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Chapter Eighty – When the Earth Trembles
The night split apart. The ground heaved beneath them, soil cracking wide as though some ancient beast clawed its way from below.Flames guttered and flared, trees bowing until their trunks snapped like brittle bones. The trembling was so violent that even Fowler, still clutching Selene in his arms, was forced to plant a hand against the earth to steady them both.Selene’s scream cut through it all. It wasn’t her voice, it was too deep, too many layered, a chorus of fury.The sound made Vivienne drop to her knees, her hands clamped over her ears as blood trickled from her nose. Even the scarred man writhed in terror, clawing at the dirt as if to bury himself from the sound.“You dare… break what was forged in Carter blood?” the curse bellowed through Selene’s body. Her back arched, her fingers digging trenches into the earth. Black smoke poured from her mouth and eyes, staining the night.Fowler pulled her tighter against him, refusing to let go. “If I broke one chain, I can break the
Chapter Seventy-Nine – Breaking the Unbreakable
Fowler laid Selene’s body on the torn earth as gently as if she were glass. Her skin was pale, her lips drained of all color, her chest still.She looked peaceful, as though she had simply fallen asleep but he knew better. He could feel it. Her soul was trapped, strangled in the same chains that had haunted him for years.He brushed a strand of blood-matted hair from her face, his hand steady though every nerve in his body screamed to shake her awake.“You hear me, Selene?” His voice was low, steady, every word deliberate. “You’re not gone. Not while I’m still here.”Vivienne stepped forward, her heels crunching on shattered stone. Her hands trembled around the pistol she still carried. “Fowler she hasn’t moved. It’s been”“Don’t.” His voice cracked like a blade unsheathed. “She’s still here. I feel her.”The scarred man coughed, blood dribbling from his mouth, his voice hoarse but mocking. “You think love will break chains forged in Carter blood? You think you can outwit an oath boun
Chapter Seventy-Eight – Between Worlds
Cold. That was the first thing Selene felt. A bone-deep cold that seeped into her marrow, heavier than any winter frost. She tried to open her eyes, but there was only darkness.Not the writhing abyss of the curse. Not the suffocating chains that had strangled her. This was different. Empty.Her feet touched nothing, yet she stood. Her hands moved, yet she grasped only air. And the silence it wasn’t crushing like before. It was hollow, like the world itself had stopped breathing.Am I… dead?The thought drifted out of her like a whisper. And then, faintly, she heard something. A voice. Low, hoarse, breaking. Fowler. “Selene… don’t you dare leave me.”Her chest jolted. She clutched at it, but her body felt strange, translucent, half-there. “Fowler?” she called, though her voice didn’t echo. “I’m here, I’m still here!”Her words vanished into the dark. Then another sound crept through. Not Fowler. Not Vivienne. Not any living voice. It was laughter. Soft, mocking. Did you think you esca
Chapter Seventy-Seven – The General’s Vow
Fowler held her against his chest, her body cold, her breath gone. “No…” The word was a rasp, almost too quiet for even him to hear.His throat still burned from her grip, every swallow fire, but none of that mattered. His arms cradled her limp form, rocking as though the motion could bring her back.“Selene. Wake up.” His hand trembled as it brushed across her cheek, smearing blood and dirt. He pressed his forehead to hers, his eyes burning with a pain he’d never let anyone see. “You don’t get to leave me. Not you.”Vivienne was frozen a few steps away, her pistol hanging uselessly in her hand. “Is… is she”“Don’t.” Fowler’s voice cracked like a whip, sharp enough to silence her. His chest heaved, but his eyes stayed locked on Selene. “She’s not gone.”The scarred man coughed blood against the tree, his voice a rasping sneer. “You’re blind, General. The oath eats everything it touches. She fought it so it tore her heart instead. That woman is dead.”Fowler’s head snapped toward him,
Chapter Seventy-Six – Chains in the Dark
Inside the void, Selene’s world fractured. Her hands were no longer her own. They moved with monstrous strength, gripping something warm, solid Fowler.She couldn’t see him here in the darkness, not with her eyes, but through the bond she could feel him. His heartbeat. His breath. His life.And she was choking it out. “No stop!” she screamed inside her mind, thrashing against the invisible chains binding her soul. Her body outside did not obey. Her fingers tightened, cruel and merciless.The curse laughed, its voice slithering through her veins. Look at you. So fragile. So desperate. And yet you are the perfect vessel. Do you feel his life slipping away?She shook her head violently, tears burning hot down her unseen cheeks. “I won’t kill him! I love him!”The darkness hissed, wrapping her tighter, smothering her every thought. Love? Love is a leash. That is why your father bound him. That is why I own you now. Because you, Selene Carter, are weak.The shadows shoved her forward, forc
Chapter Seventy-Five – The General’s Breaking Point
Fowler had faced ambushes, betrayal, and warzones soaked with blood. He had walked through hell in chains and returned alive. But nothing had prepared him for this.Selene’s body writhed against him as though possessed, her back arching in unnatural angles, her throat constricting with strangled gasps.Her nails tore at her own skin, leaving streaks of blood across her arms. Her eyes, once pools of fierce light, were glazed white, trembling behind lids that refused to close.He held her tighter, his voice raw. “Selene! Stay with me, dammit stay with me!”Her mouth opened, but no sound came. Only silence. The silence of chains. Fowler’s jaw locked. He had seen this before. Not on her but on himself.Years ago, in the deepest cell of Blackwall Prison, when the curse of the Carter oath had tried to claw into him. The suffocating silence, the bleeding from within, the feeling of being eaten alive by shadows.And now it was killing her. Vivienne stood frozen just feet away, horror etched a
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