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00:00The crystal in my chest stopped glowing the moment his hand touched it.
00:05I couldn't breathe, couldn't scream.
00:08The pain was so sharp it turned the world white.
00:11When I opened my eyes, he was holding my heart in his palm, literally.
00:17A glowing sphere pulsing with silver light, warm and alive, stolen from between my ribs.
00:25His eyes met mine, dark, endless, hungry.
00:30You should have run, he whispered, his voice like smoke curling through shadows.
00:37Now you're mine.
00:40My name is Yvine, and I was born with something the world craves, a heart crystal.
00:47Not everyone has one.
00:48Only a few are born blessed, or cursed, with magic embedded in their very core.
00:56Mine pulses with healing light, rare and coveted by those who deal in power.
01:02Mages hunt us, warlords bid for us.
01:05Kingdoms would burn to possess what beats inside our chests.
01:10I've spent my entire life hiding in the border villages, moving from town to town under false
01:16names, covering my chest with enchanted wraps that dull the glow.
01:21My mother died protecting me.
01:23My father vanished, trying to find a sanctuary that doesn't exist.
01:28And then, I heard his name.
01:31Malak.
01:32The dark mage of the ashen wastes.
01:35A legend whispered in fear.
01:37They say he's stolen dozens of heart crystals, draining them to fuel his forbidden magic.
01:43They say he's immortal, untouchable.
01:46A shadow that walks through walls and tastes your fear before you even know he's there.
01:52I thought I was careful.
01:54I thought I was safe.
01:56I was wrong.
01:57He came for me on a moonless night.
02:01I felt him before I saw him.
02:03A pressure in the air, heavy and suffocating, like the world holding its breath.
02:10The wards around my room shattered without a sound.
02:14The candle flames bent toward him as if bowing.
02:18I grabbed the dagger under my pillow, but my hands were shaking.
02:22He stepped through the shadows like they were doorways.
02:26His cloak darker than the night itself.
02:29Tall.
02:30Broad-shouldered.
02:32His face was sharp and beautiful in a way that felt dangerous.
02:36High cheekbones, a strong jaw, lips curved in something too knowing to be a smile.
02:44But it was his eyes that pinned me in place, black as a starless sky.
02:51And yet, they glowed faintly, like embers buried deep in ash.
02:57You vain, he said, my name rolling off his tongue like a secret he'd been keeping.
03:04You've been running for so long.
03:06Aren't you tired?
03:08My voice cracked as I commanded him to stay back.
03:12He tilted his head, studying me the way a wolf studies prey.
03:17You don't mean that.
03:19I raised the dagger, insisting I did.
03:23My heartbeat stuttered.
03:25He didn't flinch.
03:27Didn't stop.
03:28He moved closer, slow and deliberate.
03:32And I felt magic hum under my skin.
03:35My crystal reacting to his presence, pulsing wildly in warning.
03:42You're trembling, he murmured, his gaze dropping to my chest, where the glow was bleeding through
03:49my shirt.
03:49Is it fear or something else?
03:52I ordered him to get out.
03:55No, he said, simply.
03:58The dagger flew from my hand.
04:00I didn't even see him move.
04:02One moment it was in my grip.
04:05The next it clattered across the floor, useless.
04:08He was in front of me now.
04:10So close I could feel the cold radiating off him, could see the faint scars along his knuckles,
04:17and the silver ring on his finger etched with runes I didn't recognize.
04:22His stare burned.
04:25I could take it by force, he said softly, his hand hovering near my chest.
04:31But I'd rather you give it to me.
04:34I told him never.
04:37Something flickered in his expression.
04:39Surprise?
04:41Surprise?
04:42Amusement?
04:43Brave.
04:44Foolish.
04:46But brave.
04:47Then his fingers pressed against my sternum, and the world shattered.
04:52I woke in a bed that wasn't mine.
04:56Silk sheets.
04:57A fire crackling in a stone hearth.
05:00The scent of night-blooming jasmine, and something darker.
05:05Ash, maybe.
05:06Or smoke.
05:08My chest ached.
05:10My hand flew to it, instinctively expecting to find a gaping wound.
05:14But the skin was smooth.
05:17Whole.
05:18Except the light was gone.
05:21I sat up too fast, panic flooding my veins.
