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Chapter 80
The chains burned as the mirror pulled. Aurora’s feet slid across the trembling stone, the force dragging her toward the rippling glass. She dug her heels in, but it was useless. The mirror swallowed everything around it, its glow brighter than fire, colder than shadow. “Mason!” she screamed, clutching his chained hand tighter.He stumbled beside her, his face pale, his body shaking. His eyes, one brown and one silver, locked on hers. “Don’t let go!”“I won’t!” she cried.But the mirror didn’t care for promises. With a final, violent tug, it dragged them inside.Aurora gasped as she landed hard on stone. Her breath caught, her eyes darting around.At first, she thought they were back in the academy. The walls were familiar, the tall windows, the stone floor. But everything was wrong.The walls cracked and twisted. The windows reflected no light. The torches burned with silver flames, casting shadows that moved on their own. Aurora’s heart raced. “This… this isn’t real.”Mason groaned
Chapter 79
Aurora’s scream tore through the abyss. When the light faded, she found herself lying on the ground, her chest heaving. The chains around her body glowed faintly, pulsing like veins of fire and shadow. Her wrists ached, her lungs burned, and every part of her felt heavy.Slowly, she turned her head. Mason was beside her, his body bound in the same chains. His skin glistened with sweat, cracked with silver and orange, his face pale. His eyes were open, staring at nothing.“Mason!” Aurora gasped, pulling against the chains that tied her to him. “Mason, look at me!”His chest rose shallowly, his lips trembling. At last, his eyes shifted to her. One brown. One silver.He tried to speak, but his voice was broken. “Aurora…”Her tears blurred her sight. “I’m here. I’m not going anywhere.”Mason’s lips twisted in pain. “You… you should have let me go. Now you’re trapped too.”Aurora shook her head, gripping his chained hand as tightly as she could. “No. I told you. I’ll never let you go. Wha
Chapter 78
Aurora gasped as her eyes snapped open. The ground beneath her pulsed like a living thing, beating in rhythm with her own heart. Her body ached, every breath heavy, her skin burning where the silver chains had touched her, then she felt it. Not just her pain. Another heartbeat. Another breath.She turned her head. Mason lay beside her, his body bound by the same glowing chains, his skin cracked with both orange fire and silver shadow. His eyes were closed, his lips trembling.Aurora reached for him, but the moment her hand moved, the chain at her wrist yanked against his. Mason’s body jerked as if the chain had tugged his very soul.Aurora froze. Her breath caught in her throat. They were linked. “Mason,” she whispered, her voice breaking.His eyes opened slowly. One brown. One silver. He groaned, his voice hoarse. “Aurora, what did you do?”Aurora’s eyes filled with tears, but her voice was firm. “I did what I had to. I stayed.”Mason’s face twisted with pain. He tugged against the
Chapter 77
Aurora’s eyes opened to darkness. But it wasn’t the same abyss as before. This place was thicker, heavier, as if the air itself had weight. Shadows dripped from the walls like liquid, and the ground pulsed like a beating heart beneath her knees. Her wrists ached. She looked down, and froze.Chains. Silver chains coiled around her arms, her waist, even her throat. The metal burned against her skin, but it wasn’t just her.Beside her, bound in the same chains, was Mason. Aurora’s chest tightened as she saw him. His body was hunched forward, his face pale, his skin cracked with light and shadow. His eyes were closed, his lips trembling as if whispering something she couldn’t hear.“Mason,” Her voice broke as she reached for him, the chains pulling her back. “Mason, wake up. Please.”His head stirred slightly, but his eyes didn’t open.The ground shook beneath them. A voice, deep and cruel, rolled through the shadows.“You see now?” Vazquez’s words echoed in every direction. “You can ne
Chapter 76
The chains clinked as they tightened around Mason’s body again. Aurora stood only a few steps away, her hands trembling, her chest rising and falling with uneven breaths. The orange glow of her fire flickered against the silver of Vazquez’s shadows, painting the abyss in clashing colors.Mason’s head hung low. His dark hair fell into his eyes, and when he lifted them, Aurora’s heart twisted.One eye was brown. The other was silver. His lips trembled as he whispered, “Aurora, you have to go. Please.”Her tears blurred her sight, but she shook her head fiercely. “No. Don’t ask me that. Don’t you dare ask me to leave you again.”His face tightened with pain. The chains rattled as if they sensed his hesitation. “You don’t understand, if I move, it won’t be me. It’ll be him. And if that happens,”Aurora stepped forward, cutting him off, her voice shaking but steady. “Then I’ll stop you. No matter what it takes, I’ll stop you. But I’m not leaving.”The abyss darkened as Vazquez’s form emer
Chapter 75
The sound of shattering chains still echoed in the abyss. Aurora knelt on the burning stone floor, her hands cut and bleeding, her breath ragged. She clutched at the broken links that slipped through her fingers like dust. Her eyes were wide, staring at the empty space where Mason had been. He was gone. “No,” she whispered, her voice trembling. “No, no, no.”Her throat tightened. Her chest felt like it was tearing apart. She had held him. She had touched his hand. And then, he vanished.Her scream ripped through the void, raw and broken. “Mason!”The abyss answered with silence. Only the faint rattle of chains and the drip of her tears hitting the stone, then the silence broke.Vazquez’s laughter rose again, deep and cruel, echoing through every crack of the void. Aurora’s body shook. She turned her head slowly, her eyes burning with fury. From the shadows, Vazquez stepped forward. His silver eyes gleamed, and his smile stretched like a knife. “You see now?” he said softly. “You se
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