Chapter: 81. LieLivia’s POVThe room went so quiet you could hear the fire cracking in the hearth.My knees felt hollow. I stared down at my father, my brain completely refusing to process what he’d just said."My... my sister?" I whispered, my voice sounding small, almost pathetic. "Clara died when we were seven. She caught the winter fever. I watched them bury her coat in the woods.""That wasn't a coat in the grave, Livia," my father said, tears spilling over his wrinkled cheeks. He reached out with a trembling, spotted hand to touch my arm, but I yanked myself backward, stumbling right into Asher’s chest.Asher didn't say a word, but his hand came up, wrapping tight around my waist. His body was tense as a coiled spring, his chest rising and falling fast against my back. His wolf was practically clawing at his ribs to get out."Explain. Now," Asher snarled, his low growl shaking the floorboards beneath our boots. "And don't leave out a single damn detail, Alpha Cedric , or I swear to God I'll rip
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Chapter: 80. Twin SisterLivia’s POVThe night air burned my lungs as our horses thundered across the drawbridge into Hartwell Pack’s inner courtyard.Torchlight flickered against the damp stone walls. Black Moon guards and Hartwell soldiers were still working to repair the wooden barricades, but the tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a blade.Asher vaulted off his black stallion before the horse had even come to a full stop. His broadsword clattered against his thigh, his jaw locked tight, his golden eyes burning with dark, predatory focus. He didn't wait for me—he strode straight toward the heavy oak doors leading into the main keep."Asher, wait!" I shouted, swinging down from my mare and sprinting after him, my boots sloshing through the muddy courtyard.I caught up to him on the stone stairs, grabbing his heavy leather forearm. The heat radiating off his skin was scorching, his wolf pacing wild just beneath his surface."Remember your promise!" I demanded, stepping in front of him on
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Chapter: 79. TraitorLivia’s POVThe blinding silver-gold magic of the Moon Key faded as fast as it had arrived, leaving the ancient forest dead silent.My knees buckled instantly. The god-like power that had just surged through our veins was gone, leaving my body bruised, aching, and completely drained.Before I hit the cold dirt, Asher caught me around the waist. He was gasping for air, sweat dripping down his chest, his golden eyes raw and human again. The high-fantasy magic was over. We were just two bleeding, exhausted wolves standing in the middle of a broken battleground."Got you," Asher grunted, pulling me tight against his hot, bare chest. His heart was hammering like a drum against my cheek.Down in the valley, the ruined wooden gates of the Imperial border outpost were still smoking. General Varis and a dozen surviving Imperial soldiers were scrambling away through the dirt, throwing down their weapons in terror."Marcus! Torin!" Asher barked, his voice hoarse and rough. "Secure the perimete
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Chapter: 78. Coming for the CrownLivia’s POVThe silver liquid starlight hovering between Asher’s hand and mine pulsated like a trapped heart. The moment our skin touched the Heart-Tree's wounded trunk, a searing jolt of raw power surged through our mate bond."Draw it out, Asher!" I cried out, my knuckles turning white as I pressed my palms deeper into the ancient alabaster bark.Asher growled, his golden eyes igniting into blinding white fire. Pitch-black tendrils of Primordial shadow coiled down his arms and sank straight into the wood. The black bile that Vane had pumped into the roots hissed loudly, boiling into foul steam as Asher’s shadow magic forcibly latched onto the Imperial corruption, pulling the oily rot up through the grain and out into the open air."It’s working," Asher spat through gritted teeth, his muscles straining under the raw pressure. "Livia….now! Cleanse it!"I channeled every drop of my Warden blood into the hovering teardrop of starlight. The liquid starlight exploded into a blinding dom
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Chapter: 77. Silver MagicLivia’s POVThe blue moss along the stone path glowed brighter with every step, guiding our horses toward the heart of the forest. The air turned sweet and crisp, humming with an ancient magic that made the silver vial at my chest throb in rhythm with my heartbeat.We broke through the dense treeline into a massive, circular clearing and my stomach plummeted.At the center of the clearing stood the Ancestral Heart-Tree, its colossal white trunk stretching toward the sky like woven alabaster, its silver leaves shimmering under the sunlight.But its base was bleeding.Four heavy iron pillars had been driven directly into the tree's massive roots. Thick, oily black liquid poured from glass vats mounted atop the pillars, seeping into the pale bark and turning the silver leaves a sickly, dying grey.Standing on a raised stone dais before the roots was Commander Vane—the Queen Mother’s chief alchemist—his crimson-and-gold armor gleaming, flanked by a dozen heavily armored Imperial elite gu
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Chapter: 76. Illusion magicLivia’s POVThe moment our horses stepped across the mossy boundary stones, the ambient sound of the world died.No birds chirped in the canopy. No wind rustled the needle-thin pine leaves. Only the hollow, heavy thud of our horses' hooves against the damp soil echoed through the unnatural silence.A thick, milk-white fog rolled off the ancient roots, swallowing the path behind us within seconds. The air grew frigid, smelling sharply of wet earth, iron, and old magic."Stay close, Livia," Asher warned, his horse crowding mine until our knees brushed together. He had his broadsword drawn, the steel resting lightly against his saddle horn. His golden eyes darted from shadow to shadow as the fog thickened into opaque walls around us. "The air is heavy with illusion magic. Don't trust anything you see or hear unless you can feel it through our bond."I reached out through the soul-tether connecting us – the warm, pulsing thread of pure Alpha and Warden magic anchored deep in my chest. "I
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