The rogue’s fingers trembled, the relic burning hot against his skin, yet he couldn’t release it. His heart raced, torn between desire and destruction, power and pain. The weight of the curse crushed him, but the tantalizing whisper of power was too much, almost sweet, almost... freeing. His friends’ voices had become distant echoes, drowned in the storm of ancient magic that swirled around him.
“You know this will only end one way,” the ancient evil’s voice curled through his mind like a serpent. Its words dripped with malice, but there was no denying their pull. “You were never strong enough to resist me. Why struggle when you could simply rule? Embrace the darkness, and I will give you everything you’ve ever wanted. Power, control, freedom.”
The rogue’s jaw tightened. Freedom? The word itself felt like a mockery. Could he ever truly be free again? Was this what he’d become—a vessel for this wret
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