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—THE HEIR WHO STOLE MY NAME
"Or would you prefer to discover why she chose to keep me instead?"The stranger's question echoed through the shattered sanctuary.Kael couldn't move.He stared at the young man standing beside the broken throne, searching for a single difference between them. The same black hair. The same face. The same scar above the left eyebrow.Even their crescent marks glowed with identical golden flames.But there was something wrong with the stranger's eyes.Kael's eyes reflected light.The strangers seemed to swallow it."Who are you?" Kael demanded.The young man laughed."That's a strange question coming from someone wearing my face.""Answer me!""Very well."He stepped away from the throne."My name is Kael Ashworth."Lucian shook his head violently."No! That's impossible!""Is it?" The stranger glanced at him. "Tell me, little brother, do you remember the night Mother disappeared?"Lucian's expression tightened."I remember enough.""Then perhaps you remember which of us she carried aw
MONSTER WE CALLED FATHER
"Which one of you would like to die first?"The creature wearing King Alaric's face stood beside the throne, smiling as if it had just asked its sons to choose their favorite meal.Kael moved in front of Lucian."Stay behind me."Lucian grabbed his arm. "You can barely stand. How exactly are you planning to protect me?""Honestly? I haven't figured that part out yet.""Wonderful. At least you're finally being honest."Despite the terror gripping his chest, Kael almost smiled.Then the creature laughed."How touching. Two brothers pretending they can protect each other when neither understands what they are."Its black eyes shifted toward Kael's wrist."Especially you, little heir."Kael raised his chin."What happened to my father?"The creature's smile faded."Your father made a choice.""What choice?""He chose your mother over the world."The answer struck Kael harder than any physical blow.The creature walked slowly around the throne."Seventeen years ago, your mother discovered
THE FATHER WHO SHOULD BE DEAD
The man standing before Kael wore his father's face.That was the first thing Kael noticed.The second was the blood dripping from the sword in his hand.And the third was the fact that Lucian had stopped breathing."Father?" Lucian whispered.King Alaric Ashworth smiled."Still remember me, my boy?"Lucian staggered backward."No. You're dead.""Am I?"Alaric tilted his head, studying his younger son with unsettling amusement."Seventeen years, Lucian. Seventeen years, and that's the first thing you say to me?"Kael stepped between them."Don't come any closer."His father looked at him.For a moment, the smile disappeared."Kael."The sound of his name in that familiar voice sent an unexpected ache through his chest. He remembered a man who had once lifted him onto his shoulders, taught him to hold a wooden sword, and promised that no enemy would ever touch his family.That man had vanished the night their mother died.Now he stood before Kael, apparently unchanged, carrying a blood
THE ABYSS BENEATH THE PRISON
The floor disappeared beneath Kael's feet.For one terrifying moment, he and Lucian hung over an endless darkness, their hands locked together as the black mist dragged them downward."KAEL!""I've got you!"Kael tightened his grip on his brother's wrist. His crescent mark burned against his skin, releasing flashes of silver light that barely illuminated the abyss below.The wind howled around them.Above, the shattered prison grew smaller. Crimson flames flickered between broken pillars, and the First Sovereign's furious roar followed them into the darkness.Then something moved beneath their feet.Something enormous.Kael swallowed hard."System! Activate emergency flight!"\[ERROR.\]\[INSUFFICIENT MANA.\]"Then give me another option!"\[NO AVAILABLE ABILITIES CAN GUARANTEE SURVIVAL.\]"You're becoming very irritating!"A shadow suddenly shot past them.Kael barely recognized the enormous body before it turned in midair.Brutus.The giant bear had somehow survived being thrown int
THE PRICE OF SAVING MY BROTHER
Kael stared at the three options floating before his eyes.Behind him, the First Sovereign was breaking free from the shattered prison. Before him, Lucian lay motionless, black veins spreading across his body.\[OPTION ONE: USE MOONLIGHT PURIFICATION.\]\[ESTIMATED SUCCESS RATE: 12%.\]\[OPTION TWO: ABSORB THE CORRUPTION.\]\[SURVIVAL PROBABILITY: UNKNOWN.\]\[OPTION THREE: ABANDON THE TARGET.\]Kael's jaw tightened."Is there a fourth option?"\[NEGATIVE.\]"Then your options are useless."He dismissed the notification and knelt beside Lucian."Brother, you are not dying here."Lucian's eyes opened slightly."Stop pretending you can save everyone," he whispered. "You couldn't save Mother. You couldn't save the kingdom. And you certainly cannot save me."Kael gripped his shoulder."Perhaps I couldn't save them before. But I'm here now."A terrible roar shook the chamber.The First Sovereign raised his hand, and the broken chains began floating into the air."You sentimental fool!" he
BROTHER WHO BETRAYED ME
The dagger struck the ancient symbol.A deafening explosion tore through the underground chamber.Kael felt the crimson chain around his wrist tighten until pain shot through his arm. The symbols carved into the floor ignited one after another, flooding the chamber with blood-red light.Above the platform, the crystal shattered.Thousands of fragments hung in the air, suspended by an invisible force.Then the voice of the First Sovereign thundered through the darkness.“THE BARGAIN IS ACCEPTED!”Kael's eyes widened.“Lucian!”His brother stood beside the platform, the dagger still buried in the ancient symbol. Black veins crawled up his neck, and his body trembled as though something was trying to tear its way out of him.Kael struggled against the chain.“What have you done?”Lucian looked at him.For one brief moment, his expression resembled that of the boy Kael remembered from childhood.Then the moment disappeared.“I did what I had to do.”“You said you wanted to stop him!”“I d
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