CHAPTER 6: WHEN MONSTER ARE MADE
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🖤(Chloe’s POV)
Morning came—
But nothing felt new.
Not after last night.
Not after the truth.
Selina wasn’t the replacement.
She was the original.
And me?
The one they tried to erase.
A slow smile curved at my lips as I stepped into the training grounds.
Open space. Cold air. Weapons lined in perfect order.
Predictable.
Controlled.
Just like everything else here.
“You’re early.”
His voice didn’t surprise me anymore.
Kael stood across the field, arms crossed, watching me like I was something he hadn’t fully decided how to handle.
“I don’t like wasting time,” I replied.
His gaze sharpened slightly.
“Good,” he said. “Because I don’t like repeating myself.”
I tilted my head. “Then don’t.”
Silence.
Then—
He moved.
Fast.
Too fast for most people to react.
But not me.
I stepped aside just as his hand reached for me, twisting my body and aiming for his side—
He blocked.
Of course he did.
Our movements clashed—sharp, precise, controlled.
Not a fight.
A test.
“You hesitate,” he said.
“I observe,” I corrected.
He pushed harder.
Faster.
Stronger.
Forcing me to react instead of think.
“Observation gets you killed,” he added.
I smirked slightly.
“Not if you’re faster than the person trying to kill you.”
His lips almost curved.
Almost.
Then—
A presence.
Familiar.
I didn’t need to turn to know.
Selina.
“Training already?” she said lightly, stepping into view.
Perfect timing.
Or planned.
I stepped back slightly, breaking contact with Kael.
Selina’s eyes moved between us.
Calculating.
Measuring.
Jealous.
“You shouldn’t push her too hard,” she added, looking at Kael. “She’s not used to this world.”
I let out a soft laugh.
“You’d be surprised what I’m used to.”
Her gaze snapped to mine.
There it was.
That tension.
That hatred.
Finally visible.
She stepped closer.
Too close.
“You found something last night,” she said quietly.
Not a question.
I met her gaze.
“And you already know what it is.”
A pause.
Then—
Her smile returned.
“But do you understand it?”
I leaned slightly toward her.
“Enough to know you’ve been lying.”
Her expression didn’t change.
But her eyes?
Darker.
More dangerous.
“You think this is about lies?” she whispered. “This is about survival.”
“So you tried to erase me?” I replied coldly.
“I tried to protect what was mine.”
Silence.
Sharp.
Explosive.
Then—
“Yours?” I echoed softly.
And then I smiled.
That was the moment everything shifted.
Because something inside me—
Snapped.
The mark burned.
No warning.
No control.
Just pain.
Raw.
Blinding.
I gasped, gripping my wrist as the glow exploded back into existence—brighter than before, spreading up my arm like fire under my skin.
“What is—” Selina stepped back.
Fear.
Real fear.
Good.
Kael moved instantly, grabbing my arm.
“Focus,” he said sharply.
“I am!” I snapped—but it wasn’t true.
Because everything was slipping.
The ground.
The air.
Reality.
Voices echoed in my head—
Not mine.
Never mine.
“She must not awaken—”
“Kill her if necessary—”
“The wrong one survived—”
“No…” I whispered.
The energy surged.
Violent.
Uncontrolled.
And then—
It exploded.
The ground cracked beneath my feet.
A shockwave tore through the training field, throwing everything back—dust, weapons, guards.
Selina stumbled.
Kael didn’t.
Of course he didn’t.
But even he—
Looked surprised.
I stood at the center of it.
Breathing hard.
Eyes burning.
Power still pulsing through me like it didn’t belong in my body.
“What… did you do to me?” I asked, voice shaking slightly.
Kael stepped closer.
Slowly.
Carefully.
“Nothing,” he said.
“Then why can’t I control this?!”
“Because it’s not something you were meant to control.”
That answer?
Wrong.
I clenched my fist.
The energy surged again.
Stronger.
Darker.
And this time—
I didn’t fight it.
“Stop her!”
The voice came from the edge of the field.
Guards rushed in.
Too late.
I moved.
Faster than before.
Stronger.
The first one barely saw me before he hit the ground.
The second tried to grab me—
Mistake.
I twisted, threw him aside like he weighed nothing.
“Chloe!” Kael’s voice cut through everything.
But I didn’t stop.
Couldn’t.
Because something deeper had taken over.
Something that had been waiting.
Then—
An arrow.
Sharp.
Precise.
Flying straight toward me.
I turned—
Too late.
It hit.
Pain exploded through my shoulder.
Real.
Grounding.
Everything stopped.
The power flickered—
Then collapsed.
I dropped to my knees, breathing hard as the world snapped back into place.
Silence followed.
Heavy.
Broken.
I looked up slowly.
And saw—
The guards.
Weapons drawn.
Surrounding me.
Not protecting.
Threatening.
A slow, dangerous realization settled in.
“They’re not here to protect me,” I whispered.
Kael’s expression darkened.
“No.”
I laughed softly.
Even injured.
Even surrounded.
I laughed.
“Of course not.”
Because now it made sense.
Everything.
The switch.
The lies.
The attack.
“They’re here to finish what they started.”
(Selina’s POV)
She wasn’t supposed to awaken like that.
Not this early.
Not this violently.
This wasn’t part of the plan.
My fingers curled slightly as I watched her kneel there—
Bleeding.
Surrounded.
Still dangerous.
Still alive.
“…She’s unstable,” one of the guards said.
“Then we end it now.”
Silence.
Perfect.
Because that’s what I wanted to hear.
I stepped forward slightly.
“Wait.”
All eyes turned to me.
I smiled softly.
Controlled.
Careful.
“Not yet.”
Because killing her now?
Too easy.
Too clean.
And I didn’t want clean.
I wanted control.
(Chloe’s POV)
Blood dripped slowly from my shoulder.
But I didn’t move.
Didn’t panic.
Didn’t react.
Because now?
I understood.
They never brought me back to make me family.
They brought me back—
Because I was unfinished.
A weapon they hadn’t fully destroyed.
I looked up.
At Selina.
At Kael.
At all of them.
And slowly…
I smiled.
“You should’ve killed me when you had the chance.”
Silence.
Then I stood.
Ignoring the pain.
Ignoring the weapons pointed at me.
Because fear?
Wasn’t something I had left.
“Because now…” I said softly,
“…I’m not going anywhere.”
Kael stepped forward.
Between me—
And everyone else.
A choice.
Clear.
Dangerous.
Final.
“No one touches her,” he said coldly.
Shock rippled through the guards.
Selina’s eyes narrowed slightly.
And me?
I just watched him.
Interested.
Because this?
This was new.
And dangerous.
Somewhere deep inside me—
The mark pulsed again.
Quiet.
Waiting.
Growing.
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