Bound by Shadow
Chapter 1
The library was too quiet. Too still. Elara’s fingers brushed over the cracked spine of an ancient, blackened book that had no title.
The moment she opened it, the air shifted.
A whisper curled behind her ear.
Elara Vale (FL)
Who’s there? The library’s closed.
He stepped forward, and the dim light caught sharp cheekbones, eyes too dark to read.
Damien Riven(ML)
Closed to them. Never to you.
Her throat tightened. She’d never seen him before, yet something in his voice sank straight into her chest.
Elara Vale (FL)
You can’t be here.
Damien Riven(ML)
𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 Can’t? Or shouldn’t?
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘖𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘖𝘳…
Elara Vale (FL)
I don’t know you.
Damien Riven(ML)
Not yet. But I know you.
He moved closer, shadows clinging to him like smoke. She should’ve screamed, but her voice caught when his hand brushed a shelf beside her, only inches from her face.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 What do you want?
Damien Riven(ML)
𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 .
Damien Riven(ML)
What was promised.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳
Damien Riven(ML)
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 We’ll finish this soon.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵.
Chapter 2
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 .
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵
Elara Vale (FL)
It’s just leather. Just paper. You’re imagining thing Elara 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 — 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.
The smell of dust and paper vanished, replaced by candlelight and the faint crackle of fire
Her breath hitched. She was no longer in the library. She stood in a vast, dimly lit hall, shadows dancing on stone walls.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 No… this isn’t real
Damien Riven(ML)
Say that again
Damien Riven(ML)
𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴
Elara Vale (FL)
I’m dreaming
Damien Riven(ML)
𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 Dreams don’t burn like this
𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦
Elara Vale (FL)
You’re not real
Damien Riven(ML)
𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳 Then why do you tremble for me?
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯!!
Elara Vale (FL)
Why do you… feel familiar? 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴
His mouth curved in a smile she half-saw, half-felt.
Damien Riven(ML)
Because you’ve been mine for longer than you realize
Before she could pull away, his lips brushed hers a fleeting kiss, searing like fire, vanishing as the hall dissolved.
Elara Vale (FL)
she Jolted awake at her desk 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳
chapter 3
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The rain was already falling when Elara locked the library doors. Her fingers lingered on the key, trembling despite herself.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬 ,𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺
she reached her apartment
Nora was sprawled on the couch, wrapped in a blanket burrito, half-eaten bag of chips balanced on her stomach.
Nora
𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘠𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘖𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦… 𝘵𝘦𝘯.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩 Thanks Just what I needed to hear
Nora
𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.
Nora
𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 Seriously, though. What’s up? You look… haunted.”
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵?
Elara Vale (FL)
I had a dream that's all
Nora
𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 Ooooh Okay, now we’re talking. Spill was it steamy?
Elara Vale (FL)
😳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘢’𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥
Nora
😲Oh my god, it was. Who was it? Someone from work? Don’t tell me it was Professor Alden—
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 What? No! Gross!
Nora
𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 Then who? The hot grad student? Or—
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘊𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 It doesn’t matter. It wasn’t real just… strange
Nora
𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
Elara Vale (FL)
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳
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