Chapter 861:

“Even when he was the Great Ruler, Zaiper always offered blood instead of gold,” Sinai’s voice gained strength, driven by sheer will to survive. “Do you know why? Because gold is the only thing dark magic cannot replicate, not without immense risk. He has been deceiving you for centuries, offering you favors, debts, secrets. But never coins. Because as long as you lack it, he owns you.”

She drew a trembling breath. “He knows the secret you’re hiding. That you cannot practice openly. That your dream is to escape—to use your power to strip away the marks, the signs, and disappear into another life. To live freely, without fear of your people hunting you down.”

The dark mage appeared… thoughtful? Sinai couldn’t be sure beneath that damned cloak. Still, she pressed on. “And yet, he never gives you what you want, because he needs you desperately. He needs you bound. What he did to me, what he is doing now, should tell you everything. He sold me. Cast me aside like scrap. He will do the same to you the day you are no longer useful.”

Her voice shook, but she lifted her chin. “I have a fortune. Gold I’ve saved for more than a thousand years. It is all I have—the work of my life. I will give it to you.”

The words tasted like ash, twisting her stomach. “All my treasure, in exchange for my life.”

more than coin. It was her ambition. Her power. Her future. She had fought for every piece, carving her way through courts, lands, and shadows to claim it. She had dreamed of possessing the Crystal Waters and building far greater things

giving it all away, because Zaiper had betrayed

swear it by

wiped the tears with the back of her hand. “What do

NIGHT OF

glowed neon on the horizon. That was the

the top of the hill and watched the mysterious sky intently as the moon cast its sinister

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