2025-02-18 00:48:10Zoey 's car pulled over in front of the 's family mansion and she rushed out to help Mason get out. She pulled the door open and carefully helped Mason out of the car and began to make their way towards the staircase slowly. When they got to the dimly lit staircase, Zoey halted her steps and turned to face Mason who was still extremely drunk.
"This is as far as I can go, Mason . If the family sees me it will only cause more trouble." Zoey informed, carefully taking Mason 's arm off her shoulder and placed it on the wall. "Just make sure you resolve whatever is going on peacefully, okay?" She added with a look of concern.
Mason didn't utter a word, he only nodded his head in affirmation and began to stagger up the staircase slowly. Zoey stood there and watched him go up, and when she was certain he would be fine on his own she exited the place.
Mason climbed the staircase and was now in a vast balcony where a table and a chair could be seen at the center and Aurora could be seen sitting on the chair. She was currently on a call as she talked and laughed shamelessly.
Mason stood there fuming, the cool night breeze made his black hair flow and his two fists clenched tightly. Mason didn't need a priest to tell him Aurora was talking with John over the phone.
Even after what happened in the office she still goes back to him like nothing happened.
"Aurora !" Mason voiced, catching the attention of Aurora and made her shift her gaze towards him. "Who are you talking to?" Mason demanded and he staggered forward like a drunkard.
"Who I am talking to is none of your damn business." Aurora rolled her eyes as she resumed her discussion with John on the phone.
Mason 's blood boiled in anger and he snatched the phone from her and glanced at the screen. The name John was written boldly.
"Just like I thought." Mason sounded as he disconnected the call in anger.
"Give me back my phone!" Aurora demanded with her hand stretched forth.
"Not until we talk about what happened in the office earlier today!" Mason voiced out.
"There is nothing to talk about! Now if you would please give me back my phone I have some important things I am discussing." Aurora responded in a demanding tone.
"This is more important, Aurora !" Mason snapped, his voice reverberating throughout the once quiet balcony.
"I said there is nothing to talk about..give me back my phone already!" Aurora frowned and voiced in a demanding tone.
"What were you doing with that man in his office?! I saw everything so do not even try to deny it!" Mason questioned with his face bright red in anger.
"What I was doing with him is none of your business. And since you said you saw everything, why are you still asking me?" Aurora retorted, glaring at Mason in disgust and disdain.
"Can you even hear yourself right now? You were cheating on me with that man in his office and you are acting like you did nothing!" Mason voiced out with a slight look of disbelief. This wasn't the type of response and attitude he expected from someone who was caught cheating.
"And what if I cheated on you with John, what are you going to do? Can you compete with a man like John ? John is a son of a prestigious family and manager of the news company you work at." Aurora sneered.
"So, this is what it's about? Because he is rich and I am poor, you feel like you can cheat and pretend like nothing happened?!" Mason smiled in self pity.
"He has a rich magical background just like you do but the difference is that he has magic but chose not to use and live a normal life but you do not have any magic and you're not rich, you're just useless" Aurora voiced out in anger.
"Useless?You call me useless?I thought you were different from the rest of the students at school but no, I was wrong, " Mason said with a low tone.
Aurora didn't respond as she walked towards him and attempted to retrieve her phone, but Mason refused, which made her lift up her right hand and struck him hard across the face.
Aurora 's palm slammed heavily on Mason 's right cheek, and the sound of flesh meeting flesh reverberated.
"Don't ever question my decision and actions. Know your place, Mason ." Aurora warned as she collected her phone from Mason and walked away, leaving Mason stunned by her actions.
He gritted his teeth in pain and anger as he watched her leave like nothing happened. Mason then sat on the chair Aurora once sat and picked up the glass of beer she was drinking and took a sip. He fumed in anger but had no choice than to remain cool because there was nothing he could do and he had nothing against a man like John .
After sitting on the balcony for several minutes, Mason finally rose up and made his way back to his room to sleep it all off. Arriving in the room, Mason attempted to open the door, but the sound of Aurora making a phone call inside made him pause and listen in.
"Can you imagine? That good for nothing trash returned back from work and began questioning me about what happened between us." Aurora informed me.
"He did? That guy is a nuisance! Can you believe he attacked me in my office earlier?" John's voice sounded over the phone.
"He did?" Aurora exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah, moments after you left he attacked me. If not for the security that arrived on time, who knows what would have happened to me." John responded.
"I am so sorry about that." Aurora apologized.
"I wonder why you are still married to such a man. He is worthless, he can't offer you anything! On top of that he is a rascal! Break up with him and let's get into a relationship, Aurora ." John voiced over the phone.
Aurora remained silent after hearing the words of John. She has always wanted to divorce Mason in the past, but if she divorced him for no reason at all that would only tarnish her family's image.
"We will talk about that later. For now I need you to punish that scumbag." Aurora spoke with boiling anger. "I need you to fire Mason." Aurora informed me.
Right where Mason stood listening in on their conversation, his heart sunk.
