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Chapter 137: Shackled in Fire
The scream tore out of Jace’s throat until his lungs burned raw. He plunged through the abyss, fire-chains snaking tighter around his arms and chest. His body should have been shredded by the flames, but instead the pain felt alive, crawling into his veins, digging into his very marrow.He slammed against solid ground, hard. The impact rattled his skull and sent cracks through the stone floor beneath him. For a long moment, he lay still, gasping, his eyes fluttering against the searing weight of the fire-chains.When he forced himself to look up, the world had changed again, This wasn’t the cavern of wretches anymore.He stood in a vast hall, lit not by molten rivers, but by hanging lanterns of crimson flame. Black marble columns stretched so high they disappeared into the gloom. The air was hot, metallic, carrying the acrid stench of burning coin.And there were thrones.Dozens of them, arranged in two lines leading to a colossal seat at the far end. Each throne was occupied by a fig
Chapter 136: The Descent
The fall didn’t feel like a fall. It felt like being torn apart, Jace’s body convulsed as he plunged into the abyss beneath the blood-marked floor.His ears rang with whispers, each one carrying fragments of voices he knew, his mother, his tormentors, even himself. His chest seized as if invisible hands clawed at his lungs. The darkness was alive. Then impact.Jace hit the ground hard enough to rattle his bones. He groaned, forcing himself onto hands and knees. The chains were gone, but his wrists still burned where the iron had been. He looked up. The abyss wasn’t empty.He stood at the edge of a vast underground chamber. Its ceiling soared high into shadows. Jagged pillars of black stone rose like teeth, glowing faintly with veins of molten gold. A river, no, a current of liquid light, wound through the cavern, its glow casting everything in an eerie illumination.And along the banks, shapes moved, They weren’t guards. They weren’t human.Figures draped in tattered robes shuffled ai
Chapter 135: Awakening in Chains
Silence.Not the silence of peace, but the heavy, suffocating kind that presses against your ribs and makes every breath feel like theft.Jace’s eyes snapped open, The first thing he saw wasn’t light. It was blackness so deep it seemed alive, swallowing the edges of his vision. Then a flicker. A faint glow, distant and wavering, like a candle fighting against the dark. He tried to move, Chains rattled.His wrists were bound, iron biting into his skin. His ankles too. He was seated, back pressed against cold stone, the air thick with damp and rust. The metallic stench told him everything, a prison, deep underground.His pulse thundered. Last thing he remembered, the double’s face lunging at him, the Ledger burning like fire in his hands then nothing. Now the Ledger was gone. Panic surged. His chest tightened, breath catching like he was drowning. “Looking for this?”The voice cut through the dark. Smooth. Mocking. Familiar. The faint glow brightened, not a candle, but the Ledger itself
Chapter 134: Reflections in Blood
Gunfire still roared like thunder in a storm that had no sky. Screams clawed at the vaulted ceilings of the underground hall, echoing like the shrieks of hunted animals. Gilded chairs overturned, candelabras toppled, and priceless art splintered beneath the chaos.And Jace was running straight toward death, The Black Ledger still gleamed in its shattered glass cradle. A prize worth more than empires. But every step closer was another second of bullets chewing through the marble around him.He dove, slid across the slick floor, blood mixing with spilled champagne beneath his palms, and yanked the book free.The room seemed to still, as though even the violence paused to witness him holding it. The leather was colder than ice, heavier than stone. It thrummed against his palms like it had a pulse. Then the voice.“You’re out of your depth.”Jace spun, chest heaving There, across the chaos, stood his double. Same face, same build, but sharper. Crueler. The eyes weren’t his; they glowed wi
Chapter 133: The Auction of Shadows
The chandelier light shimmered across faces that weren’t supposed to exist in the same room. Billionaires, old-money dynasties, warlords disguised in tuxedos, masked figures whose very presence reeked of power. The underground auction wasn’t just exclusive, it was forbidden.And Jace was walking straight into its den. Every step felt wrong. His polished shoes clicked softly on marble, but the echoes were too loud in his head. The air smelled of incense and aged leather, but beneath it lingered iron, blood.His invitation, folded crisp in his breast pocket, burned against his chest. It wasn’t just a pass. It was bait.He scanned the room, eyes darting past jeweled gowns and smirking masks. At the far end, beneath the raised stage, a velvet curtain concealed tonight’s "main item." That was why they were here. Why whispers moved like smoke across champagne flutes.The Black Ledger, Not money. Not art. Not weapons. Information. The kind that toppled empires, Jace’s throat tightened. He kn
Chapter 132: Evelyn’s Choice
Evelyn’s gasp tore through the shattered silence, She froze in the doorway, her hand pressed against the frame, her eyes widening at the monstrous sight before her. The amalgam’s claw, black as tar, veined with red lightning, stretched toward her, its hundred mouths gnashing in hunger.“JACE!” she screamed, stumbling backward, her heels scraping against the marble.Jace staggered to his feet, every nerve in his body aflame. His vision blurred, his ribs cracked, but instinct cut through the fog. “EVY! MOVE!”He lunged, golden fire erupting in his fist, and slammed into the amalgam’s claw mid-strike. The impact shook the hall, chandeliers bursting into raining glass. The claw halted inches from Evelyn’s chest.But Jace paid the price. The force hurled him across the room, his back slamming into the staircase with a sickening crunch. Pain exploded down his spine.The amalgam laughed, its thousand mouths dripping with venom. “You can’t protect her. You couldn’t protect anyone.”Evelyn’s b
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