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Marked By The Rogue King

Chapter 5 THE KING BLEEDS

Word Count: 1008    |    Released on: 22/06/2025

with

ming like a silent drumbeat as I stirred awake. A bitter taste lingere

soriented. I hadn't died. That much I knew. The mark was still there, searin

t I was s

idn't speak, only glanced at me, then turned away again. It wa

up, wincing at the s

in agony, brought to his knees by something unse

l pulsed inside me like a

ce to breath

refully. The fortress was quiet, torches low, ca

e mark on my neck pulsed, faint but in

striking stone. Grunts and the

ned into the training courtyard. The air smelled of swea

of his warriors. His chest was slick with sweat, a long scar running over h

ruthless, deliberate,

he w

the jagged scar across his jaw, lunged

w, but not the second rogue's elbow tha

of yielding, he growled deep in his

ver under the moonlight. Maddox caught one blade wit

d the blade out of the rogue's grip

itch black. His spine arched unnaturally, as if something ancient s

lders, thick and midnight-dark, a

rogues shouted, backing a

x was too

to the arena wall. The rogue yelped. Maddox's fangs gle

s wasn't the same cold and composed Mad

mething dar

echoed from somewhere b

m and dared a step forward. "He's going feral again,"

spun, hackles raised, claws digging into

or ran through him.

ard me, still half-s

softly, unsure

moment, the storm

fur receded. Bones cracked back

, panting, covered in bl

Dropping to my knees, my inst

. I tore a strip from my slee

ing like a mo

ne. "Even kings bleed." Our h

d. The words struck deeper than I expected. I

ng the bloodied cloth at him. "D

at me. I turned and left before

t to name. My steps took me past the great hall, then around to a quie

r, keeping to the shadows.

first. "She's goi

She's already a problem. That m

ood c

Tarek said, his voice colder now, "we

but deadlier. "If he hesitates... we finish it ourselves. M

his chamber. In his head. If we d

all, knuckles white. They weren't worried about

ght in my throat. They weren't just wat

what. I might not survive

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1 Chapter 1 THE FIRE BEFORE THE FALL2 Chapter 2 CAUGHT IN THE WOLF'S DEN3 Chapter 3 MARKED4 Chapter 4 CHAINS OF FLESH AND FATE5 Chapter 5 THE KING BLEEDS6 Chapter 6 THE HEALER'S PRICE7 Chapter 7 THROUGH HIS EYES8 Chapter 8 SHADOWS IN THE WALLS9 Chapter 9 GHOSTS THAT STILL BLEED10 Chapter 10 BOUND IN BLOOD AND SHADOW11 Chapter 11 THE BEAST BELOW12 Chapter 12 WHAT SHOULD NEVER WAKE13 Chapter 13 THE BEAST'S VOICE14 Chapter 14 THE COUNCIL CALLS15 Chapter 15 MARKED IN DEATH16 Chapter 16 FRACTURE OF TRUST17 Chapter 17 THE BROKEN GATE18 Chapter 18 BLOOD ON THE BORDER19 Chapter 19 TRIAL BY MOONLIGHT20 Chapter 20 THE SHIFT21 Chapter 21 THE FAR END OF CHAINS22 Chapter 22 WHERE QUEENS ARE FORGED23 Chapter 23 THE PATH OF FLAME24 Chapter 24 WHISPERS25 Chapter 25 THE NIGHT OF RETURN26 Chapter 26 THE QUIET STING27 Chapter 27 THE FEAST OF MASKS28 Chapter 28 THE RISE OF THE ALLEGIANCE29 Chapter 29 THE FLAME RECLAIMED30 Chapter 30 ASHES WILL RISE31 Chapter 31 THE BLOOD WE INHERIT32 Chapter 32 THE CHAINS THAT HOLD33 Chapter 33 THE AMBUSH34 Chapter 34 THE PATH OF LIGHT35 Chapter 35 BARGAIN36 Chapter 36 THE SERPENT'S GATE37 Chapter 37 WHAT WAITS BELOW38 Chapter 38 THE REMAINS WITHIN39 Chapter 39 THE BEAST AND THE BOND40 Chapter 40 WAR ANNOUNCED41 Chapter 41 SHADOW IN THE CAMP42 Chapter 42 THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY43 Chapter 43 THORNES AND THRONES44 Chapter 44 THORNES AND THRONES45 Chapter 45 A KINGDOM TESTED46 Chapter 46 INTO THE STORM47 Chapter 47 THE SILENCE AFTER THUNDER48 Chapter 48 THE WOUND BENEATH THE THRONE49 Chapter 49 SIEGE AT FIRST LIGHT50 Chapter 50 THE KING UNMADE51 Chapter 51 ECHOES OF THE DEVOURER52 Chapter 52 THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT53 Chapter 53 DROGUE'S LAST COMMAND54 Chapter 54 MARKED FOR RUIN55 Chapter 55 THE SOULFIRE CROWN56 Chapter 56 THE RISE OF FLAME57 Chapter 57 QUEEN OF THE AFTER