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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