05:24My heart crystal.
05:26It was missing.
05:27The warmth I'd carried my entire life.
05:30The hum of magic that had been my constant companion.
05:34Gone.
05:35You're awake.
05:36I spun toward the voice.
05:39Malik stood by the window, backlit by pale moonlight.
05:43He looked different here, in his own space.
05:47Less like a nightmare, and more like something carved from marble and shadow.
05:52He wasn't wearing his cloak, just a black tunic, unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled
05:58to his forearms.
06:00In his hand, resting on his palm like an offering, was my heart crystal.
06:06It still glowed.
06:07Still pulsed.
06:09But it was outside of me.
06:11You...
06:12You took it.
06:13I said, my voice hollow.
06:16I did.
06:17He confirmed.
06:19Then why am I still alive?
06:21His eyes met mine.
06:23And for the first time, I saw something crack in that unreadable mask.
06:28Incertainty.
06:30Hesitation.
06:31I don't know.
06:33He admitted quietly.
06:35The honesty startled me more than the theft.
06:38He stepped closer, as if I belonged to him, and held the crystal out between us.
06:44I've taken dozens of these.
06:47Drained them.
06:48Used them.
06:49Felt nothing.
06:50His jaw tightened.
06:52But yours?
06:54I whispered.
06:55Asking what he meant.
06:58It fights me.
06:59He said.
07:00His fingers curling slightly around the sphere, and I felt it.
07:04An echo.
07:05A phantom tug in my chest.
07:08Every time I try to pull from it, it resists.
07:11Like it knows it belongs to you.
07:14I told him it did.
07:16And yet.
07:17He continued.
07:19Voice dropping lower.
07:21I can't let it go.
07:22Magic hummed under my skin, faint and stuttering, like my body was trying to call the crystal back.
07:30But it wasn't working.
07:31The connection was there, fragile as a thread, but broken.
07:36Why are you keeping me alive?
07:39I demanded, forcing steel into my voice.
07:42If you can't use it, why not just kill me and move on?
07:46He went still.
07:48Then he closed the distance between us in two strides.
07:51And suddenly, he was right there, towering over me.
07:55His presence overwhelming.
07:57He reached out slowly.
07:59So slowly I could have stopped him.
08:01And his fingers brushed my jaw, tilting my face up toward his.
08:06His touch was cold.
08:08Electric.
08:10Because.
08:11He said.
08:12His voice rough and low.
08:14I'm starting to think you need me more than I need your heart.
08:19My breath caught.
08:20His thumb traced the curve of my cheek.
08:23His gaze locked on mine.
08:24And I saw it.
08:26Hunger.
08:27Not for power.
08:29For something else.
08:31Something human.
08:33You're under my skin, Evan.
08:35And I don't know how to make it stop.
08:37I should have been afraid.
08:40Should have pushed him away.
08:41But my heartbeat stuttered.
08:43And I didn't move.
08:45What do you want from me?
08:47I whispered.
08:49His lips curved into something dark.
08:51And almost vulnerable.
08:54Everything.
08:54He kept me in that tower for three days.
08:58At first, I tried to escape.
09:00Tested the doors.
09:02Locked.
09:03The windows.
09:04Warded.
09:05The crystal.
09:06Still in his possession.
09:08Glowing softly on a pedestal across the room like a caged star.
09:13But as the hours passed, something shifted.
09:17He didn't hurt me.
09:19Didn't threaten me.
09:21He brought me food.
09:23Left books by my bedside.
09:25Even returned my dagger.
09:28Unspoken trust.
09:29Unspoken trust.
09:30A test.
09:31And he watched me.
09:33Constantly.
09:35Like he was trying to solve a puzzle he didn't have the pieces for.
09:39On the third night, I found him standing by the fire, the crystal in his hand again, staring at it
09:46like it had betrayed him.
09:48You're obsessed with it, I said from the doorway.
09:51He didn't turn.
09:53I'm obsessed with you.
09:56The words landed between us.
09:58Raw and unguarded.
10:00I stepped into the room, my pulse quickening.
10:03Then give it back.
10:05He said he couldn't.
10:07I asked why.
10:08He finally looked at me and the pain in his eyes stole my breath.
10:14Because the moment I took your heart, I bound myself to you.
