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Chapter 85
“Okay… fine.”Varohn’s voice came out rough and guttural, like gravel grinding underfoot. His brows pinched tight before he forced his eyes open and fixed them on Zhaedor. “Just tell me what I need to do.”Zhaedor’s lips curled—not quite a smile, not quite a sneer, but something sharper that cut between the two. He leaned back a fraction, as the torchlight painted his high cheekbones in a wicked glow.“You mean… what we need to do.” His voice slid like silk over steel.He flicked a finger sideways, and almost instantly a smooth and reverent voice rang from the far entrance of the square corridor.“My lord.”Zhaedor turned, and Varohn craned his neck ever so slightly, scraping his boots against the stone floor as he shifted to catch a better glimpse.From the dim light, a figure emerged draped in a long, weathered brown cloak. The hood shadowed most of his face, but the weight in his posture, the deliberate calm in his step—was enough to justify that power walked in with him.“Every
Chapter 84
The sand hissed and thinned under Kaelen’s boots, glowing brighter with every heartbeat until it couldn’t take any more punishment. It gave way suddenly—not like a crumble, but like the earth had been hollow all along, waiting for the right moment to swallow him whole.The ground split wide beneath his fire, tearing open a yawning black throat. A deafening roar of collapsing earth filled the air, and Kaelen’s stomach lurched as the sand beneath him dropped away in one violent rush.“WATCH OUT!”Sahrak’s voice cut sharply through the chaos, snapping Kaelen back into himself. His eyes shot open just as the raging flames cloaking him flickered out in a single puff, leaving him exposed to gravity’s cruel grip.Kaelen fell.Instinct screamed louder than fear. His body jerked, and he bellowed through gritted teeth, forcing a burst of flame from his boots. The fire exploded downward in a sharp whoosh, halting his plummet. The heat seared the air, whipping his cloak and hair upward, and for
Chapter 83
“Meaning?” Rokhen’s voice was low, steady, but sharp — the kind of voice that could slice through steel if words could cut.“Meaning… I can’t take you there,” Sahen replied, using a flat tone, but his eyes betrayed that slippery flicker of guilt.“You—” Serakai began, but her words were ripped from her tongue when the ground beneath them lurched violently, as though the desert itself had decided to roll over in its sleep.The tremor slammed through the earth, climbing up their bones like jagged lightning. The wooden stakes of the tent groaned under the sudden shift, swaying the heavy canvas walls with a sick rhythm. The fire lantern strung on one of the center poles swung madly from side to side, casting frantic shadows that jittered across their faces. The flame flared once, nearly extinguished, then hissed stubbornly back to life, clinging to its wick like a soul refusing to be snuffed out.It felt like the world itself was trying to shake them loose.Rokhen and Serakai exchanged
Chapter 82
“Elara…?”Varohn’s voice cracked like dry timber snapping under pressure. His lips barely moved, yet the trembling sound carried itself slowly through the quiet room. His eyes were raw, red-rimmed from sleepless nights, and streaked with fresh tears that refused to stop rolling down his scarred cheeks.But she did not turn.She just stood there with her back to him, framed by the flickering lamplight that crawled along the walls like restless spirits. He would recognize that silhouette anywhere, even if all the stars in the sky went dark. The curve of her shoulders. The way she stood so still, so fragile yet unyielding. And that long, brown, and cascading hair — silken — down her back, swaying ever so slightly with the faintest draft seeping through the cracks in the wooden boards. It wasn’t just hair. To him, it was memory itself: the color of a thousand sunsets they never shared and the softness he had once sworn to protect.His throat tightened as he whispered again, softer and d
Chapter 81
“That is…” Serakai rolled her eyes slowly, quaking in the corner of her mouth. “…unexpectedly expected.”Sahen blinked, twitching his brows. “That… doesn’t surprise you?” As his voice cracked with disbelief.“Yeah, well—see…” Serakai tilted her head, folding her arms tighter across her chest. “I studied under a lot of flameborn masters, alright? And in all that time—every scroll, every lecture, every pompous speech—they never once mentioned dark flames. Not once.” She dragged her words out deliberately, almost teasing him. “So, yeah, I suspected something was off… but I didn’t actually want to believe you weren’t one of us.”Sahen’s lips pressed into a line. Rattling the chains faintly as his hands shifted against the metal chair.“But your father,” Rokhen cut in, using a steady voice that sliced through the tension like a blade. “The ex-commander who held your position before you… He was a flameborn. Wasn’t he?”Sahen lowered his gaze again, dropping his voice into a hushed but bitt
Chapter 80
The fire-lamp above swayed lazily, spreading its glow like molten gold across the tick leathered walls. Each time the desert wind pushed against the tent, the shadows shifted, stretching like black claws over the sand-dusted floor, fluttering the edges of the maps sprawled wide across the wooden table.Sahen’s gaze was fixed on one of those maps, softly clinking his chains each time he shifted in the iron chair. His face, pale beneath the flickering light, seemed carved from both defiance and exhaustion. Finally, he broke the silence, using a low voice that was steady enough to cut through the hum of the lamp.“Varohn… he… he’s not the kind of bad person you might think he is.”Serakai leaned against the pillar near the edge of the tent, crossing her arms tight against her chest, letting out a cocktail expression of irritation and boredom. Rokhen, sitting opposite Sahen, listened without blinking, resting his elbows on the rough wooden table, and moving his fingers together.“To b
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