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CHAPTER 9: The First Attack
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2026-07-28 01:48:22
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The words were still hanging in the air she will destroy us all when the second attack came.I didn't even see it happen. One moment Kai had his arm around me, walking me out through the wreckage of the dining hall, and the next there was a blur of motion from the shattered window, a second figure dropping down from somewhere above the courtyard wall, blade already swinging toward the unprotected side of my body Kai hadn't thought to cover.He saw it before I did."Get down!" He shoved me hard, out of the blade's path, and turned into the strike himself instead of away from it.The sound it made when it connected didn't feel real. A wet, terrible sound, and then Kai staggered back a step, one hand pressed to his side, dark blood already spreading fast between his fingers."Kai!"Draven was there in an instant, driving the second attacker back with a force that sent the intruder crashing through the remains of the window frame and out into the courtyard, gone before the guards even re
The Curse Of Our Ninth Life CHAPTER 9: The First Attack
Breakfast was a disaster.I kept my eyes on my plate like it owed me money, but I could feel Draven watching me from across the table, that insufferable smirk never once slipping, like he'd won some prize I didn't know I was competing for. Every time I looked up by accident, he was already looking at me, and my face went hot all over again for the tenth time in twenty minutes."You're very interested in your eggs this morning," Draven said, propping his chin on his hand."They're good eggs.""You haven't touched them.""I'm savoring the moment.""Are you." He grinned wider. "Sleep well?"I choked on my juice.Kai's fork paused halfway to his mouth. His eyes moved from me " red-faced", refusing to make eye contact with anyone to Draven, who looked entirely too pleased with himself for a man doing absolutely nothing wrong."What," Kai said slowly, "is going on.""Nothing," I said, at the exact same moment Draven said, "A lot, actually," and I kicked him under the table hard enough that
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Draven's words hadn't finished echoing before I turned on him."What... did you just say?"The playfulness drained out of his face. For the first time since I'd met him, he looked tired. Actually tired, like something heavy had been sitting on him for a very long time.Kai turned so fast it startled me. "Draven."One word. A warning, sharp as a blade.Draven shrugged, but it didn't land the way his shrugs usually did. "What? She deserves one honest answer.""I said enough."I looked between them, my heart pounding so hard I could feel it in my throat. "No." I stepped in front of Kai before I even decided to move. "No, you don't get to do this again."I pointed at him. "He said you watched me die." My voice cracked. "What does that mean?"Kai said nothing.I laughed, and it came out bitter and broken. "Seriously? Again?" I turned to Draven. "You said it. Explain it."He opened his mouth.Then closed it.And for the first time since I'd met him, Draven actually listened to his brother i
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The old woman's words hung in the air long after she said them."The Bride of the Ninth Life has returned."Nobody moved.Not Kai, Not Draven, Not even the servant. The whole courtyard had turned to stone around me, and I stood in the middle of it, shaking, with no idea why a stranger kneeling on cold marble made me feel like the ground had opened under my feet.Ninth life??What did that even mean?I looked at Kai. His jaw was tight enough to crack. I looked at Draven. For the first time since I'd met him, he wasn't smiling.That scared me more than anything else that had happened tonight."That's enough," Kai said. Quiet. Final.The old woman's head snapped up like she'd been slapped. "Forgive me, my lord. I only..." She didn't finish. She just bowed lower and scrambled back, disappearing into the castle like she couldn't get away fast enough.I was still shaking. I didn't even realize it until Draven noticed.He didn't laugh this time. He didn't make it a joke. He just stepped up
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