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Chapter 16: Under Attack
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2026-09-17 07:55:08
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Rise of the Chubby Lunar Queen Chapter 60: The lie about the queen
AVA“Proof,” I said. “Proof of what?”Mira shifted his weight. “That’s the trouble, my Queen. He hasn’t shown anyone yet. He only says it exists.”“Then tell me what he is saying.”“That the Lunar Queen means to wipe out the old royal families.” He said it flatly, like a man reading out his own sentence. “That you’ll hunt down every clerk, every guard, every cook who ever served a king.”The picture shook a little in my hand, and I set it down before anyone noticed.It wasn’t true. But the elders’ sentences had given the lie just enough weight to stand on, and now it was walking. Maybe the soldiers, the stolen wagon, and the three days had all been built to turn the East against me before I could earn a single friend there.“I want every word he’s said,” I told Mira. “Written down. Names too, whoever is repeating it. And whatever he claims to have.”“Yes, my Queen.”“And no public denial yet. Not until I know what I’m answering.” I pressed my fingers to my eyes. “If I rush out and sho
Rise of the Chubby Lunar Queen Chapter 59: They brought her a prisoner
AVA“Twelve riders,” I said. “No more.”Darius stared at me across the map table. “Twelve.”“I’m not sending an army into the East, not when one wrong move could set the whole land on fire. I need eyes. I need to know where our men are and whether those families are in danger right now.”“And if the riders don’t come back?”“Then I’ll know that too.”He rubbed his jaw. I could see how much he hated it. He wanted to say no, and he wanted to tell me to wait, and he wanted to ride out there himself. But he didn’t try to overrule me. He only pulled the map closer.“Fine,” he said. “But I choose the route. You get a rider on every hill between them and us, so you hear from them quickly. And if anything goes wrong, they have a clear way out. No heroics.”“Deal.”He picked the team that night, man by man. I didn’t sleep much. Neither did he.They came back two days later, dusty and tired, with someone I hadn’t expected.The captain made his report in the council chamber. The families at the
Rise of the Chubby Lunar Queen Chapter 58: Three days
AVA“Release them,” the first adviser said. “Just for now. We bring the elders back later, once things calm down.”“Send soldiers east,” said another, slamming his hand on the table. “Take the wagon back and hang the men who stopped it. Let them see what happens.”“Or we blame the old king’s advisers,” a third put in. “Publicly. We promise the Eastern packs that nobody is going to occupy their land.”I sat at the head of the table and listened to all of it. Three days. That was what the letter gave me. Three days to decide between breaking my own judgment or watching families go hungry.Everyone in that room had a solution. None of them would be the one lying awake at night if it went wrong. I could feel them all watching me, waiting for me to pick one and make it mine.“Let me ask something,” I said, and the voices dropped. “If the East does what they’ve threatened, what happens to the communities on that list?”Nobody answered.The silence stretched until the old man cleared his thr
Rise of the Chubby Lunar Queen Chapter 57: Someone knew the route
POV: AVA“Say it again,” I said. “Slowly.”The soldier lay on the healer’s cot, his face gray under the lamplight. They had cleaned the cut on his cheek, but his hands still wouldn’t stop shaking. I pulled a stool beside him and sat down myself. I didn’t want him looking up at a queen. I wanted him to see someone who was listening.“They called him Your Highness,” he whispered. “Only once. But I heard it.”Your Highness. Not a raider’s title. Not a bandit’s. Someone with blood, or at least with a name that men would obey.I kept my face still. A dozen faces from the defeated royal families flashed through my mind, and I pushed every one of them away. I knew what it felt like to be judged by other people’s guesses. I wasn’t going to do that to someone else.“Tell me what you remember about him.”“Not much.” He licked his dry lips. “Dark coat over his uniform. His face was half covered. He never touched a weapon. He just stood back and watched while the others took the wagon.”“Did he s
Rise of the Chubby Lunar Queen Chapter 56: The guards came running
POV: AVA“My Queen, you need to come now.”I hadn’t even finished my tea. Mira stood in the doorway, out of breath, and in all the time I had known him, I had never seen him run.“What happened?”“The supply convoy. The one headed down the eastern road.” He swallowed. “It was stopped.”Days of silence from the East, and this was their answer.My stomach dropped. That convoy carried food, medicine, and blankets for the families the war had left with nothing. I had signed the order myself.“Where are the soldiers?”“Most of them are back at the gate.” His eyes met mine. “Two men are missing, and one wagon was taken.”I was already on my feet, my tea left cold and forgotten behind me.In the courtyard, the escort stood in a ragged cluster, dust on their faces, hands still shaking. Their commander told it quickly. A group of men had blocked the road. They wore the colours of Raymond’s old territory. They hadn’t swung a single blade at first. They only wanted two things. They wanted the re
Rise of the Chubby Lunar Queen Chapter 55: The first crack in the silence
AVA“I’m done guessing,” I said, and pushed the pile of reports toward Mira. “Every meeting we spend arguing about whether the East will attack. I want to know what they’re actually worried about.”Mira raised an eyebrow. “You want me to sort it?”“By what’s really in the papers. Not what we’re scared of.” I tapped the top page. “They’re angry about the kings. They don’t know who’ll lead them now. And they don’t know what Silvercrest expects from them. Start there.”“I can group it that way,” he said. “But I can’t tell you how many people feel each thing. Not yet.”“Then say so. We don’t have to pretend we know more than we do.” I rubbed my eyes. “I just want the council to answer what’s real, not what keeps us awake.”He nodded and began to sort the pages.My advisers didn’t like it. The woman with the sharp voice crossed her arms before I even finished explaining.“Make them say they accept you first,” she said. “Then let them ask questions. Otherwise you’re handing them permission
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