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Demonbound
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Born into a family of legends, Lumi Calder has none of their power. In a world ruled by sigils, he is invisible—disposable. When desperation drives him to summon a demon he was never meant to control, Lumi gains what he’s always been denied… at a terrible cost. The demon inside him is intelligent, cruel, and waiting for a moment of weakness. Now hunted by monsters, watched by his own family, and bound to a power that could end him—or the world—Lumi must grow stronger before the truth catches up to him. Because the demon didn’t choose him by accident. And once it breaks free, nothing will stop what comes next.
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Lumi stared at his arm long after the lantern burned low.
Still nothing.
No mark. No glow. No sigil waking beneath the skin the way it did for everyone else in the Calder estate.
He clenched his fist.
Tomorrow was the Trial.
“You’ll be fine.”
His father’s voice came from the doorway. Calm. Certain. The same voice he used when issuing orders that sent people to die.
Lumi looked up. “You don’t have to say that.”
The Calder patriarch stepped inside, closing the door behind him. The sigil on his wrist pulsed faintly as the room’s wards recognized him. Force and air—Calder blood, undeniable.
“You’ve trained,” his father said. “Harder than most of them. I’m sure your sigil will appear during the trial.”
“What if it doesn’t?”
His father studied him for a moment. Not unkindly. Not gently either.
“It will. All your siblings went through the same procedure and it ended the same way–with their sigils appearing and awakening their power. Yours will be the same,” his father started. “You don’t have to worry.”
“Are you sure?” Lumi asked.
“I’m certain,” his father replied. “Very soon you’ll be joining us in the hunts and patrol of the perimeter. You’ll finally be a true Calder.”
Lumi smiled. He had always wanted to be a part of the patrols and if all went well, after tomorrow, that dream would become a reality. His excitement soon overrode his fear and he suddenly couldn’t wait for the day of the trial to arrive.
— — —
The Calder courtyard was already crowded by sunrise.
Stone platforms rose from the ground in a wide circle, each etched with detection runes that shimmered faintly in the morning light. Families gathered along the perimeter—sigils exposed, power barely restrained.
Lumi stood with his siblings.
He felt naked.
Elvis didn’t look at him.
Marcus shifted restlessly, sparks of unstable force flickering along his knuckles. Mireya’s sigil glowed proudly at her throat, sharp and bright.
Lumi kept his hands at his sides.
“Trial rules are simple,” the Order adjudicator announced. “Step forward when called. Activate your sigil. The platform will judge compatibility.”
A murmur rippled through the crowd.
The first name was called.
A Calder stepped forward. The platform flared. Wind surged. Applause followed.
Another name. Another success.
Then—
“Lumi Calder.”
The courtyard went quiet.
Lumi stepped forward.
Each footstep felt too loud.
He stood on the platform.
Nothing happened.
The runes waited.
The adjudicator frowned. “Activate your sigil.”
Lumi tried harder. Did everything he could. Flexed his fingers, bent his knees, squatted but nothing happened.
The adjudicator grew impatient. “Are you making fun of us? Activate your sigil this instant.”
“I don’t have one,” Lumi said making everyone’s eyes widen in shock.
“You’re joking right?” The adjudicator asked, unable to believe that the son of the patriarch would actually be sigiless.
“I’m not joking. I don’t have a sigil.”
Whispers broke out instantly.
“Sigil-less?”
“A Calder?”
“That’s impossible.”
The platform flickered—then dimmed.
In the silence, someone laughed.
Slow. Amused.
Lumi turned.
A boy from the Blackwell family stood near the front. Pale hair. Dark eyes. His sigil—necrotic black—curled lazily along his forearm like something alive.
“Guess blood isn’t everything after all,” the boy said lightly.
A few Blackwells chuckled.
Elvis stiffened.
The adjudicator cleared his throat. “The platform has no response.”
“I trained,” Lumi said, before he could stop himself. “I can fight. I can—”
“The Trial measures sigil compatibility,” the adjudicator said flatly. “Not effort. You can return to your seat.”
The platform lowered.
Dismissal.
Lumi stepped off.
The Blackwell boy met his eyes as he passed.
“Careful,” he said softly. “People without marks tend to break easily.”
Lumi didn’t reply.
He couldn’t.
As he moved forward, Lumi searched the crowd for his father’s eyes.
He didn’t find them.
When he finally found them, he saw that his father was speaking to the adjudicator, voice low, controlled—already moving on.
Whatever he had been promised ended there.
