He Swore to End My Life, But Chose to Protect Me

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He Swore to End My Life But Chose to Protect Me Forever #romantic #enemy #lovestory  #bedtimestories       🔥 He swore to kill her… but fate forced him to protect her instead.  In this dark romantasy short film, Elin blessed with forbidden Light Magic is hunted by Soren, a cursed assassin bound to end her life. But the moment he touches her, everything changes… and obsession replaces duty.  This story blends dark fantasy romance, forbidden love, slow-burn tension, and shadow-and-light magic, perfect for fans of:  Romantasy, Gothic Fantasy, Shadow Beast Romance, Assassin Romance, Fantasy Animations, Dark Magical Realms, and Emotional Cinematic Narration.  🌑 Expect:  • Intense eye contact  • Dark tension  • Slow-burn chemistry  • Magic awakening  • Obsession, protection, destiny  • A cliffhanger ending that will leave you wanting Part 2…  ✨ If you love stories like:  “A Court of Thorns and Roses,” “Shadow and Bone,” “From Blood and Ash,” “Throne of Glass,” this video is for you.    🔔 Don’t forget:  LIKE ❤️ | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 | COMMENT 💬 to support more Romantasy stories!   dark fantasy romance  romantasy short film  forbidden love fantasy  assassin falls for target  cursed assassin story  fantasy love story 2025  dark romance animation  shadow magic romance  emotional fantasy narration  gothic romantasy  fantasy storytelling channel  light magic vs shadow magic  enemies to lovers fantasy  fantasy cinematic narration

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00:00The blade kissed my throat before the wind even shifted.

00:04One cold breath, one trembling heartbeat, and the world narrowed to the voice behind me.

00:11Low, lethal, wrapped in shadows like a whispered curse.

00:17Try to run, he murmured, the words brushing my neck like phantom fingers.

00:23And I'll catch you. I always do.

00:26My heartbeat stuttered. Magic hummed under my skin, frantic and bright.

00:33But his presence drowned everything else.

00:36His stare burned even though I couldn't see it.

00:40And in that moment I realized something terrifying.

00:43The assassin sent to kill me didn't fear the light I carried.

00:48He wanted it. Wanted me.

00:50And when he stepped closer, it was with the certainty of a man who already believed I belonged to him.

00:58My name is Elin, last daughter of the Solmere bloodline, blessed and cursed alike with forbidden light magic.

01:08A gift once worshipped, now hunted to near extinction.

01:13In Valor, light wielders were executed before their glow could fully awaken.

01:19Mine ignited violently at 13.

01:21An uncontrolled burst that lit the sky like a dying star.

01:27Since then, I've hidden it under layers of restraint and fear.

01:31But magic like mine doesn't stay quiet.

01:35Not when the kingdom whispers of prophecy.

01:38Not when the king fears anything brighter than his throne.

01:41And so, the council declared me a threat.

01:46A weapon.

01:47A calamity waiting to bloom.

01:50They wanted my death swift, silent, untraceable.

01:55For that, they bought a killer whose name alone made children stop crying and grown warriors pray under their breath.

02:03Sorin.

02:04Cursed assassin.

02:06Blade of the king.

02:07A man bound by a sigil that forced his heart into darkness and his loyalty into chains.

02:15They said he felt nothing.

02:18No mercy.

02:19No sorrow.

02:20No hesitation.

02:22A man who had forgotten how to be human.

02:26But when he stepped from the mist that night, tall, cloaked in shadow, eyes burning silver like a storm contained by flesh,

02:35I felt something shift in the world.

02:39Something irreversible.

02:41Something terrifying.

02:44Rumor had been wrong.

02:46The man before me wasn't hollow.

02:49He was drowning.

02:51In something unspoken.

02:53Something dangerous.

02:56Something that felt like obsession.

02:58He released my throat slowly, almost reluctantly, letting his blade lower, but not disappear.

