Chapter 14
A Choice Unfolds
Armand presents Elara with an ultimatum: join him in eternal darkness and break the curse, or leave and face Seraphina's wrath alone.
The air in the salon was thick with the scent of old roses and something else—something metallic and ancient. Armand stood before me, his silhouette framed by the flickering gaslight, his eyes twin pools of obsidian that held centuries of longing. My heart hammered against my ribs, a frantic bird trapped in a cage of bone and hope. I felt the weight of his words, the ultimatum that hung between us like a drawn blade.
“Join me, Elara,” he said, his voice a low, resonant hum that seemed to vibrate through the very floorboards. “Let me make you like me. Together, we can break the curse that binds my family. We can rewrite the ancient laws that Seraphina clings to like a drowning woman to a stone.”
I clutched the lace at my throat, my fingers trembling. “Break the curse? How? You said yourself it is rooted in blood and sacrifice, in the very moment your ancestor first fed from a mortal heart.”
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