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Chapter 142 – The Choice Beneath the Crown

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The throne room was silent. Not with peace — but with breathless tension, the kind that thickened the air like storm clouds about to break.

Elara stood at the center, blood still drying on her armor, the mark on her wrist pulsing faintly beneath her glove. The crown lay on the dais before her — untouched, but far from unclaimed. It gleamed dully in the low light, a hollow thing of forged promises and forgotten mercy.

Kael watched her from the steps, his sword sheathed, but his eyes unsheathed with grief. Vesper leaned against one of the fractured pillars, his arms crossed, cloak torn, as if the battle outside had carved through his soul as much as his skin.

“The Council awaits,” Mira whispered beside her. “If you don’t ascend now, they’ll choose another. And not one who’s bled for this kingdom.”

Elara didn’t look at her. Her eyes were on the crown. And the echo of the vision she’d seen weeks ago — flames, ruin, a shadowed future — danced behind her gaze.

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