03:08And when I finally turned, drawn by fear and something else I refused to name,

03:15I found him studying me with an intensity that stripped the night bare.

03:20The cursed sigil burned across his forearm, pulsing like a second heartbeat.

03:26But it was his eyes that pinned me.

03:29Bright.

03:30Fevered.

03:31Hungry.

03:32You're...

03:33Sorin?

03:34I whispered.

03:36His lips curved.

03:38Not quite a smile.

03:39More a crack in the storm.

03:42You say my name as if it's meant for you.

03:46My breath hitched.

03:48Why haven't you killed me yet?

03:51His silence was heavy.

03:53Thick enough to cling to my skin.

03:56Then his voice, quiet and devastating, slid between my ribs.

04:02Because the moment I saw you, I couldn't.

04:07He stepped closer, as if I belonged to him.

04:11His fingers grazed a loose strand of hair near my cheek, slow enough to feel like a claim.

04:17You told me you would be a monster, he said softly.

04:22A creature of prophecy.

04:25But you...

04:26His gaze swept my face with startling tenderness.

04:31You look at the world like it can still be gentle.

04:36I swallowed hard.

04:38You're dangerous.

04:39Not to you, he murmured.

04:43We walked through the ruined forest in silence that wasn't silence at all.

04:48Because every step carried tension, sharpened by fear, curiosity, and the unbearable closeness between us.

04:57The moon slipped through skeletal branches, painting silver across his jaw, his blade, his eyes.

05:06He looked carved from night and sorrow.

05:10Where are you taking me?

05:13I asked.

05:14Somewhere safe.

05:16Safe from you?

05:18He stopped walking.

05:20The air thickened.

05:22He told you...

05:23He said voice low.

05:25I am not your danger.

05:28I met his stare.

05:29His stare burned.

05:32Then who is...

05:33His jaw tightened.

05:35Everyone else.

05:38A rustle snapped through the darkness.

05:40Before my mind caught up, Sorin moved.

05:43Swift.

05:44Sure.

05:45Deadly.

05:45His arm wrapping around my waist, pulling me flush against his chest.

05:51My heartbeat stuttered violently.

05:53Magic hummed under my skin, reacting to his touch like it knew him, like it recognized him.

06:01His breath brushed against my ear.

06:03Stay behind me.

06:05Shadows split.

06:07Hunters emerged, steel gleaming under moonlight.

06:11Sorin's blade lifted with a sound like a vow.

06:13The first attacker lunged, but Sorin moved faster.

06:18Shadows clinging to him, as if even darkness obeyed.

06:22His blade found the man's throat with devastating precision.

06:26Two more rushed him.

06:28Sorin danced between them.

06:30Fluid.

06:31Merciless.

06:32Beautiful in a way death should never be.

06:34When the final body fell, he turned toward me, breathing unevenly.

06:40Ellen.

06:41The way he said my name unraveled something deep inside me.

06:47His hand listed.

06:48Cupping my cheek gently.

06:50Too gently for a killer.

06:53Tell me you're not hurt.

06:55I'm fine.

06:56I whispered.

06:58Relief washed through him like a physical release.

07:01Good.

07:02He said.

07:03Voice trembling.

07:05Because if they had touched you, I would have burned the entire kingdom.

07:10He stepped closer again.

07:12As if I belonged to him.

07:14And for one reckless heartbeat, I almost leaned into him.

07:18We found shelter in the broken hollow of an abandoned watchtower.

07:23The storm outside roared.

07:25But inside, the stones held a tense stillness.

07:29My magic flickered and tugged beneath my ribs.

07:33Restless.

07:34Aware.

07:35Sorin watched me with that same relentless intensity.

07:39As if every breath I took was something sacred.

07:42You're shaking.

07:44He said quietly.

07:45I'm fine.

07:46You're lying.

07:47I...

07:48My voice faltered.

07:50My magic reacts when you're near.

07:53His expression darkened.

07:55Of course it does.

