Chapter 108: A Forbidden Love
The storm of silver light raged above, and the battlefield trembled beneath its weight. Cambria stood frozen for a breathless heartbeat, staring into the void that was Seraphine’s gaze. The perfected soldiers, their features eerily blank, began their advance each step a drumbeat of inevitability, of doom.
But Cambria wasn’t alone.
Maddox appeared at her side, his blade already slick with the ichor of the first wave. His breath was ragged, his body battered, but his eyes those storm-grey eyes burned only for her.
"Cam," he said, his voice low, steady despite the chaos. "You have to go. We’ll hold them "
"No," she said, steel in her voice. "We stand together. I will not run."
His fingers brushed hers for the briefest second, an anchor in the storm. The world narrowed to that touch, that fleeting warmth. And then it widened again, filled with the roar of war.
Knox, too, stepped forward. The black flame still licked at his skin, his power coiled and ready. His face was pale beneath the soot and scars, but his stance was unyielding. "Seraphine’s not here for the army. She’s here for you. You know that."
Cambria’s gaze flicked between them Maddox, the man who had bled for her without question; Knox, the man who had broken her and himself in the pursuit of a twisted salvation. And Seraphine, the queen of shadows, watched with something like amusement.
"A queen divided between two kings," Seraphine whispered, her voice carrying across the field like a song. "And yet neither can claim you."
The words struck deep. Cambria’s heart ached with truths she had long buried. The nights she’d lain awake thinking of Maddox’s quiet strength, the way his loyalty had been her salvation. The memories of Knox’s fire, his passion that once made her believe in forever. A forbidden love on both sides, tangled in duty and betrayal.
The storm above crackled, as if the heavens themselves were eager for blood.