"Damn you, iGnar! How could you...?!". I spat the words with a fury so dense I could almost touch it. It's not just a scream, it's a howl of pain tearing at my throat. He dares to look at me with that calmness... with that damned indifference!, knowing perfectly well that each of his lies, each betrayal, feels in my soul as if thousands of sharp blades pierced me again and again, an endless torment that leaves me alive only to continue suffering.
"It was inevitable, Zoe." His voice, as casual as if he were commenting on the weather, paralyzed the blood in my veins.
"Even though you are my soulmate, you are so... bland. You don't provoke in me the intoxicating pleasure of bending female wills, of seeing the terror in their eyes when they beg for mercy, only to break them and have them submissively accept each of my 'favors'. Of course, by then, they become as empty and boring as you, dear. And old toys... must be discarded to find new ones." The naturalness with which he describes his depravity left me breathless. Women reduced to objects, souls shattered by his sadism, lives extinguished by his boredom. The knot in my chest is suffocating, but I refuse to cry. I won't give him that satisfaction.
"I tried to see beyond, Iknar. I tried to ignore the prejudices against your lineage, not to judge you for being a warlock, those creatures labeled as dark, corrupted by magic and ambition until they become heartless monsters. But you... you have failed me in the worst way. Therefore, I, Zoe Ishikawa, reject you. With my soul in pieces, I break every thread, every bond that tied me to you."
The break hurts, a cold emptiness that compresses my chest, torturous stabs that force me to bend over, to fight against the desire to scream and writhe on the floor. But I'm not the only one who suffers. In iGnar's eyes, I see a glimpse of his own torment, although he disguises it with that mask of coldness. However... there's something more. A thirst for blood, a murderous look that I've never seen before, or that he hid with a chilling mastery. A shiver of terror runs down my spine, making me back away. I was united... bound to a ruthless madman.
"Even though you have rejected me, my dear Zoe, you are still marked as mine, a seal that you will never be able to erase." His voice, devoid of all genuine emotion, resonated with the coldness of a tomb.
"So get ready, because when the moment is right, I'll come for you. And you'll come with me, whether you want to or not. It's inevitable." Hearing him speak with that amazing naturalness, like the sick psychopath he always was, turned my stomach. I was so blind! I let myself be carried away by that damned bond, ignoring the alarms that screamed his true nature: a beast that, although disguised for a time, would always succumb to his thirst for control and abuse, once unleashed, unstoppable.
iGnar vanished in a mockery of smoke, but I didn't stay to witness his escape. In an instant, I'm in my room, collapsing against the cold floor. Here, between my own walls, I finally allowed the dam to break. I wouldn't give that despicable creature the satisfaction of seeing me in pieces, but the truth is that his betrayal hurts. He not only shattered my trust and the love I offered him, but twisted the bond that united us to inflict a piercing suffering. And even worse... the image of the other women, victims of his cruelty, churns my stomach. Their pain is double, physical and emotional, bodies taken by force, souls marked by trauma, many perhaps led to death. Disgust, repulsion... and a fierce rage grow in me. Not only for me, but for them, for all those who have been and continue to be trapped under the yoke of a monster like him, and do not have the same opportunity as me to free themselves from him.
After the pain and disappointment shook me to the depths of my being in my room, I found the determination to face my brother. I need to tell him the truth about iGnar. He never agreed with my decision to strengthen that bond, but he kept quiet out of respect. Now, reality bites me with the certainty of his words. He's right! I was an idiot to throw myself off a cliff with iGnar just because my soul recognized him. Frustration is a claw inside me, the rage against myself, an acid burning me alive. If only... That "if only" is a cruel mockery. The past is unchangeable. I can only beg whoever listens to me to give me the strength to endure this fire that is devouring me from within, this suffering that whispers sweet lies about death.
With a broken voice, I laid bare before my brother every detail of what happened with iGnar. There was no reproach in his gaze, nor a shadow of criticism in his words. Far from pointing out my folly for ignoring his advice, he simply listened to how sad and depressing my confession was. At the end of my story, he held me in a warm and silent embrace. In that instant, a glimmer of peace opened and settled inside me. Although inside I still feel like I'm in pieces, empty, almost lifeless, the refuge of his arms gave me a faint calm, an oasis of tranquility that I had lost since iGnar burst into my existence, and I became obsessed with wanting to change him with love.
After the conversation with my brother, I tried to build a wall against the penetrating invasion of pain. A pain that feels like an invisible claw, squeezing my chest until it squeezes out the last spark of will. The idea of silencing everything, of finding peace in nothingness, assailed me with an almost irresistible force. A final escape to stop feeling useless, silly, a vulnerable puppet. I even contemplated death as my only way out, but my cowardice disguised itself as love. I couldn't, I didn't dare to inflict that indelible wound on my parents, on my brother. So I chose to keep breathing, a selfish act disguised as sacrifice, while inside, life has already been extinguished for me.
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It is not mandatory to read the first novel belonging to this trilogy, but it would be convenient to know some characters from the first story The Rejected Moon And The Vampire King that will appear here.
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