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Demonbound 14
Corvin opened his eyes slowly.The room was dark. Still.Then he saw a shape standing over his bed.Grinning.Corvin jolted upright with a sharp inhale, hand already reaching for the dagger beneath his pillow.“Scott!” he hissed. “What the hell is wrong with you?”Scott didn’t move.Didn’t stop smiling.“Many things,” he said cheerfully. “But who’s counting?”Corvin scrubbed a hand down his face and groaned.“Is it time already? I thought we agreed we’d go tomorrow.”“Time waits for no one,” Scott replied. “Let’s move.”Corvin swung his legs out of bed, already awake now. He grabbed a jacket from the chair, shrugged it on, and tightened the straps around his forearms.“Alright,” he muttered. “Let’s go.”They slipped into the corridor like shadows.The mansion slept, but never deeply. The faint hum of wards lingered in the air, a soft pressure against the skin.Scott led the way.They moved when the light flickered.Paused when footsteps echoed.A pair of hunters passed at the far end
Last Updated : 2026-01-16Demonbound 13
The study door shut behind them with a heavy thud.Books lined the walls from floor to ceiling, old leather and older dust. A single lamp burned on the desk, its light catching the sharp angles of their father’s face as he looked up.“What happened,” he said.Not a question.Corvin stood straight.Scott leaned more heavily on his bad leg than he’d admit.“We encountered the demon,” Corvin said. “High-tier. Fire-based. It ambushed us in the city.”Their father’s eyes flicked to Scott.“Injured.”Scott lifted his chin. “Nothing permanent.”“That is not the point,” their father snapped.He rose from his chair.Slowly.Each step deliberate as he came around the desk.“You sensed a high-tier demon,” he said. “Confirmed it. And instead of calling for backup, you engaged.”“We had an opening—” Corvin began.“You had arrogance,” their father cut in. “And luck. That is not a strategy.”He stopped in front of them.“Do you have any idea what could have happened if it had decided to stop playing
Last Updated : 2026-01-16Demonbound 12
Ashen tore through the night sky.Wind screamed past his ears, cloak snapping violently behind him as the city shrank below. Fires still burned where he’d left them, small angry stars scattered across stone and slate.He didn’t look back.He couldn’t.The pull inside him grew stronger with every heartbeat.Lumi was waking.Too soon.Ashen bared his teeth and pushed harder, fire flaring beneath his feet as he cut through the darkness like a falling star.The estate rose ahead.Tall.Silent.Too close for comfort.“Move,” he growled, more to himself than the world.He angled sharply, diving.The window came up fast.Ashen smashed through it in a burst of glass and cold air and hit the floor hard, rolling once before slamming into the side of the bed.He lay there for a second, chest heaving.Then forced himself upright.No time.He climbed onto the bed and lay flat, staring at the ceiling as dawn’s first light began to creep through the broken window.A controlled breath in.Another out
Last Updated : 2026-01-15Demonbound 11
Ashen turned.Gold eyes cut through the darkness.They locked onto Corvin and Scott like blades finding flesh.Both brothers stopped dead.For a heartbeat, no one moved.No sound. No fire. No wind.Just the weight of being seen.“Shit,” Corvin muttered.His hand tightened around his weapon.“It’s seen us.”The demon stretched slowly, as though waking from a pleasant nap.Fire gathered.Not rushed.Not violent.It pooled in the air around his hands, coiling, breathing.Scott swore under his breath.“Move!”The fire left Ashen’s hands in a sudden violent arc.Scott didn’t think.He shoved Corvin sideways with all his strength.The blast screamed past them and struck the stone wall behind.The impact shook the street.Flame crawled up brick and timber, swallowing a shutter whole.Ashen laughed.A low, delighted sound that rolled through the smoke.“Oh, that was close,” he said pleasantly.Another fireball formed.Then another.They came fast now.Corvin and Scott moved.They ducked, roll
Last Updated : 2026-01-15Demonbound 10
Ashen stared at his reflection.The mirror in Lumi’s room was tall and narrow, framed in dark wood, its surface slightly warped with age. Candlelight flickered across it, bending the image just enough to make it feel unreal.He tilted his head.So this was it.A human body.Largely intact.Largely disappointing.He lifted a hand and studied it closely. Pale skin. Long fingers. The nails had darkened slightly, tapering into sharper points than Lumi’s ever had, but nothing dramatic. No claws. No scales. No exposed infernal markings.“Tch.”His eyes were the only immediate giveaway.Dark gold.Not glowing. Not flaring.Just… wrong.Predatory.Ancient.Horns curved from his temples, smooth and black, arcing backward along his skull. Not massive. Not regal. Smaller than his true form.But serviceable.Ashen leaned closer to the mirror and grinned.The grin didn’t belong to Lumi.It was too sharp. Too knowing.“Well,” he murmured, his thicker voice rolling comfortably off borrowed vocal cor
Last Updated : 2026-01-05Demonbound 9
Smoke rose in thick, curling plumes ahead of them. Corvin noticed it first. He slowed, brow furrowing, eyes lifting toward the dark smear staining the sky. “I told you not to follow me,” Scott said, glancing sideways. “You were hurt badly.” “I’m perfectly fine,” Corvin replied, not breaking stride. “Oh really?” Scott said. He stepped closer and drove a playful fist straight into Corvin’s stomach. The impact sent a sharp, blinding jolt through Corvin’s ribs. Pain exploded. Corvin doubled over with a hiss. “You—” he snarled. Scott was already running. Laughing. Corvin straightened with a growl and took off after him, boots pounding against the dirt road as they chased each other like children instead of hunters. “Get back here!” Corvin snapped. Scott glanced over his shoulder, grin wide— And stopped dead. So did Corvin. The air changed. Heat rolled toward them in suffocating waves. The scent hit next. Burnt grass. Char. Smoke thick enough to sting the eyes. They turn
Last Updated : 2026-01-05
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