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Chapter 110
The road back from the Black Hills was heavier than the march east. They carried fewer supplies, fewer voices. Some who had left with Mason did not return. Their bodies lay buried beneath the charred ruins of the village, marked only by scorched stones and the smell of ash.Norra walked beside Mason in silence, her small hands clenched into fists. She had watched him burn shadows with fire that was not his. She had seen him shake after, skin pale, breath ragged.She had wanted to scream at him to stop. But she hadn’t. Because the shadows would have swallowed them all if he hadn’t.Now, with each step, her chest ached with a fear she could not voice. Refugees followed them west. Men, women, children with hollow eyes. They spoke in whispers that spread like smoke. “They say he carries the Saint’s fire.”“They say the silver-eyed warrior burns darkness itself.”“They say Aurora gave him her soul.”Mason heard them. He ignored them. His silver eyes stayed forward, cold as steel, but John
Chapter 109
The courtyard was quiet at dawn. The flame mark pulsed faintly, its glow softer than in the nights before. The pilgrims who had camped at the gates still slept, their breaths rising in steady clouds, but Mason was awake.He stood at the edge of the courtyard, silver eyes fixed on the east. The Black Hills waited there, jagged shadows across the horizon. His jaw was tight, his shoulders squared. He had not spoken much through the night, but all who saw him knew what weighed on him.The messenger’s last words were still sharp in his mind. “They gather. Fragments… shadows… Vazquez’s remnants.”Mason closed his hand into a fist. “Then we’ll meet them.”By midmorning, the survivors gathered in the ruined hall. It was smaller than it had been, half the roof missing, the stone cracked. But the voices inside carried strong.John stood at Mason’s side, his arms crossed, his silver eyes cool. Norra sat on the step nearby, her chin lifted high, defiance glowing in her young face.Students, old
Chapter 108
The courtyard was silent after the blaze. The flame mark glowed faintly in the stone, pulsing like a dying heartbeat. The survivors sat in a circle around it, their faces pale and heavy with grief. Norra had not moved in hours. Her hands rested on the mark, her forehead pressed against the warm stone. Her tears had dried, but her eyes were hollow, her voice faint. “She gave everything,” she whispered. “She was all we had.”The students bowed their heads. No one argued. No one dared until the air stirred. The mark flared suddenly, brighter than before. Sparks rose into the night, golden and silver, swirling together.The students gasped. Some cried out in fear, others in awe. Norra lifted her head sharply, her heart pounding. “Aurora…?”But the light was different this time. Stronger. Sharper. Not soft, like Aurora’s flame, but cutting, like steel through darkness.John stepped forward slowly, his silver eyes narrowing. “Wait. That isn’t her.”The sparks twisted upward, shaping into
Chapter 107
The sun rose over the academy ruins. Its light spilled across shattered walls, broken towers, and scorched earth. Yet even with the dawn, the brightest thing in the courtyard was not the sun.It was the flame mark burned into the stone. It pulsed faintly, gold light rising and falling like a heartbeat.The survivors gathered around it, whispering among themselves. Some bowed their heads in prayer. Others touched the stone carefully, as if afraid it might vanish.Norra sat beside the mark, her hands pressed against it. Her hair was tangled, her clothes torn, but her eyes burned fiercely with determination.She hadn’t left the mark since the night Aurora vanished into fire. When the younger students asked her why, she always gave the same answer. “Because she’s still here. I can feel her.”Her words spread quickly. The children began to sit near the mark with her, some whispering Aurora’s name, others humming softly like a song.Every time the mark glowed brighter, Norra’s heart leapt.
Chapter 106
The courtyard was silent. The fire had gone, leaving only smoke curling through the broken air. The ground was cracked, the walls scorched, the academy bells silent at last.At the center of it all, burned deep into the stone, was the mark: the shape of a flame. Norra stared at it, her chest heaving, her tears falling freely. She fell to her knees, pressing her hands to the mark as though she could pull Aurora back through it. Her voice broke in a whisper. “You can’t be gone… you can’t…”Around her, the students gathered slowly, their faces pale and hollow. No one spoke. Some were crying quietly, others just staring at the mark in stunned silence. One boy whispered shakily, “She… she saved us.”A girl beside him wept, clutching her arms. “But she’s gone. She’s really gone.”Their voices spread like ripples, sorrow echoing across the courtyard. John stood a few steps away, his silver eyes fixed on the mark. His jaw was tight, his fists clenched, his body trembling with something he c
Chapter 105
The sky split open. From the heavens above the academy, a column of fire descended, vast and bright, tearing through the clouds like the birth of a new sun.Students and teachers staggered back, shielding their eyes. Some cried out in awe, others in terror.Norra stood frozen in the courtyard, her eyes wide, her hands trembling. The warmth pressed against her skin like a tide. Her voice broke in a whisper. “Aurora.”The fire struck the ground in the center of the academy courtyard. The earth cracked, stones shattered, and light spilled across every wall.When the blaze faded, something stood in its heart. It was Aurora, yet not the Aurora they remembered.Her body glowed faintly, her skin traced with lines of light. Her hair burned like fire, flowing endlessly down her back. Her eyes blazed gold, brighter than the sun. Every step she took left sparks on the ground.The students gasped, fear and awe mingling. Some fell to their knees, whispering prayers. Others staggered back, clutchi
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