Villain Hiring: Help! Author Wants Me Dead-Chapter 210: Confession

I couldn't breathe.

Venus's words dug into me deeper than the horns splitting through my skull.

This is where your story ends.

I wanted to scream.

I wanted to claw my own skin out just to prove to him that I was still me.

But no sound came, just a dry, sorry gasp. My body trembled as if it no longer belonged to me.

My eyes darted to Noah.

He was still frozen, but his chest rose and fell faster than before, each breath slow and unsteady.

His hand twitched like he wanted to reach for me, but fear, or maybe shock, pinned him in place.

His knuckles went white as he clenched his fists, nails digging into his palms until blood dripped down.

And I hated myself for it.

I hated that I had done this to him. That I had turned his safe world into this nightmare.

"Pixie…" Noah's voice cracked, barely a whisper, his eyes seemed to be getting wet, wide with disbelief.

He looked at me like he was holding onto a thin string of hope, that maybe, just maybe, I could still be the girl he once knew.

I opened my mouth to say something, anything, but before the words could form, Venus's aura pressed harder against me.

It was suffocating.

The air felt like it was being pulled out of my lungs, my bones grinding against each other under the invisible weight.

I collapsed forward onto my hands, the stone floor biting into my palms. My horns scraped against the ground as my head bowed unwillingly.

"Stop it!" Noah shouted, his voice breaking into raw anger.

He took a step toward Venus, his teeth clenched so hard I thought they'd shatter. "Leave her alone!"

Venus didn't even look at him. His gaze was fixed on me, calm, heavy and cruelly sorrowful.

"This pain isn't meaningless," he said quietly, like he was speaking to himself more than to us.

"It will end soon."

Something inside me snapped.

I wasn't ready to die.

I wasn't ready to vanish like some story cut short, no, I wanted to live.

I wanted to breathe, to laugh at his stupid jokes, to hear Noah's voice, to feel his warmth without fear.

My voice tore out of me in a ragged cry as I looked at Noah with a desperate determine.

"I don't want this!"

The words echoed through the training hall, breaking the silence like shattered glass.

Noah flinched at my scream, his eyes widening further, but it was Venus who stopped him mid-step.

His eyebrows furrowed faintly, expression cracking.

"I don't want to die!" My throat burned as blood mixed with my spit, but I forced the words out anyway.

"I LOVE HIM."

I clawed at the floor, dragging myself toward Noah inch by inch, every movement scratching deep into my skin.

My legs went sore, refusing to work, but my heart screamed louder than the pain.

Noah moved before I even realized it.

He dropped to his knees in front of me, his arms outstretched as if finally breaking free from the shock.

His hands hovered, trembling, not sure where to touch me, afraid he might hurt me more, or maybe afraid I'd crumble to dust in his grasp.

But I leaned into him anyway.

"Please…" I whispered, tears stinging my eyes. "Don't…look at me like that.

Don't look at me like I'm gone."

His lips parted, but no words came. Only a broken sound and half a sob, as his arms finally wrapped around me.

His warmth spread through me, shaky and desperate, grounding me in a way nothing else could.

But Venus's voice cut through it.

"You'll regret holding her, boy."

Noah's head snapped up, his eyes narrowing with a craze I'd never seen before.

"Shut up!" he roared, his voice echoing throughout the hall.

I felt his whole body trembling as he held me tighter, his chin pressing against the top of my head.

"She's not yours to destroy!"

Venus tilted his head slightly, his expression unreadable. "You don't understand. She's not who you think she is anymore."

"I don't care!" Noah snapped, his voice breaking.

His tears fell onto my bloodied skin, hot and wet against the dryness of my face. "She's still Pixie and she's still fucking mine!"

Hearing that word, mine...shattered me in ways I couldn't even understand.

I wanted to tell him he was wrong, that I was nothing but a curse, but my body betrayed me.

My arms clung to him weakly, fingers curling into his shirt as if I could anchor myself in him forever.

For the first time, Venus's expression faltered.

His eyes dimmed, guilt flickering across his features like a dying flame. But he didn't stop.

He raised his hand slowly, and the air around us grew colder, darker.

Power gathered at his fingertips, thick enough that even Noah's breath seemed to stop for a moment.

"No…" I whispered, shaking my head weakly. "Please, not in front of him."

Venus's eyes met mine for the briefest second.

And in that second, I saw it, hesitation and pain 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

..maybe even regret.

But his words stayed the same.

"This is mercy."

Noah's grip on me tightened until it started to hurt.

His voice was raw, breaking with fury and sorrow.

"If you touch her…" he growled,

"…I'll kill you."

The room fell silent.

Venus didn't laugh.

He didn't scoff.

He only looked at Noah, really looked at him, as if measuring the weight of his words.

And for the first time since this nightmare began, I saw something flicker in Venus's eyes.

Not cruelty.

Not sorrow.

But surprise.

I buried my face into Noah's chest, trembling and terrified with guilt choking me.

And yet somehow, somehow…for the first time, I felt like maybe I wasn't completely alone.

Because Noah hadn't let go of me.

Not yet.

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