Chapter 8: How do u know me?
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The creature kept smiling at me.
And somehow, that felt worse than the claws.
Worse than the silver eyes.
Worse than the darkness spilling through the broken doorway behind it.
Kael stood in front of me without moving.
Like he already knew exactly what the creature could do.
Lucien slowly stepped back again. “This is bad.”
I frowned immediately. “You keep saying that like it’s helpful.”
Neither of them answered.
The creature’s gaze stayed on me.
Not blinking.l
Just watching.
Then—
“You don’t remember me,” it said softly.
My stomach tightened.
“No,” I answered carefully.
The creature tilted its head slightly.
“That’s cruel.”
I glanced at Kael instantly. “Okay, seriously, what is happening?”
Kael’s jaw tightened.
But before he could answer—
The creature moved.
Fast.lp
One second it stood near the broken door.
The next—
It was directly in front of me.
I froze instantly.
Cold fingers brushed lightly against my cheek.
“You still smell the same,” it whispered.
Kael grabbed the creature’s wrist immediately and forced it away from me.
The entire hall shook from the impact.
“Do not touch her,” Kael said coldly.
The creature laughed softly.
“There it is again.”
Lucien stepped forward quickly. “Kael—”
“I know.”
My heartbeat was completely uneven now.
I stared at the creature carefully.
Up close, it looked even stranger.
Not fully human.
Its silver eyes glowed unnaturally against the darkness crawling beneath its skin.
And somehow…
It still looked familiar.
The creature noticed my expression immediately.
Then smiled again.
“You see it now.”
I frowned. “See what?”
“That you know me.”
“I don’t.”
“You do.”
Its answer came too fast.
Too certain.
I looked at Kael again. “Would somebody explain something for once?”
Kael stayed silent.
The creature laughed quietly behind him.
“She hates when you do that.”
Kael’s eyes darkened instantly.
“Enough.”
The creature ignored him completely.
Its gaze returned to me again.
“You really don’t remember anything?”
I crossed my arms tightly. “Should I?”
For the first time—
The creature stopped smiling.
Something unreadable crossed its face before disappearing again.
“That’s unfortunate.”
Silence filled the hall again.
Heavy.
Sharp.
Then Lucien suddenly spoke.
“We should reseal the chamber before—”
“No.”
Everybody looked at the creature instantly.
Its silver eyes stayed locked on me.
“She stays.”
Kael stepped slightly closer to me.
“No.”
The creature smiled slowly.
“You’re still possessive.”
Something about that sentence made the room colder.
I looked between both of them carefully.
“You two know each other.”
Neither answered immediately.
Which was answer enough.
The creature slowly began circling us.
Not rushing.
Almost relaxed.
“You kept her hidden well,” it murmured.
Kael’s expression remained cold. “You were never supposed to wake up.”
“And yet here I am.”
The creature stopped moving.
Right in front of me again.
“You opened the seal yourself.”
I frowned immediately. “I didn’t mean to.”
“But you did.”
Its silver eyes narrowed slightly.
“That means the bond still exists.”
For a second, nobody spoke.
Then I blinked slowly. “The what?”
Lucien cursed quietly under his breath.
Kael looked genuinely irritated now.
Which honestly made me more nervous.
The creature laughed softly again.
“She really knows nothing.”
“Stop talking to her,” Kael said sharply.
“No.”
That single word echoed strangely through the hall.
The creature stepped closer.
Kael instantly moved between us again.
I stared at both of them in frustration. “Can someone stop acting like I’m not here?”
The creature smiled slightly behind him.
“She always gets angry first.”
I frowned. “You keep talking like you know me.”
“I do.”
“No, you don’t.”
Its expression changed slightly.
Not anger.
Something quieter.
“Once upon a time,” it said softly, “you knew me better than anyone.”
For a second—
Something flashed through my mind.
Silver eyes.
Blood.
A hand reaching toward me.
Then pain.
Sharp enough to make me stumble slightly.
Kael caught my arm immediately.
“You okay?”
I pulled away quickly before answering. “What was that?”
Nobody spoke.
The creature’s smile disappeared completely now.
Interesting.
“You saw something,” it murmured.
Kael looked at me carefully. Too carefully.
“What did you see?”
I shook my head immediately. “I don’t know.”
But that wasn’t completely true.
Because deep down—
Something about those eyes felt familiar.
And I hated it.
The creature took another slow step forward.
Kael instantly tensed again.
“You should leave,” Kael said quietly.
I looked at him sharply. “No.”
Both him and Lucien looked surprised.
Honestly, I was too.
The creature smiled slightly again.
“There she is.”
I ignored it completely and looked directly at Kael.
“I’m done with everybody hiding things from me.”
A pause.
Then I pointed toward the creature behind him.
“That thing knows who I am.”
The creature tilted its head slightly at the word thing but said nothing.
I looked back at Kael.
“And clearly,” I continued, “you do too.”
Silence.
Kael stared at me for a long moment.
Then finally—
“You really want the truth?”
Something about the way he asked made my chest tighten slightly.
But I nodded anyway.
“Yes.”
Kael looked away briefly.
Then back at me.
And for the first time since meeting him—
He hesitated.
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