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Chapter 670: The Empty Table!
The café was warm, filled with the scent of fresh coffee and baked bread.James, Nancy, Andrew, and Hailey sat at their usual table—the one in the corner, with the good light and the worn wooden top that had been carved with initials over the years. They had claimed it as their own, a small piece of normalcy in a world that was anything but normal.The drinks had arrived. The conversation had started. But Jackson's seat remained empty.Andrew checked his phone for the fifth time. "Still nothing.""He said he'd be here," Hailey said, her brow furrowed. "He texted me this morning. Said he had something to tell us."Nancy wrapped her hands around her coffee mug. "Something important?""He didn't say." Andrew shook his head. "Just that he needed to talk to all of us. Together."James leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the door. The café was busy—people coming and going, laughing and talking, living their ordinary lives. None of them knew that the world was teetering on the edge o
Chapter 669: The Unanswered Question!
Jason's silence stretched like a wound.The dust motes danced in the pale morning light, indifferent to the weight of the question that hung in the air. Jacqueline's eyes were fixed on him, sharp and unyielding. Sophia waited, her breath held. Jackson stood motionless, his arms crossed, his face unreadable.Finally, Jason spoke."Because I don't have an answer."He looked down at his hands—the hands that had repaired Sophia's faucets, that had held her when she cried, that had killed shadows in the dark."The Wardens have been fighting the Queen for centuries," he said. "We have defeated her before. We have driven her back, sealed her away, wounded her so deeply that she could not rise for decades. But we have never—" He paused. Swallowed. "We have never found a way to stop her permanently.""Never?" Sophia's voice was barely a whisper."Never." Jason looked up, meeting her eyes. "She is not like other Devourers. She is not like any enemy we have faced. She is a Hart. She carries the
Chapter 668: The Queen's True Origin!
They sat on the debris-strewn floor of the mill, the four of them—Jason, Sophia, Jackson, and Jacqueline. The morning light filtered through the broken roof, casting pale patterns on the stone.Sophia spoke first. "I told them everything. About the diner. About the prophecy. About the Wardens."Jason nodded. "I expected as much."Jackson leaned forward. "You've been protecting my family for years. You've been watching us from the shadows. Why didn't you just tell us? Why all the secrecy?""Because the Wardens are sworn to secrecy," Jason said. "We protect the Harts without recognition, without thanks, without memorial. That is our oath. That is our purpose. If we revealed ourselves, if we became known, we would become vulnerable. The Queen would target us. And then who would protect you?"Jacqueline studied him with her sharp eyes. "And Sophia? Why did you lie to her?"Jason looked at Sophia—at her tired eyes, her guarded expression, the walls she had built around her heart."I lied t
Chapter 667: The Recollection!
Five years ago.Jason had been assigned to protect Sophia for eight years at that point. She had been a teenager when he first arrived—grieving, angry, lost. Her mother's death had left a wound that seemed impossible to heal, and Sophia had tried to heal it all by herself.Jason had followed her to that small town, had taken up residence in the crumbling apartment next door, had become the handyman who fixed her leaky faucets and repaired her broken windows. He had been her quiet presence in the background, the one who never asked questions, who never pushed, who simply was there.And in the process, he had watched her grow.He had seen her transform from a grieving teenager into a young woman—fierce, stubborn, brilliant. He had listened to her talk about her dreams late at night, when the loneliness became too much to bear. He had watched her laugh for the first time in months, had felt his heart clench at the sound. He had fallen in love with her. Quietly. Silently. Irrevocably.He
Chapter 666: The Divide Among Wardens!
The basement of St. Michael's Church was colder than usual.Jason stood before the assembly, his report delivered, his plea for patience hanging in the air like smoke. The candles flickered, casting dancing shadows across the faces of the twenty-seven Wardens who sat in judgment.The silence stretched.Then the debate began."She is compromised," said a Warden named Harrison—a broad-shouldered man with a gray beard and eyes like flint. "Not by the Queen. Not by the Devourers. By you, Jason. Your feelings for her have clouded your judgment."Jason's jaw tightened. "My feelings are not relevant.""Everything about you is relevant," Harrison shot back. "You were recalled from your assignment years ago precisely because the council feared you were becoming too attached. We saw it then. We see it now."A murmur of agreement rippled through the assembly.Jason stood his ground. "I was recalled because the council believed I was compromised. I was not. I have never allowed my personal feelin
Chapter 665: The Morning After!
The first pale light of dawn crept through the nursery curtains, painting silver stripes across the floor.Sophia hadn't moved from her spot beside the crib. Her back ached from sitting against the wall, her eyes burned from crying, and her throat was raw from the silent screams that had woken her. But she didn't care. She had watched the twins breathe through the night—every rise and fall of their tiny chests, every small sound, every shift in their sleep.They were alive. They were safe. They were still here.And she would keep them that way.She heard footsteps in the hallway—soft, careful, the footsteps of someone who didn't want to wake the house. The nursery door creaked open, and Bella stepped inside.She was wearing her nightgown, her dark hair loose around her shoulders, her face still soft with sleep. She had come to check on the twins, as she did every morning, as she had done since the day they were born.She stopped when she saw Sophia."Sophia?" Bella's voice was a whis
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