Chapter: Training Begins Morning arrived wrapped in mist. For the first time in what felt like weeks, Blackthorn Academy woke without screams echoing through its halls, no bells signaling another murder, no terrified students crowding the courtyards, and no professors rushing toward another crime scene. The silence should have been comforting, instead, it felt unnatural, like the academy itself was holding its breath. I stood on the balcony outside my dormitory, my crimson eyes fixed on the mountains beyond the academy walls. The mark on my throat had faded to a dull crimson overnight, but I could still feel it beneath my skin, pulsing slowly with every heartbeat. It hadn’t spoken to me again, I heard no voices, had no dreams, it was just silence. I wasn’t sure whether to be relieved or disappointed.“You’ve been standing there for nearly an hour.”Aurora’s gentle voice broke through my thoughts, I didn’t bother turning around.“I know.”“You also skipped breakfast.”“I know.”“And you’ve been
Last Updated: 2026-07-06
Chapter: The Echoes Within Kael I jolted awake, my breathing came in ragged bursts as cold sweat clung to my skin. Moonlight poured through the windows of my room, casting pale streaks across the floor.The mark on my throat burned, it was not painful, but it was just enough to remind me it was there. I pressed two fingers against it and closed my eyes. The voice still echoed inside my mind, “the seal is broken.” It was not loud, or threatening, it was simply… waiting. I climbed out of bed and walked to the balcony. The academy grounds lay silent beneath the moon, as though nothing had happened over the past several days. There were no screams, blood, and no monsters. Yet I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching me, and it was someone ancient, and patient.“…Who are you?” I whispered into the night.Only silence answered. Morning arrived with unusual calm. The temporary seal beneath Blackthorn had stabilized the academy enough for classes to resume, though the atmosphere remained ten
Last Updated: 2026-07-04
Chapter: A Temporary Seal The skeletal hand tightened around my throat, as crimson fire crawled up my neck. My body slammed against the broken altar, the impact cracking stone beneath me. The hand was impossibly cold despite the flames burning around it. I clawed at the wrist, but it didn’t move, the thing inside the altar began pulling itself free. A skull crowned in jagged black iron, with hollow eye sockets burning crimson. It was The First King, though not fully yet, but it was enough to terrify everyone in the sanctum. Aurora acted first, silver chains of witchlight shot forward, wrapping around the arm. The creature hissed, then Lyra followed, frost magic erupting from her hands, freezing the skeletal limb, it’s grip loosened. I tore myself free instantly and stumbled backward, coughing. Adrian pushed himself off the floor, blood dripping from his mouth.“What in hells is that?”The headmaster face had gone pale.“The First King.”Adrian blinked. “That’s supposed to stay buried.”I wiped blo
Last Updated: 2026-06-29
Chapter: The First King?The academy shook, as stone split apart beneath their feet, students screamed as the ground cracked open through the central courtyard, ancient red light pouring from the depths below Blackthorn. The roar came again, and it was louder this time, closer. I stood motionless, crimson energy still burning around me, my veins glowed beneath my skin. The crown-shaped mark on my throat pulsed like it was alive. I could still feel Elias’s blood, even after his death. I could feel everybody’s own. Hundreds of heartbeats, hundreds of veins pumping beneath flesh, every single drop. And It felt overwhelming. Aurora grabbed my wrist.“Kael.” Her voice cut through the noise, my burning eyes flickered toward her. But her touch steadied me, it made the rage inside me quiet, it barely made an effect but it felt enough. Headmaster Alaric stepped forward, his expression grim.“Come with me. Now.” I didn’t move, because the thing beneath the academy roared again. Students started evacu
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Chapter: The Primordial Bloodline AwakensThe blood-red circle beneath my feet ignited. Ancient symbols blazed across the cracked archive floor like veins of fire, spreading outward in violent pulses. The heat hit instantly, Aurora stumbled back.“Kael!” My body locked, pain shot through my chest. It wasn’t physical, it was something deeper, something buried. The air around me thickened, pressing down with unbearable force. My veins burned, the symbols beneath me pulsed brighter. My name glowed at the center, not “Kael Draven,” it was something older, something that was written beneath it. Aurora’s eyes widened as she saw it, a second name, one I couldn’t understand, a language that was long dead. Then, the circle shattered, I dropped to one knee, gasping, as blood spilled from my mouth onto the floor. Aurora rushed to me, then her hands grabbed my shoulders.“Kael…look at me.” My ruby eyes flickered wildly, for a moment they glowed gold, then silver, then black, every bloodline, every power, before settling ba
Last Updated: 2026-06-25
Chapter: Lyra isn’t DeadFor one terrible second, the world stopped, I stood frozen in the corridor, staring at Adrian, blood covered the stone floor, blood stained Adrian’s hands. And Lyra lay motionless at his feet, a blade buried in her chest. Around us, students screamed, some backed away, others stood frozen in shock. Aurora’s grip tightened around my arm.“Kael” But I was already moving, I shoved through the crowd and dropped beside Lyra, her skin was too pale, but my sharp hearing caught it, a heartbeat, it was weak and faint, but it was there. She was alive.“Move!” I barked. A professor rushed forward, then another, I yanked the blade from Lyra’s chest, ignoring the blood spilling over his hands. Aurora immediately knelt beside me, silver light bursting from her palms, healing magic, the wound began closing, but slowly. I looked up, Adrian still hadn’t moved, he looked… broken, and confused. As though he didn’t understand how he got here. Then I grabbed him by the collar.“What did you do?”
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