AMARA'S POV
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It started with a name.
Klade.
It didn't feel like a word.
It felt like a warning.
I don't know why I followed the trail — the one from the bloodstained notebook.
I don't know why I kept reading.
Kept searching.
Maybe because no one ever looked for me.
Selena had the love. The attention. The lies wrapped in smiles.
I had... rage.
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The path was carved in things no human should know.
Maps that shifted. Symbols that bled.
And tonight, it led me here:
A forgotten chapel, deep in the woods. Covered in roots.
Smelling of ash and iron.
I stepped inside.
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The air was cold, and something pulsed beneath the floor.
There was no altar — just a circle carved in stone.
And words on the wall, smeared in something dark:
> "Those who seek truth must bleed for it."
I didn't hesitate.
I bit into my palm.
Let the blood drip onto the circle.
The ground shook.
The torches lit.
And something stepped from the shadows.
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Tall.
Coated in black leather and silver veins.
Hair white as bone. Eyes glowing the color of rusted gold.
Not wolf. Not man.
Something… broken. Made. Wrong.
> "You bled for me," he said.
His voice was like a thousand whispers layered into one.
> "You carry the same hate I once did.
You want to be more than her.
You want to take what they gave her... and crush it."
I couldn't speak.
But I didn't need to.
He walked closer.
> "My name," he said, "is Klade.
And I have plans for the girl who shouldn't have been Queen."
He smiled — sharp and empty.
> "But first… I need someone who knows her better than anyone."
He reached into his coat and tossed me something.
A ring.
Gold. Twisted. Marked in blood.
> "This is your invitation, Amara.
To everything they never let you be."
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And just like that…
I stepped into the dark.
And never looked back.
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💬 Endnote:
> She has made her choice.
And the shadows… have welcomed her.
Chapter 26 will be war in silence.
Be ready 🖤
— Mysterious_frnd🔥