Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278 Spells

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After saying those words, guards materialized from the shadows of the estate, pouring into every doorway, every hallway, every crack in the stone walls. Their boots thundered against the marble floor, shields raised, armor gleaming beneath the torchlight. In the blink of an eye, we were surrounded.

Row after row of soldiers pressed in, a steel circle locking us in place. There were too many of them to count, and though we weren’t outnumbered, their presence was still overwhelming. It didn’t feel like they were mere wizards but instead, fortresses.

Zaria reveled in the moment. She let out a sharp laugh that captured my attention. “This is fun,” she sang. Her smile widened when I glared at her, and I realized she had been waiting for that reaction all along.

“Enough of this!” Cade exclaimed.

He stepped forward, his entire presence blazing with the authority of the Praetor. “You will not get away with what you are doing,” he declared.

His words struck something in me, a reminder of why he had risen so far and so quickly. His power wasn’t just in his fists or his wolf–it was in his voice, in the conviction he carried that made others believe, even in the face of impossible odds.

Azalea, however, only leaned back on her throne. “Such a great aura,” she mused. “You’re right. I can’t control you yet, little Praetor. But I will soon.”

She lifted her hand, twirling her fingers around everyone in the room. “In fact, all of you… have such a great aura.”

Her gaze drifted across the room–over Rowan, Elias, Abel, and Cade–lingering on each one with predatory interest. “True Alphas, are you not?”

The words slithered across my skin. I clenched my fists at my side, resisting the urge to move closer to Rowan and shield him from her eyes.

“Ahh…” she exhaled, her eyes glimmering with hunger. “I can feel the power coursing through you. So strong. So pure. So ripe.”

“I’ll let you succumb to my strength.”

Then, she stood, raising her arms. The air itself seemed to bow toward her.

She spoke, her voice layered with echoes that did not belong to this realm. Words poured from her mouth in a tongue so ancient it burned my ears to hear it.

“Fac eos surgere

Fac eos meos

Mea potestas ibi est, tantum quantum mea est

Ad tenebras afferendas.

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Ego sum summus.”

The spell vibrated through the ground, rattling stone, wood, and bone.

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I gasped as the torches flickered and went out one by one, until only Azalea glowed, a beacon of dark brilliance in the sea of shadows. The runes on the guards‘ armors lit up, burning crimson.

The soldiers roared in unison. Their bodies stiffened, and then moved like puppets pulled by strings.

Azalea’s laughter cut through the chaos.

I stumbled back a step, but she held onto my hand. The power radiating from her was suffocating.

Her eyes gleamed with victory as she raised both hands higher.

“This,” she whispered, “is only the beginning.”

Her nails dug into my skin, and her eyes bore into mine.

“Now,” she whispered, low enough for only me to hear. “Detoxify me. I need it. Give me more.”

I wanted to pull away, to spit in her face, but the darkness pressing against my chest left me no choice. She forced my hand to hers, and a pulse ran between us. I gasped as her corruption poured into me, black tar winding through my veins, draining my strength while she brightened, her body glowing with vitality.

It was like pouring poison into myself, and yet I couldn’t stop. My knees trembled, sweat slicked down my temple. Around us, the world exploded into chaos.

Cade roared, shifting partially, his claws gleaming with his Alpha strength as he tore through armored soldiers. Rowan, his face bloodied but unyielding, fought like a beast unleashed, blades flashing in his hands. Abel’s aura blazed, his voice commanding even as shadows battered against him. Every strike of theirs met unnatural resistance, every blow countered with doubled ferocity by soldiers who were monsters wrapped in Azalea’s power.

It wasn’t a fight. It was a massacre.

I wanted to join them. I was already planning my escape. I knew that I was feeding this dark energy by detoxifying it. If I moved away right now, then she will cease to-

I suddenly felt cold steel graze my throat. My eyes widened as I felt his presence.

Kyle.

His arm wrapped tight around my body, his blade pressing against my skin, the edge close enough that one wrong breath would spill my blood.

“You’re not going anywhere.”

“Kyle,” I choked, twisting in his hold, but he only pressed tighter. “Let me go. You don’t have to do this!”

Zaria’s laugh cut through the sound of steel clashing and spells erupting like firecrackers. She leaned against the chaos as though it were a festival meant for her amusement.

“Ah, this is my dream come true,” she crooned, her grin widening as she savored every scream. “Look at

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them–the mighty Alphas, the chosen heirs, drowning in her darkness. Look at you, little lamb, so desperate, so trapped. Isn’t it beautiful?”

I glared at her, heart hammering, fury fighting against fear. “You’re insane”

But she only tilted her head, her smirk deepening. “Maybe. Or maybe I’m the only one who can see what’s real. This is the world we were promised. Chaos, power, and your suffering as the crown.”

I jerked against Kyle’s hold, fighting for even a scrap of freedom, but the blade bit against my skin, and I froze, feeling the sting of blood bead along my neck.

The battle around us grew worse. Abel was knocked to one knee. Rowan staggered, a dozen blackened soldiers swarming him like wolves. Cade roared, his claws tearing through armor, but for every soldier he brought down, two more surged forward, empowered by Azalea’s endless well.

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