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Chapter 113: A Crown of Fire and Ash
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Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 115: The Hollow Throne
The halls of Blackspire were quiet, too quiet.Elara walked them alone, the weight of Vesper’s sacrifice pressing like stone against her spine. He was alive, yes—but not whole. He hadn’t spoken since that night. Hadn’t moved on his own. The vibrant, terrifying man who once ruled shadows and secrets was now… a shell.He sat in silence at the window of the east tower, every day, at the same hour. Eyes open. But vacant.As though the part of him that burned for vengeance, for her, had been stripped out and cast into the abyss.“Any change?” Kael asked gently, stepping into the room behind her.She shook her head. “Nothing.”Kael exhaled, frustration and grief warring in his expression. “You know what he did, don’t you?”“He gave his soul.”Kael nodded. “To the old gods. The silent ones.”A chill passed through her. “That kind of magic… it doesn’t give back.”“No. But it leaves a door.” Kael’s eyes burned with something fierce now. “We just have to find it.”Dain appeared in the doorway,
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 114: When Monsters Wear Crowns
The castle shook.Elara stood still, her ears ringing with the echo of the squire’s voice. The Rift wasn’t just a breach anymore—it was a summons. A reckoning. Something had crossed. And it was coming for her.“What do you mean creatures?” Kael asked, dragging the squire closer.The boy stammered. “They’re winged—black, massive—and they’re tearing through the wards like parchment. Magic isn’t holding.”Vesper stepped forward, his voice calm but laced with something darker. “They’re not just creatures. They’re Revenants. We buried their kind in the Last War.”Dain’s eyes narrowed. “I thought they were myths.”Vesper looked directly at Elara. “They’re real. And they don’t come for kingdoms. They come for bloodlines.”The implication slammed into her like a sword to the ribs.“It’s me,” she whispered.No one denied it.The guards were already evacuating the upper floors. Council members fled, robes flapping behind them like terrified birds. Kael gripped Elara’s hand, grounding her.“We n
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 113: A Crown of Fire and Ash
The sky over the capital cracked open in a blaze of crimson light as Elara stepped through the shattered gates of the kingdom she once called home.Her gown—no longer royal silk but a cascade of molten black and gold—brushed the broken stone beneath her feet. Her presence made the guards drop to their knees without command. Not from loyalty—but awe. Fear. Reverence.She didn’t speak. She didn’t need to.The winds that carried her were laced with new power—something ancient and volatile, something the old gods once feared.Behind her, Vesper rode with blood on his collar and fury in his eyes. Kael followed, silent and watchful, while Dain flanked the opposite side of the gate, tension knotting his jaw as the city stirred like a beast waking from a curse.Whispers spread like fire.“She’s returned.”“The dead prophecy walks.”“The heir is no longer just royal… she’s divine.”In the royal court, the High Council gathered in haste, old men clutching their relics, murmuring prayers that he
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 112: The Realm Between
The fall was endless.Elara’s scream was stolen by the wind as she plunged through the rupture of the shattered gate. Light and shadow twisted around her like serpents, clawing at her skin, whispering half-formed truths.Then—silence.She landed hard on black marble, the air knocked from her lungs.Above her, the gate had sealed.Around her… nothing.No stars, no sky. Just a vast, endless hall of mirrors, each one reflecting a different version of her: Elara with burning eyes, Elara on a throne of bones, Elara drenched in blood. Her own fear stared back at her from every angle.Footsteps echoed.She whirled, heart racing.Vesper emerged from the darkness, blood trickling from his temple, eyes wild. “You shouldn’t have done that alone.”“I had to,” she whispered. “If I didn’t—”Kael’s voice cut through the stillness. “She would’ve died either way.”He stepped into view, dragging Dain behind him. Dain’s lip was bleeding, but he was conscious—and furious.“What is this place?” Elara aske
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 111: Beneath the Obsidian Court
