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109. Blood -Claw Magic
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2026-10-05 15:28:51
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Reborn as Betrayed Luna 111. Empire of Fire
The Queen Mother’s POVThe Grand Sun Court of the Imperial Hall smelled of burnt clove incense and wet marble.Sunlight poured through the vaulted stained-glass windows, projecting bands of vivid scarlet and liquid gold across the polished floorboards. At the center of the vast chamber, surrounded by forty silent lords in embroidered silk doublets, sat the Queen Mother, Eleanor. She leaned back against the high velvet cushions of the Regent’s Bench, her slender fingers tapping a slow, rhythmic cadence against the gilded armrest.Beside her sat her grand-nephew, the boy-king, absentmindedly spinning a silver coin on his knee."The hour is past noon," Lord Chancellor Cassian murmured, stepping forward from the semi-circle of nobles, his fur-trimmed cloak sweeping the marble floor. "If Commander Vane’s strike force succeeded at midnight, the messenger raven from Black Moon Keep should have arrived at sunrise."Eleanor did not look at him. Her gaze remained fixed on the tall iron doors
Reborn as Betrayed Luna 110. Past is settled
Livia’s POVThe scent of crushed dried lavender, crushed elderberry, and bitter moon-lily tea hung heavy in the solar.Soft morning light filtered through the high arched window of our bedchamber, painting pale gold streaks across the heavy timber beams overhead. I lay propped against a mound of feather pillows, my chest wrapped tightly in linen bandages stained with green healing salve. My left arm was bound in a stiff leather splint, but the marrow-deep ache in my bones had subsided into a dull, manageable throb.The door latch clicked quietly.Asher walked into the room carrying a steaming brass basin and a fresh bundle of clean clothes. He had shed his heavy armor; he wore only a loose black tunic rolled up at the sleeves, exposing the faint red lines where Coven claws had raked across his forearms during the battle. His jaw was dark with two days of stubble, and dark circles shadowed his amber eyes.He hadn't slept. Not since he carried me up from the third-floor corridor."Y
Reborn as Betrayed Luna 109. Blood -Claw Magic
Livia’s POVThe stone archway didn't just break. It detonated.Shards of granite tore through the vault, sharp as arrowheads. I threw my arms up, my Warden gauntlets catching three jagged splinters before they could open my throat. The air turned black, thick with the stench of charred bone, sulfur, and stagnant bog water – the signature bile of Blood-Claw magic.Through the settling dust came four shapes. They weren't men. They were nine-foot hulks of grey muscle and fused bone, their hides caked in dried mud and ancient runes carved directly into their flesh. Blood-Claw brutes—beasts bred in the northern wastes, conditioned to ignore physical pain and driven entirely by dark blood-siphoning magic."To the inner sanctum!" I shouted, my voice cutting through the ringing in my ears. "Now!"My shadow warriors didn't hesitate. They reformed their ranks, but against hulks that could crush a man's ribcage with a single backhand, steel was barely an inconvenience. One of my sergeants lun
Reborn as Betrayed Luna 108. Bait
Livia’s POVThe mountain wind bit through the fur lining of my cloak, smelling of the wet frost. Below the high parapet of the eastern watchtower, the Iron Gulch lay swallowed in pitch-black shadow—a narrow, treacherous stone chute carved into the side of the cliff face, dropping six hundred feet down to the churning waters of the sea-caves.I checked the silver buckle of my leather vambrace, pulling it tight. Beside me, Beta Torin crouched beneath the battlements, his bow already strung with a pitch-soaked arrow. Below us, hidden among the jagged rocks and black pines lining the ridges, fifty of the Black Moon’s elite marksmen sat in absolute, breathless silence.My pocket watch clicked, showing the time as we were five minutes ahead of schedule."Signal fire is prepped, Luna," Torin whispered, his voice barely carrying over the howl of the gale. "Asher’s cavalry has taken position in the northern treeline. The moment that flame hits the sky, the trap closes.""Ignite it," I ordere
Reborn as Betrayed Luna 107. Fire
Asher’s POVThe heavy oak table in the strategic solar was covered in parchment maps detailing the jagged topography of the Iron Crags and the sea-caves below the eastern cliffs.The fire in the hearth burned hot, casting long, dancing shadows across the faces of Torin and our six highest-ranking war captains. Livia stood at the head of the table, her gloved fingers tracing the winding, narrow trail that led from the shoreline up through the eastern gulch."Clara gave us exact numbers," Livia said, pointing her dagger at a narrow choke point between two towering walls of black granite. "Three hundred elite Imperial vanguard soldiers, led by Commander Vane of the Royal Guard. They believe Clara will ignite the signal fire on the eastern tower at midnight and throw open the postern gate.""If they think the gate will be opened, they’ll march up the narrow gulch in tight formation to avoid being spotted by our perimeter scouts," Torin noted, a dangerous smile spreading across his scarre
Reborn as Betrayed Luna 106. Her Fate
Livia’s POVThe Great Hall of the Black Moon Pack was silent, but it was a silence strained to its breaking point.Hundreds of pack members stood packed along the stone balconies and tiered benches, their eyes gleaming like pale amber and gold in the torchlight. Elders in embroidered wool robes sat in a semi-circle at the head of the raised dais. In the center of the room sat two high carved thrones, but Asher and I remained standing.Asher stood beside me, his broad hand resting on the pommel of his sword, his posture imposing and rigid. His presence alone commanded absolute stillness from the fierce northern warriors gathered beneath our banner.A heavy iron latch groaned at the rear of the hall.Four elite guards marched down the center aisle, their swords drawn and lowered. Between them walked Clara.She wore a simple, unadorned grey wool tunic provided by the healers to cover her wounds. Her wrists were bound before her in dark iron shackles that suppressed any residual magic o
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