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Chapter 67: The Templar Path of Infernal Trials
Chapter 67: The Templar Path of Infernal Trials"Hmm, that notion holds merit," Lucifer mused, his voice soft yet filled with a calculated resonance.Nearby, Bernice Williams, her brow furrowed in indignation, grinded her teeth together in a display of sheer fury. Her emerald eyes gleamed with an intent to tear Lucifer apart—if not physically, then metaphorically. The silence in the room seemed to hum with the tension of unspoken words.Lucifer, unfazed by the simmering anger that practically radiated from her, turned his attention to his older sibling, James McKenzie, with an unflinching gaze. "Shall we depart for the Academy? I must arrive by tomorrow to undergo the ranking process," he requested, his voice calm, though beneath the words, a storm of determination churned.James McKenzie, his lips pursed in a thoughtful line, regarded his brother for a moment before the edges of his mouth curled into a rueful, knowing smile. "Ah, yes, thanks for
Chapter 66: Should I Eliminate Her?
Chapter 66: Should I Eliminate Her? Lucifer McKenzie didn’t find solace in assuming the life of Neo Hargraves. The weight of wearing someone else’s identity, deceiving those who had once known him, felt like an imposition rather than a choice. But the cruel twist of fate had placed him in this body, and there was no turning back. For now, he had no intention of exposing the truth that he was an imposter. The truth was far more complex than the world around him could ever understand. Lucifer had not asked to inherit Neo Hargraves' form. It had been thrust upon him when he awoke one fateful day, finding himself trapped in a foreign body, unable to make sense of the world that had suddenly become his. Now, he navigated this existence with caution, unwilling to reveal the painful reality of his situation. “Eat, you cunt,” James McKenzie said, his voice thick with disdain. The words were harsh, but they carried the weight of
Chapter 65: Of Fire and Fractured Bloodlines
Chapter 65: Of Fire and Fractured Bloodlines"Who in the blazing hells was that?" Bernice Williams demanded, her voice sharp and jagged, each syllable slicing through the thick tension like a dagger of forged ice. Her grip on Lucifer McKenzie's hand was ironclad, fingers trembling with barely restrained emotion as she pulled him away from the ghost of the moment they’d just fled. Her crimson eyes narrowed, gleaming with fury and suspicion."Don’t even try to pretend you don’t know him," she snapped, her voice low but burning with accusatory fire. "That call was no random trick. He spoke like he knew you. Intimately."Lucifer’s heart gave a traitorous stutter, as though struck by a spectral hand from the past. The voice from the phone call lingered in his skull, a ghostly echo gnawing at the edges of his memories. Though no image surfaced in his mind, his instincts screamed—no, roared—that they were being hunted."I... I don’t know," he muttered, f
Chapter 64: The Unseen Voice - Revelations in the Silent Waves
Chapter 64: The Unseen Voice - Revelations in the Silent WavesClara Williams gazed across the empty stretch of sand, her eyes locking onto the form of the unconscious Bernice Williams. She had fallen into a deep, peaceful slumber after the harrowing events at the Mermaid Kingdom. As the tide of silence rolled over the shore, Clara’s thoughts were interrupted by her own voice breaking the stillness."As for the reward for saving me..."Her words trailed off, as though unsure of how to proceed. She shifted her gaze toward the slumbering Bernice, her face pale but serene in her rest. The sudden weight of responsibility hung heavily upon her."I can't give it to you right now," Clara continued, her voice low, as though speaking to the waves themselves. "You should already know the reason. You want the weapon, but I can't hand it over just yet."The object of her fixation, the replica of Poseidon's Trident, gleamed in the distance, its import
Chapter 63: Baptism Beneath the Abyssal Veil
Chapter 63: Baptism Beneath the Abyssal VeilIt wasn’t entirely Bernice Williams’ sin that they found themselves destitute beneath the sea.But—if she had chosen to, she could have returned with coin.So no, she wasn’t guiltless.Their excuse might’ve sounded logical to a stranger—might’ve sounded like sense…As if!In the drowned twilight of the subterranean grotto, Bernice folded herself into a corner—her back to the crystalline wall slicked with salt and luminescent algae.“Why the hell did you come back so quickly?” she bit out, her tone cold, eyes shadowed.Lucia—the tyrant queen of the fallen merfolk throne—emerged from the sacred pond, water clinging to her like strands of living silk, each drop shedding like a forgotten crown. She adorned herself with the remnants of dry garments—slowly, as if savoring the motion, but with an undercurrent of haste.“I didn’t bring any coin, and I’m not
Chapter 62: The Hollow Beneath the Waves and the Curve of Her Palm
Chapter 62: The Hollow Beneath the Waves and the Curve of Her Palm As the three descended deeper into the undulating sapphire world of the ocean's secret veins, their bodies gliding past living coral blossoms and kaleidoscopic sea flora, a problem of an unusually corporeal nature interrupted the serenity of the dive. Clara Williams—once the cold-blooded empress of the ruined Mermaid Dominion—had become quite embarrassingly wedged. Her ample, regal bosom was stuck between two sharp, narrow reef slabs that formed the mouth of a cave-like crevice. “…” “…” Lucifer McKenzie and Bernice Williams both came to a silent halt, their expressions frozen in a kind of shared horror and awkward disbelief. Lucifer, eyes drifting despite himself, turned his head toward Bernice with quiet calculation—subconsciously comparing the daughter to the mother in that very moment of unintentional vulnerability. There’s a
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