The sun had yet to rise when they reached the mouth of the forgotten passage—a jagged, rune-cracked staircase descending beneath the roots of the Obsidian Mountains. The air was thick with magic, the kind that pulsed beneath your skin and whispered madness in your ear. Elara felt it the moment they crossed the threshold.“This was built by the First Blood,” Dain murmured, running his fingers along the stone etched with forgotten sigils. “The original rulers—before the kingdom, before the laws.”“Before the prophecy,” Vesper added, his eyes narrowed, calculating. “Which means what’s hidden down there isn’t just powerful—it’s older than all of us.”Kael had said nothing for the past hour. He didn’t trust any of them—not Dain with his convenient knowledge, not Vesper with his secrets, and lately, not even himself.The path narrowed as they descended, their torches casting twitching shadows on the walls. Elara walked at the front, not because they let her, but because she had to. The pull
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 110: The Crown Beneath the Flames
The sky ripped open.A thunderous roar echoed over the palace as golden lightning split the heavens, crackling through the enchanted dome that had protected the capital for centuries. Panic surged in the city below—citizens screamed, magic flared, and guards rushed to defend the walls. But inside the throne room, silence reigned, thick and paralyzing.Elara stared at the glowing parchment in her hand, its light pulsing like a heartbeat—her heartbeat.Kael stepped in front of her instinctively. “What did you do?”“I didn’t choose,” she whispered, stunned.Vesper’s voice sliced through the room like a blade. “You did. The moment your blood touched the truth, the magic reacted. You’ve awakened the weapon buried in the kingdom.”Dain unsheathed his blade. “Then this is war.”“No,” Elara snapped, raising her hand. “This isn’t war. Not yet. But it will be… if we don’t control what’s coming.”The parchment’s light dimmed suddenly, curling into ash between her fingers. But the rumble above di
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 109: The Return of the Kingmaker
The air cracked like thunder as Elara stepped into the ancient ruins—the site the prophecy had led her to. Dain’s warning still echoed in her ears, but Kael’s hand was firm on her arm, his presence grounding her in the moment.She thought she’d felt everything a heart could endure. She thought she’d buried Vesper Moretti with the ruins of their forbidden love.But then came the shadow.Not magic. Not monster.Him.Clad in black, eyes like dark steel, Vesper Moretti emerged from the archway as though the kingdom itself had carved him from vengeance. His face was sharper, more dangerous—but the hunger in his eyes when they found hers was unmistakable.“Elara,” he said, voice low and lethal. “I told you once—nothing keeps me from what’s mine.”Her breath caught. The world tilted.Kael stepped in front of her. “You were dead.”Vesper didn’t blink. “You only kill what you understand. And you never understood me.”Then his eyes cut to Dain, who stood frozen with guilt carved into his expres
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 108: The Bargain Beneath the Ashes
Kael carried Elara through the crumbling halls of the ruined citadel, her body limp in his arms. Ash rained from the vaulted ceiling like gray snow. The vault behind them had collapsed entirely, burying Dain—and the Ardent Mirror—beneath ancient stone and cursed light.Her skin was cold.Too cold.“Elara,” he whispered, brushing her hair back, smudged with soot and blood. “Don’t do this to me.”But her eyes remained shut. Her pulse fluttered weakly at her neck, like a thread unraveling.They had no time. He had no options.Except one.Kael turned toward the east chamber—the forbidden crypt beneath the old sanctum. No one went there. Not even Elara.Not even Dain.But Kael wasn’t just a warrior. He was raised by men who trafficked in blood oaths, trained by shadows who knew how to barter with things older than gods.He descended the narrow staircase two steps at a time, breath ragged, Elara cradled tightly in his arms.At the bottom stood a rusted iron gate carved with sigils no human
Sacrifice Of The Heart Chapter 107: Velvet Blades and Vows
Kael’s hand was still wrapped around Elara’s wrist as he pulled her through the dim corridor of the fortress, every stride radiating tension. The weight of silence between them was louder than screams.“Let go of me,” Elara hissed, twisting her arm in vain. Her pulse was pounding—equal parts fury and something far more dangerous.Kael turned, his face shadowed in the torchlight, eyes burning gold. “You walked into the lion’s den alone. Again. You think Dain would have spared you this time?”She yanked her hand free. “I didn’t need you to save me.”He laughed coldly. “No, you needed someone to die for you, apparently.”The air thinned between them. Elara stepped back, but he followed—always one step closer than she wanted, or maybe exactly where she needed him.“Why do you always do this?” she whispered, voice trembling.“Do what?” His voice dipped low, rough, intimate. “Follow you into danger? Break rules for you? Want you so badly it makes me lose my mind?”“You don’t want me,” she s
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