna! Please! Don't do this to me!”But he got no response. The cold thick sound of the massive gates echoed loudly and shook me further. Goose bumps prickled his skin, and his heart froze.The constant rattling of the crystals that sealed the gates roared and his head pounded harder with aches.He saw death staring him right in the face and the thought of being disassembled, piece by piece sent cold shivers down his spine.His eyes scanned through the darkness closing in and his fist clenched. His jaw tightened as he maintained his stance, but the ground quaked with a force that overwhelmed him and threw him down to the ground.In that brief second, his poor life flashed before him. A short reflection of the last twenty-four hours projected before him.He remembered Lyanna’s warm tou
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Chapter: CHAPTER 10He stopped as he began to sense something was wrong.The squad, seven figures in identical uniforms, stood in a line, perfectly still. Too still. They weren't talking, weren't moving, weren't doing anything a group of warriors on an active monster hunt should be doing.They were just... standing there. Watching him."Sir?" Kael's voice came out smaller than he intended. "What's going on? Why aren't they…""Kael."The voice came from the line of squad members. A woman's voice. Familiar and beloved and currently devoid of all warmth.Lyanna stepped forward from the group.She looked different in the Elite Squad uniform. More dangerous. Her golden hair was pulled back in a practical braid, and her sky-blue eyes, those eyes he'd stared into last night while making love, regarded him with the cold assessment of a butcher examining meat."Lyanna!" Relief and confusion warred in Kael's chest. "Thank gods you're here. Something's wrong, I think we need to…""Nothing's wrong, darling." The
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Chapter: CHAPTER 9Kael caught them and swung himself up onto the mare's back. The moment he was seated, Marcus kicked his stallion into motion, and they were off at a gallop before Kael could even get his bearings.They thundered out of the castle grounds and onto the main road heading east. The morning air was cool and crisp, carrying the scent of pine and earth. Under different circumstances, Kael might have enjoyed the ride. But Marcus set a punishing pace, and Kael had to focus all his attention on keeping up.After what felt like an hour but was probably only twenty minutes, Kael finally worked up the courage to shout over the thunder of hoofbeats: "Sir! Where are we going?!"Marcus didn't slow down, but he turned his head slightly so his voice would carry back. "The Dungeon of Crystal! About ten miles east!""The Dungeon of…why?! What's there?!""We got a report last night!" Marcus called back. "Monster sighting! It's been killing travellers who venture too close! The squad was sent to inves
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Chapter: CHAPTER 8Morning light crept through the window like a thief, golden rays stretching across the floor and climbing onto the bed where Kael lay. The brightness pressed against his closed eyelids, pulling him gradually from the deep, dreamless sleep he'd fallen into.He groaned softly, his body heavy and sore in unfamiliar ways. His muscles ached,a pleasant ache that reminded him of last night, of Lyanna, of everything they'd shared. A smile tugged at his lips before his eyes even opened.Last night…The memories flooded back in vivid detail: her skin under his hands, her voice calling his name, the overwhelming pleasure that had consumed them both. His smile widened. Today was the beginning of everything. His first official day as an Elite Squad member. His first day truly begins with Lyanna as equals in the same squad.Still half-asleep, Kael rolled over on the bed, his arm reaching out instinctively for her warmth. His hand patted the space beside him, expecting to find her soft curves, her g
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