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Chapter 46: The Choice of a Queen

Author: F.S. Noire
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-26 01:43:35

The image hovered above the chamber.

Lyra could see her father inside the distant fortress.

A dark figure stood behind him.

A blade rested against his shoulder.

The Blood King smiled.

“Your kingdom…”

His eyes moved to Lyra.

“Or your father.”

The image disappeared.

Lyra stood frozen.

Karl immediately stepped beside her.

“You don’t have to choose alone.”

The Blood King laughed.

“That’s exactly what she must do.”

Lyra raised her Moon Bow.

“You think I’ll surrender because you threatened my father?”

“I know you will.”

“No.”

Her voice became stronger.

“You’re wrong.”

The Blood King’s expression changed.

Lyra lowered the bow.

“I choose neither.”

Everyone stared at her.

The Blood King frowned.

“Explain.”

Lyra looked toward the broken Heart Chamber.

“A true queen doesn’t sacrifice innocent people just because someone gives her two choices.”

Master Thorne’s eyes widened.

“The Moon Throne…”

“It was never about choosing between my family and my kingdom.”

Lyra looked at Karl.

“It was about finding another way.”

The Blood King raised his hand.

The ancient warriors behind him stepped forward.

Karl drew his sword.

Lucien and Arnold moved beside him.

Adrian and Caelan stood together.

Riven raised the Lunaris banner.

Lyra looked around at them.

“For twenty-one years, everyone has been fighting because they thought there were only two sides.”

She lifted the Moon Bow.

“The Blood King wants us divided.”

Her voice echoed through the chamber.

“But Lunaris doesn’t belong to one person.”

She looked at the ancient warriors.

“It belongs to all of us.”

The Ring of Unity suddenly blazed.

Silver light spread across the chamber.

Every warrior carrying the Lunaris symbol stopped.

The Blood King’s expression hardened.

“No.”

Lyra’s eyes glowed silver.

“You wanted a queen.”

She stepped forward.

“Then listen to your queen.”

The warriors lowered their weapons.

The Blood King stared at them in disbelief.

“You cannot control them.”

Lyra shook her head.

“I don’t control them.”

“I unite them.”

Suddenly, the fortress walls began to shake.

A crack opened beneath the Blood King.

Dark energy surged upward.

He looked down.

“What have you done?”

Lyra realized the Ring of Unity wasn’t simply responding to her.

It was responding to everyone standing together.

The ancient relics were connected.

The Crown of Winter.

The Tide Crystal.

The Ring.

And the missing Heart.

All four were reacting.

Master Thorne shouted:

“The relics are awakening!”

Adrian looked at Lyra.

“If the four relics unite, the Blood King’s power can be broken.”

“But the Heart is missing,” Karl said.

Lyra looked at her own chest.

She could feel its pulse.

“Maybe it isn’t missing.”

Everyone went silent.

Lyra closed her eyes.

The heartbeat grew stronger.

Thump.

Silver light surrounded her.

Thump.

The chamber filled with moonlight.

Then Lyra opened her eyes.

“The Heart is inside me.”

The Blood King stepped backward.

“No.”

For the first time, fear appeared on his face.

Lyra understood.

He hadn’t been trying to make her his successor.

He had been trying to take the Heart from her.

She raised the Moon Bow.

“You can’t control what you can’t reach.”

The Blood King roared.

“Take her!”

The ancient warriors moved.

But they didn’t attack Lyra.

They turned toward him.

Riven raised his sword.

“Protect the Queen!”

The army surrounded Lyra.

Karl stood beside her.

“Now what?”

Lyra looked toward the distant fortress where her father was being held.

“We rescue my father.”

Adrian nodded.

“And then?”

Lyra looked at the Blood King.

“Then we end this.”

The Blood King suddenly disappeared into a cloud of darkness.

His voice echoed through the fortress.

“You think you’ve won.”

A sinister laugh followed.

“But your father isn’t where you think he is.”

Lyra froze.

“What does that mean?”

The Blood King’s voice faded.

“Ask him what happened to Evelina.”

The chamber fell silent.

Alaric’s face changed.

Lyra slowly turned toward him.

“What does he mean?”

Her father looked at her.

There was pain in his eyes.

“Lyra…”

She stepped closer.

“What happened to my mother?”

Alaric hesitated.

Then he finally whispered:

“Your mother didn’t die the night Lunaris fell.”

Lyra’s heart stopped.

“Then where is she?”

Alaric looked toward the darkened corridor.

“She’s been waiting for you.”

A faint voice suddenly echoed from somewhere beneath the fortress.

“My little moon…”

Lyra turned toward the sound.

It was her mother’s voice.

And this time

It was not coming from a vision.

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