UNKNOWN POV
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The moment the girl screamed, we found her.
> "She's awakened," I say, my voice like frost.
The others tense. A shadow mage, a dreamweaver, and a fae knight. Powerful, loyal... deadly. But even they shift when I speak.
Because I am Ravyn.
And I've searched a lifetime for the lost Queen.
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We stand at the edge of the human world now. Lights. Noise. Mortals moving through their pointless routines. And in the center of it all...
Her.
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I vanish through the veil.
The others wait.
This is not their moment.
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SELENA'S POV
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Zack walks me home. We don't say much.
Every time I look at him, I see the glowing mark.
And every time he looks at me, I feel it - that pull between us.
But then I stop.
Because someone's standing in front of my house.
He's tall. Dressed in black. Pale. Hair like midnight. And his eyes - like galaxies filled with old blood.
He bows his head.
> "You don't know me, but I've crossed worlds to find you."
Zack instantly steps in front of me.
> "Back off," he growls.
The stranger's eyes flick to him... and they widen.
> "Impossible," he breathes.
"You wear the mark of the Bloodbound."
Zack doesn't understand. But I do.
This stranger knows us.
> "Who are you?" I whisper.
> He kneels - to me.
> "My name is Ravyn.
I swore my life to the true heir of the Nightborn Throne.
To you, Zeria."
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My world stops spinning.
> "No," I whisper. "You've got the wrong girl-"
> "No," he says. "We finally have the right one."
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đź’¬ (Special for Chapter 20 đź’«):
> The Queen has been found.
The Bloodbound has awakened.
And the shadows... are watching.
❤️‍🔥 Thank you for 20 chapters! I see your votes, your reads, your support - and I feel every heartbeat of this story because of YOU.
Chapter 21 arrives Saturday - and it gets even darker.
- Mysterious_frnd đź–¤