10:18A blood curse I didn't know existed.
10:22His hand clenched around the crystal.
10:24If I return it, I die.
10:27If I destroy it, you die.
10:29If I keep it, I finished his sentence.
10:33We're both trapped.
10:35He nodded.
10:37Jaw tight.
10:38You didn't know.
10:40No.
10:41His voice cracked.
10:42I've stolen dozens.
10:44None of them fought back.
10:46None of them mattered.
10:49He crossed to me, desperation bleeding into his movements.
10:53But you, Ivani, you're different.
10:56And now I can't breathe without feeling you, can't sleep without dreaming of you, can't exist without knowing you're alive.
11:05I told him that was the curse talking.
11:09No.
11:09He said firmly.
11:11He grabbed my hand, pressed it to his chest, where his own heartbeat thundered.
11:16This is me.
11:18The curse bound us.
11:19But what I feel, that's real.
11:23Tears burned my eyes.
11:25I hate you.
11:27He said he knew.
11:28I should kill you.
11:30He said he knew.
11:32But I can't.
11:33His forehead dropped to mine.
11:36His breath shaky.
11:37I know.
11:38The tower exploded at dawn.
11:41Hunchers.
11:42A guild of them.
11:44Tracking Malik's magic.
11:45Hunting for the crystals he'd stolen.
11:48They broke through the wards with brute force.
11:51Fire and steel.
11:53Voices shouting for blood.
11:55Malik shoved me behind him.
11:57Magic crackling around his hands.
12:00Dark and violent.
12:02Stay back.
12:03He ordered.
12:04I protested, but he turned.
12:06His eyes fierce.
12:08If they take you, they'll rip that crystal apart.
12:11You'll die.
12:13I told him that if they killed him, I'd die anyway.
12:17His jaw clenched.
12:19For a moment, he looked like he wanted to argue.
12:22Then he grabbed my face and kissed me.
12:25Hard.
12:26Desperate.
12:27Like it was the last thing he'd ever do.
12:30Then we fight, he said against my lips.
12:33The door blew open.
12:35Magic collided.
12:36The room became a storm of shadow and light.
12:40Blood and steel.
12:41Malik moved like death itself.
12:44Ruthless and precise.
12:46But there were too many.
12:48One of them lunged for me.
12:50I felt the blade before I saw it.
12:52Cold.
12:53Sharp.
12:54Aimed for my heart.
12:56Malik screamed my name.
12:58And then he was there.
12:59His body slamming into mine.
13:02Taking the hit meant for me.
13:03He collapsed into my arms, blood spreading fast across his chest.
13:09I cried his name, begging him not to leave me.
13:13His hand found mine, shaking.
13:16The crystal, he gasped.
13:18Take it.
13:19Break the curse.
13:20I told him it would kill him.
13:23I'm already dead, he said.
13:26His smile was soft.
13:28Sad.
13:29But you'll live.
13:31Tears streamed down my face.
13:33I don't want to.
13:35He whispered that I was a liar.
13:37And then his eyes closed.
13:40The hunters fled when the tower started to collapse.
13:45I cradled Malik's body.
13:47The crystal clutched in my bloody hands.
13:50Glowing brighter than it ever had before.
13:54The magic inside it pulsed.
13:56Wild and desperate.
13:58Reaching for him.
14:00Reaching for me.
14:01And then I understood.
14:03The curse didn't bind us to die.
14:06It bound us to choose.
14:09I pressed the crystal to his chest.
14:11My magic flooding into him.
14:14Into us.
14:15Weaving something new.
14:17Something impossible.
14:19His eyes opened.
14:21Dark.
14:22Burning.
14:24Alive.
14:25What did you do?
14:27He rasped.
14:29I smiled through my tears.
14:32I chose you.
14:34His hand cupped my face.
14:37Reverent and disbelieving.
14:39You'll regret it.
14:41I whispered back.
14:44Maybe.
14:45But not today.
14:47He pulled me down.
14:49His lips capturing mine.
14:51And the world outside shattered as our magic fused.
14:55Two hearts beating as one.
14:59You're mine now.
15:01He murmured.
15:02Against my mouth.
15:04No.
15:06I breathed.
15:07You're mine.
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15:23Yeah.
15:23You
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