07:57That answer chilled me.

07:59Why?

08:00I whispered.

08:01He hesitated.

08:03A strange, unnatural moment for a man who moved like instinct.

08:08Then he lifted his sleeve.

08:10The cursed assassin's sigil pulsed black against his skin.

08:14But now, woven into its center, faint and shimmering, was a second mark.

08:21A light mark.

08:23My light.

08:24My magic's echo pulsed beneath his skin.

08:27My breath caught painfully.

08:29What have you done?

08:32Ellen.

08:32He said quietly.

08:34I didn't choose this.

08:35What does it mean?

08:36It means, he said, voice dropping, that my curse shifted the moment I saw you.

08:44The bond chose you.

08:46Bond?

08:48Yes.

08:49His steps were slow.

08:50Careful.

08:52Hungry.

08:53I am no longer bound to the king.

08:55His voice softened into something terrifying.

08:59I'm bound to you.

09:01My heartbeat stuttered.

09:03That's impossible.

09:05It's done.

09:06He whispered.

09:06Your light called to my curse.

09:09And now, your life is intertwined with mine.

09:13Your danger echoes in my bones.

09:16And you still want to protect me?

09:18I asked shakily.

09:20His stare burned.

09:22Want is far too weak a word.

09:25The storm outside split open with a roar, shaking the tower.

09:29A dark shape blurred through the archway, crackling with corrupted magic.

09:34A wraith shade, one of the king's creations.

09:37It lunged for me with a screech like shredding metal.

09:41Sorin moved instantly, slamming into the creature mid-air.

09:45Steel clashed against shadow.

09:47The wraith's claws ripped across his arm, skin tearing open.

09:52He didn't flinch.

09:53Stay back, he snarled.

09:56But the wraith smelled my magic.

09:57It whipped its head toward me.

10:00Magic hummed under my skin.

10:02Frantic, wild.

10:04Sorin!

10:04I screamed.

10:05Move!

10:06No!

10:07He roared back.

10:08If your light breaks free, it will consume you.

10:11It's going to kill you!

10:13I cried.

10:14His eyes, silver, burning, locked on mine.

10:18Let me protect you, he whispered.

10:21The wraith wrapped shadows around him, dragging him to his knees.

10:25Ellen, run!

10:27I'm not leaving you!

10:29Light surged through me so violently, I gasped.

10:33I thrust my palms forward.

10:35A burst of radiance exploded from my chest, flooding the tower in blinding white.

10:40The wraith shrieked, its form unraveling, disintegrating into ash.

10:45My legs buckled.

10:47Sorin caught me before I hit the ground.

10:50Ellen!

10:50He breathed, holding me close.

10:53You're trembling.

10:54I told you, my magic reacts to you.

10:58He pressed his forehead to mine.

11:00Then we are both cursed, and neither of us stands a chance.

11:05The storm quieted.

11:08Silence thickened.

11:10His arms stayed around me, steady and trembling at once, as if letting go would break him.

11:17You don't understand what this bond will demand, he murmured.

11:22Then tell me.

11:24His voice turned dark, intimate.

11:27The bond wants me to claim you, to guard you, to destroy anyone who looks at you too long.

11:36And the longer we stay together...

11:38His breath brushed my lips, the harder it becomes to stop myself.

11:45My heartbeat stuttered.

11:47What happens if you can't stop?

11:50I whispered.

11:52He stepped closer, fully now, possessive, inevitable.

11:57Then, little light, I won't be your assassin.

12:00I'll become your ruin.

12:04Suddenly, the air shifted.

12:07Heavy.

12:08Malevolent.

12:10A presence far darker than the wraith pressed against the earth outside.

12:16Sorin stiffened, pulling me behind him instinctively.

12:20Ellen?

12:21He said softly, almost fearfully.

12:24He found us.

12:26Who?

12:27His voice was a blade.

12:31The king.

12:34The door exploded inward.

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