Infernal Crown: A Dark Paranormal Reverse Harem (Cursed Darkness (DarkHallow Academy) Book 3) by Eve Newton

Author:Eve Newton [Newton, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amethyst Literary Limited
Published: 2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

LYSITHEA

The moment my true mind rushes back in, I realise the full scope of what’s happening, every instinct I have screams at me to act.

The grimoire’s power tears through reality, reaching across dimensions to remake everything according to its twisted vision of truth. I can feel other worlds dying, entire civilisations blinking out of existence because they dared to build their cultures on hope instead of harsh facts.

“No,” I whisper, but the word comes out with an echo that makes the false realm shudder.

The grimoire pauses in its working, cosmic attention shifting to me with the kind of focus that makes my bones ache. “You disapprove of the acceleration?”

I have perhaps three seconds to decide whether to maintain the performance or abandon it entirely. Through the Soul Scar, I can suddenly feel my men’s terror bleeding into my consciousness.

“I disapprove of the lack of control,” I say, choosing truth wrapped in acceptable packaging. “This level of expansion threatens the stability of the working itself.”

The Crown’s power surges through me as I speak, lending weight to words that might otherwise sound like criticism. God recognises god, and the grimoire accepts my concern as legitimate rather than treacherous.

“An interesting perspective,” it muses, cosmic intellect turning the problem over like a scholar examining an unusual specimen. “The acceleration does introduce variables we had not calculated.”

Variables. It’s talking about the death of entire universes like they’re mathematical uncertainties in an equation. The clinical detachment in its voice makes me want to tear the Crown from my head and beat it to death with it.

Hmm…

Instead, I step closer to the focal point where reality bends around our combined power. “Perhaps we should consolidate our gains before expanding further.”

The lie is like copper in my mouth, but it rings with conviction. The Crown doesn’t just enhance my magical abilities; it transforms my very capacity for deception, allowing me to speak falsehoods with the authority of absolute truth.

I find that laughable, but very definitely usable.

“Wisdom,” the grimoire agrees, its attention returning to the working. “We shall perfect this realm completely before extending our influence.”

Relief floods through me for exactly half a second before I realise the fundamental problem with my solution. The grimoire’s power is already loose, already tearing through dimensional barriers to reach other realities. Asking it to consolidate isn’t stopping the expansion; it’s just asking it to be more thorough about the destruction it’s already causing.

Through my enhanced perception, I watch entire star systems wink out of existence as the grimoire’s influence touches worlds where they are developed differently, where emotional truth carries more weight than logical consistency. Each death feels like a small cut against my soul, accumulated damage that threatens to overwhelm my ability to maintain the performance.

“The process requires such precision,” I say, testing whether I can influence the working through apparent cooperation.

“Indeed. Observe how efficiently we eliminate the contradictions that plague inferior realities.”

The grimoire flutters its pages, and I watch a world die. Not the violent destruction of war or natural disaster, but the gentle cessation that comes when meaning itself dissolves.

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