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Chapter 9 Shadows of the past

Word Count: 1238    |    Released on: 29/11/2024

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e the city. Moonlight filtered through the canopy, casting eerie shadows on the forest floor. Kie

he asked, his voice

ar enough to put the Domin

by the crunch of leaves underfoot and the distant call of an owl. "You stil

in the dim light, and her expression was unreadable. "You're not in

t ask for your help. And I sure as hell didn't ask

ined firm. "No one asks for destiny, Kieran

scoffed. "You soun

esumed walking, her pace brisk. Kieran sighed and followed,

d the crumbling remains of a stone chapel, its walls cloaked in ivy and moss.

Kieran asked, his voic

l, her movements reverent. "A sanctuary," she said finall

"And how exactly

he worn stone walls. "This ground is sacred. Older t

er," Kieran said, f

ion serious. "It's all the answe

vident. "Trust you? That's asking a lot,

ent. "I'm keeping you alive, Kiera

emanating from the floor beneath them. Intricate runes carved into the ston

e asked, his voic

carvings. "A protective ward. It's what

tudying the runes. "This... t

ures. "My people. Before the Dominion rose to power, there were o

hoed, his curiosity piqu

es humans tell-bloodthirsty monsters lurking in the dark-are only part

he first time, he glimpsed the depth of her past, the cent

ing me this now?"

ause you need to understand, Kieran. The Dominion isn't just hunting you. They're hunti

I don't believe in fate or prophecies. I'm ju

ou want, but the truth won't change. The visions you've had, the way

s frustration boiling over. "

. "I don't know, Kieran. But I do know th

n turned away, running a hand through his hair. He felt like a pawn in

faint sound reached his ear

us," Elira said

I thought you said thi

n tense. "But the wards won't hold ag

as if sensing the impending danger. The forest around the

t stabbing through him. This place had felt safe,

owed, his grip tightening on his pistol. The sound of engines grew

them," Kieran sai

anning the area. "Then we'

eyebrow. "Any b

played on her

obscured by the underbrush. "We'll set an am

en nodded. "Fine. Bu

ks. Elira crouched low, her eyes fixed on the approaching

ved like a shadow, silent and lethal, taking down the soldier before he co

n, their weapons blazing. Kieran and Elira fought side by s

watching from the shadows. It wasn't a soldier-it was someone

voice echoing unnaturally. "Yo

ore he could react, the man vanished, lea

knocking the pistol from his hand. Kieran struggled, b

t him, and the weight on his chest vanish

said, pulling

ht wasn't over, but something told him

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Contents

Chapter 1 The Awakening Chapter 2 Shadows in the lab Chapter 3 Shadows of Trust Chapter 4 The Safe House Chapter 5 The Uneasy Alliance Chapter 6 Haunted in the Shadows Chapter 7 The prophecy Chapter 8 A Fractured Alliance Chapter 9 Shadows of the past Chapter 10 Confrontation
Chapter 11 REVELATION
Chapter 12 A Precarious Alliance
Chapter 13 The Road to Uncertainty
Chapter 14 Bloodlines of Betrayal
Chapter 15 LEGACY OF MEMORIES
Chapter 16 SARIEL
Chapter 17 The Relic Heist
Chapter 18 The Awakening Within
Chapter 19 Cracks in the Armor
Chapter 20 The Beacon Within
Chapter 21 A Witch's Revelation
Chapter 22 The Fall of Sanctuary
Chapter 23 Echoes of the Darkheart
Chapter 24 Shadows and Confessions
Chapter 25 A Deal with Shadows
Chapter 26 A Fragile Balance
Chapter 27 Truths Revealed
Chapter 28 Talk of the Past
Chapter 29 Into the Lion's Den
Chapter 30 THROUGH THE RECTOR'S FIRE
Chapter 31 A DANGEROUS GAMBIT
Chapter 32 ANCESTRY OF FATE
Chapter 33 SHADE OF THE PAST
Chapter 34 DOUBT
Chapter 35 UNLEASHED
Chapter 36 LEGACY
Chapter 37 ELIRA'S BURDEN
Chapter 38 HER SACRIFICE
Chapter 39 KIERAN S AWAKENING
Chapter 40 ELIRA'S RECKONING
Chapter 41 SANCTUARY OF THE SHADOWS
Chapter 42 SANCTUARY UNMASKED
Chapter 43 VEIL OF DEFIANCE
Chapter 44 LABYRINTH OF NIGHTMARES
Chapter 45 FRAGMENTS OF FATE
Chapter 46 TREAD OF DESTINY
Chapter 47 BY YOUR SIDE
Chapter 48 VAMPIRE VISITOR
Chapter 49 INTO THE FIRE
Chapter 50 BREAKING POINT
Chapter 51 AFTERMATH AND RECOVERY
Chapter 52 A PROPHECY DECODED
Chapter 53 SHADOWS IN THE BLOODLINE
Chapter 54 A DIVIDED TEAM
Chapter 55 AMBUSHED AGAIN
Chapter 56 SEEKING THE ORACLE
Chapter 57 SECRET IN THE SANCTUARY
Chapter 58 A FRACTURED REFLECTION
Chapter 59 REFLECTIONS OF THE SOUL
Chapter 60 THE HEART'S RECKONING
Chapter 61 THE DOMINION'S TRAP
Chapter 62 ELIRA'S DECISION
Chapter 63 DOMINION'S STRONGHOLD
Chapter 64 BOND'S OF BLOOD
Chapter 65 ELIRA'S CURSE AWAKENS
Chapter 66 LILA'S SACRIFICE
Chapter 67 PAIN
Chapter 68 FRACTURED TRUST
Chapter 69 REUNION AND RESOLVE
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