65 Chapter 65 Betrayal Bond
He shifted, his frown deepening as he felt me pulling away from the connection.
I was trapped once more. Back in the prison he’d created for me. I couldn’t survive this again, especially not with my son’s existence hanging in the balance. I knew I was being selfish keeping them apart, but my child was all I had left. If Julian discovered the truth, it would give him the ultimate weapon against me.
His gaze met mine, but his expression remained cold and impenetrable. Not a word of explanation. Not even an attempt at justification.
Why had he done this to me?
My eyes flew open, and I stared at the ceiling through the haze of confusion. The room tilted and swayed as if I were on a ship in a storm. What was happening to me? It felt like someone else’s soul was trying to merge with mine, and I couldn’t stop it.
“Don’t!” I struggled to push myself upright, but the movement sent fresh waves of agony through my skull. “How could you mark me without asking? How could you do this while I was defenseless?”
He leaned forward slightly. “Seraphina, if you’ll just listen-”
The final thread of hope I’d been clutching snapped.
The mark. He had marked me.
His name escaped my lips in a desperate whisper. He was there in the chair beside my bed, his frame tense and alert. Dark circles shadowed his eyes, but his entire body was coiled like a spring, as if he was bracing for an explosion.
“Stop this,” I gasped. “Whatever you’ve done, undo it now.”
Terror flooded through me as the full implications hit. The physical tracking was nothing compared to what was coming. Soon he’d have access to my thoughts, my fears, every memory I’d carefully protected from him. And worse – he’d discover the secret I’d die before revealing.
All the air left my lungs in a rush, leaving me gasping. The alien thoughts, the overwhelming emotions, the invasion of my mind – it all made terrifying sense now.
Then the invasion began. Emotions that didn’t belong to me crashed through my mind
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He remained motionless, his dark eyes fixed on me with an intensity that made my skin crawl. His jaw was set, his expression unreadable.
Drawing on every ounce of willpower I possessed, I began constructing barriers in my mind. I imagined fortress walls, steel doors, anything that might keep him out. The effort was excruciating – I’d never attempted anything like this before.
“Leave,” I said, my voice devoid of any warmth.
The question carved through my heart like a blade. Everything I’d fought to build was
gone now.
I squeezed my eyes tighter, hoping to block out the torment, but that only amplified the chaos. This wasn’t just physical pain. Something else was happening, something that made my stomach twist with dread.
“How could you?” The words came out broken, thick with the pain of his betrayal.
The magnitude of what he’d stolen from me crashed over me like a tsunami. Six years. Six precious years I’d spent rebuilding myself from the ruins he’d left behind. Six years of independence, of making my own choices, of believing I was finally free from his control.
Seraphina’s POV
There was no escape from a mating mark. Distance would only create unbearable pain that would force me back to his side. He’d ensured I could never break free again.
I dug my palms into my temples, desperately trying to silence the foreign noise echoing through my mind. I needed to find myself again, to locate the boundaries of my own thoughts.
Something inside me shattered completely.
I waited. I waited for him to explain, to apologize, to give me any reason that wasn’t rooted in selfish ownership. Surely he would offer something, anything to justify this
violation.
“I told you to leave.” I pressed myself back against the headboard, my body trembling with pain and fury. The sight of him standing there, completely unrepentant after destroying my future, was more than I could bear.
Consciousness returned like a hammer striking an anvil inside my skull. The pain wasn’t ordinary – it felt like something foreign was trying to claw its way through my
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brain, creating a symphony of agony that made me want to retreat back into darkness.
He didn’t budge, and his continued presence felt like salt in an open wound.
I couldn’t let that happen.
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