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CHAPTER 41: ABOVEGROUND.
His foot caught on a piece of fallen stone.“Auck!!!"He stumbled, nearly fell, managed to keep his feet through sheer force of will and forward momentum. Seraphina's weight shifted in his arms, and he tightened his grip, refusing to drop her even as his arms trembled with the strain.Don’t fall—don’t you dare fall now.The exit. He reached the exit that led to the stairwell, to the upper levels, to safety.He threw himself through it just as the final, catastrophic collapse began, the entire corridor behind him coming down in a roar like the end of the world.A deafening ROOOOAAARRR chased him forward.Too close—!The shockwave hit him from behind, propelling him forward, as he ran up the first few steps of the stairwell with Seraphina still clutched tightly against him.Finally, after what felt like endless running, the earth convulsed beneath them with a final, catastrophic shudder as Zachary burst from the crumbling entrance of the underground chamber, his arms wrapped tightly aro
CHAPTER 40: CAVED IN.
All Serpahina felt was pain, from the tips of her aching fingers to the soles of blistered feet. She swallowed, tasting blood in the back of her throat.But her charge had given her a command, she had to follow through.‘Move. Don’t think. Just move.’So she nodded weakly, even as her body protested the movement.But when she tried to rise to her feet, Zachary saw that her face was deathly pale, with a grayish tinge that spoke of serious distress.She managed to get one knee under her, then faltered.Her vision blurred slightly.‘…too much energy… it’s still inside me…’Her body swayed dangerously.“Careful!” Zachary reached forward quickly, grabbing her before she could fall, his grip tightening instinctively.‘She’s freezing… why is she so cold?’ He thought worriedly.The wound on her arm, the one she had deliberately inflicted to show him her nature, was no longer bleeding those strange black shadows.Instead, it was bleeding normal, human red blood.Zachary’s eyes narrowed.It ran
CHAPTER 39: DESTRUCTION.
Then his vision was overtaken by gold as the corridor was being torn apart, reduced to its constituent atoms by the out-of-control technique.The walls cracked and began to crumble.Support beams twisted and screamed with a metallic SCREEEEEECH.The ceiling sagged dangerously as load-bearing structures failed.Through his agony, through the burning sensation of his soul being consumed by his own power, Zachary was dimly aware of Seraphina running toward him.Her face showed genuine concern and fear—not for herself, but for him.“Idiot!” She cursed, not caring for protocol as she pushed herself forward against the oppressive force. “You reckless, stubborn man—this is exactly what I was trying to prevent!”He had done something monumentally stupid, and she knew it.They both knew it.But Serpahina was ready to show him that she was stupider, because if she didn't stop him, she would fail.“Young lord!"She tackled him, her arms wrapping around him as she brought them both to the ground
CHAPTER 38: SOLARIS SEA.
The fight moved down the corridor as they exchanged positions, neither gaining decisive advantage.Zachary's superior power was continually neutralized by her technique and that mysterious ability to dispel his energy.‘Why isn’t it landing?’ Zachary thought, his teeth grinding as another strike slipped past her guard only to lose its force at the last second, like something unseen had swallowed it whole. ‘I’m hitting her—I know I am… so why does it feel like I’m not?’Her own strikes were precise but not devastating enough to put him down, while his attacks, though powerful, kept getting deflected or neutralized.He’s forcing it now, Seraphina noted internally, her eyes narrowing slightly as she redirected another blow, the impact sending a dull THUD through her arm. She can tell that he is relying on power over control… but if he kept it up—Above them, the ceiling groaned ominously.The trembling of the tunnel was growing worse, dust now raining down in steady streams.A low, grin
CHAPTER 37: NULL.
Zachary ran at her at full speed.A straightforward charge meant to overwhelm through sheer power rather than finesse. He didn't want to hurt her, well not badly enough to warrant an operation really.Serpahina, although loyal to his father above all else, had never done anything wrong to him. On the contrary she had been patient with him in his ignorance and had always been ready to assist him in all things, even ensuring that his revenge against Bennett would be completed with minor errors, regardless of when it didn't concern the company.So hurting her now was nearly sickening to him.He only wanted to simply knock her out and be done with it, to remove this obstacle between him and his goal as quickly and efficiently as possible. His right fist came forward, wreathed in crackling red energy, the power condensed into a devastating strike that would definitely bowl her over.But Seraphina didn't even dodge. She didn't sidestep or retreat or show any of the defensive movements Z
CHAPTER 36: STOP ME
"You are not ready to leave," she said, keeping her voice steady despite the oppressive heat of his aura. "To hell with my father and his foolish decrees!" Zachary roared, the energy flaring brighter around him. "He doesn't get to abandon me and then dictate my life from the shadows. I am leaving!"He turned his back on her, raising his hand toward the handlers once more. "I will not allow you to leave," Seraphina stated, taking another step forward. Zachary hesitated, some clarity returning to his gaze.Maybe…. Maybe he shouldn't do this, he could stop and–‘You are not ready. Right now, Zachary, you are not an asset to this family…….You are a liability.’ The voice of his father whispered to his mind, those damn words ringing and swirling in his brain until it was all he could hear.‘You Are A Liability!’‘Fuck you!’ Zachary screamed back mentally as the rage that had been boiling inside him since the night of the auction, the humiliation of his defeat, the banishment of his fathe
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