Chapter five
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(..Sold•To•The•Pit•Of•Hell..)
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đź–¤ CHAPTER FIVE
When Devils Collide
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The air changed.
Not slowly.
Not subtly.
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Violently.
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Shayla felt it before she heard anything.
A ripple.
A disturbance.
Like the world outside the chamber had just… cracked.
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Ryker straightened.
Just slightly.
But that slight movement?
It meant everything.
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“They’re here,” he said.
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Shayla’s head snapped up from the floor, her chest still rising and falling unevenly.
“They…?”
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A low sound echoed through the chamber.
Not a knock.
Not a voice.
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A tear.
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Reality itself split open across the far wall.
A jagged line of glowing red light carved through the darkness—
Then—
It burst open.
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Two figures stepped through.
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Sadie.
Soren.
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The twins didn’t walk in.
They arrived.
Like chaos had taken shape.
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The tear behind them snapped shut instantly, leaving only silence… and the thick, suffocating presence of three monsters in one room.
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“Well,” Sadie’s lips curled slowly, her eyes gleaming as they landed on Shayla. “This is new.”
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Soren’s gaze swept the chamber once before settling on Ryker.
Cold.
Sharp.
Deadly.
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“You broke into a sealed domain,” he said flatly. “Desperate much?”
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Ryker didn’t turn.
Didn’t move.
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“You’re late,” he replied.
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Sadie let out a soft laugh.
“Oh, don’t start that,” she waved a hand lazily. “We went easy on you, letting you play your little game at the auction.”
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“Game?” Ryker finally turned.
Slowly.
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The moment his eyes met theirs—
The room tightened.
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Shayla felt it instantly.
Pressure.
Crushing.
Like three storms had just collided in one space.
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“You overpaid,” Jude’s voice suddenly echoed—
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—and then he stepped out of the shadows.
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Shayla’s breath caught.
He had been there?
Watching?
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Jude rolled his shoulders lazily, his smirk already in place.
“Twenty billion for a half-dead hybrid?” he chuckled. “You’ve lost your edge, Ryker.”
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Shayla’s fingers trembled against the floor.
Three of them.
No—
Four.
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All monsters.
All powerful.
All looking at her like she was—
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Something.
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Ryker’s gaze flicked to Jude briefly.
Unimpressed.
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“Leave,” he said.
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Silence.
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Then—
Sadie laughed.
Loud.
Sharp.
Mocking.
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“You think you can just take what we want?” she stepped forward, her heels echoing like gunshots. “We were bidding before your dramatic entrance.”
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“And you lost,” Ryker replied simply.
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Soren’s eyes darkened.
“That wasn’t a loss,” he said. “That was interference.”
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Ryker tilted his head slightly.
“Still sounds like losing.”
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The temperature dropped.
Fast.
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Shayla’s breath fogged faintly in the air.
Her body trembled—not just from fear.
But from something else.
Something reacting.
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Inside her—
That thing stirred again.
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“More…” the voice whispered.
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Her nails dug into the floor.
No.
No, not now—
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“Give her to us,” Sadie said suddenly, her voice losing its playful tone.
Now it was something else.
Something sharper.
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Dangerous.
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“She belongs to the Millions.”
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Ryker’s lips curved slightly.
But there was no humor in it.
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“She belongs to me.”
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The words landed like a final verdict.
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And that was it.
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Everything snapped.
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Sadie’s smile dropped instantly.
Soren moved first.
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The air exploded.
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A surge of invisible force shot toward Ryker—
But before it could reach him—
The shadows around him rose.
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Not slowly.
Not gently.
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Violently.
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They clashed mid-air.
Power against power.
Darkness against something even darker.
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The impact shook the entire chamber.
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Shayla screamed as the force threw her across the floor, her body slamming into the wall again.
Pain shot through her spine—
But she barely felt it.
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Because her chest—
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Her chest was burning.
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The mark.
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It pulsed wildly.
Faster.
Brighter.
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Cracks spread across her skin again.
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“No…” she whispered, curling in on herself. “Not again…”
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“Control it.”
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Ryker’s voice cut through everything.
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She looked up—
And for a second—
Their eyes met.
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And something inside her…
responded.
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The chaos around them intensified.
Sadie and Soren attacked together now, their movements perfectly in sync.
Deadly.
Precise.
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Jude joined in, arrows forming mid-air, launching toward Ryker like a storm.
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But Ryker didn’t move.
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He stood there—
Unbothered.
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The shadows swallowed everything.
Arrows.
Force.
Power.
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Like it didn’t exist.
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“Still weak,” Sadie hissed, pushing harder.
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“Still predictable,” Ryker replied.
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Then—
He lifted his hand.
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And everything stopped.
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Literally.
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Mid-air.
Mid-attack.
Mid-breath.
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Time didn’t freeze.
But it felt like it had.
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The twins’ powers hung suspended in the air.
Jude’s arrows hovered inches away from Ryker’s body.
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Impossible.
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Shayla stared.
Her heart racing wildly.
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“What… are you?” she whispered.
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Ryker didn’t answer.
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He turned—
And looked at her.
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“Stand.”
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Again.
That command.
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And again—
Her body obeyed.
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But this time—
Something changed.
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When Shayla stood—
The floor beneath her cracked.
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Dark energy leaked from her skin.
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The mark blazed.
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Sadie’s eyes widened slightly.
Soren stilled.
Jude’s smirk faltered.
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They felt it too.
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“That’s…” Sadie whispered.
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“Not possible,” Soren finished.
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Shayla’s breathing grew heavier.
Her vision blurred.
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Inside her—
That thing laughed.
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“Let me out…”
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“No…” she shook her head violently. “I won’t—”
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But her body lifted.
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Off the ground.
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Her head snapped back as a scream tore from her throat—
But it wasn’t just hers.
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It echoed.
Layered.
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Two voices.
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One human.
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One not.
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The chamber shook violently.
Cracks spread across the walls.
The shadows flickered.
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Even Ryker’s expression changed.
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Just slightly.
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Interest.
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Real interest.
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“Shayla,” he said slowly.
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But she didn’t hear him.
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Because her eyes—
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They glowed.
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Fully.
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And when she spoke—
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It wasn’t her voice.
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“…mine.”
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Darkness exploded.
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