เข้าสู่ระบบChapter Ninety-OneThe Mother’s SecretThe Veil had gone dark.Ariana could barely see her own hands.The peaceful valley was gone.The golden flowers had turned black, the river had stopped flowing, and the sky that had once looked like morning was now covered by thick shadows.Then the screaming started again.Thousands of voices.Ariana tightened her grip on the First Blade."Mom, stay behind me."Her mother nodded.The Star King stood across the broken valley."You still don't understand what she is."Ariana didn't take her eyes off him."I know enough.""No, you don't."He stepped closer."Your mother was not simply trapped inside the Veil."Ariana's mother whispered,"He's right."Ariana turned."Mom?"Her mother looked at her with tears in her eyes."I should have told you.""Tell me now."Her mother took a shaky breath."The day you were born, the Veil opened."Ariana frowned."Why?""Because you were born with a connection to it.""I thought the Veil created me.""It did."He
Chapter NinetyThe Voice Beyond the DoorAriana stood completely still.The voice came again."Ariana..."Her eyes filled with tears.She knew that voice, there was no mistaking it.Her mother.The woman she had spent years remembering through fading memories and old stories.The woman she had believed was gone forever."Mom?"Kael tightened his grip around Ariana's hand."Be careful."Ariana barely heard him.She stepped toward the black doorway."Mom, is that really you?"Silence.Then a soft voice answered."Yes, my child."Ariana's breath caught.The Keeper stood beside the doorway, watching her."Go ahead."Ariana turned toward it."You knew she was here.""Everything lost passes through the Veil.""Then you knew my mother.""I knew her soul."Ariana's expression changed."Why didn't you tell me?""You never asked.""I didn't know I could ask!"The Keeper tilted its head."Now you know."Ariana looked back at the doorway.Kael stepped beside her."We're going together."She nodde
Chapter Eighty-NineThe Daughter of the VeilAriana couldn't move.The words continued echoing inside her head.You are the daughter of the Veil.She stared into the white opening.The space beyond it looked endless.There were no stars.Yet she could feel something watching her."Ariana."Kael's voice pulled her back.She turned.Everyone was staring at her.Lyra looked confused, Eryndor looked terrified.The First Shadow looked like she had just heard the worst news imaginable.Ariana swallowed."Nobody is going anywhere."She looked at the white opening."Not until I understand what she means."The Moon Goddess appeared inside the Veil.Only her face was visible.Ariana stepped closer."Tell me the truth."The Goddess looked at her."You deserve it.""Am I really your daughter?""No."The answer was immediate.Ariana felt a strange emptiness."Then whose daughter am I?"The Goddess looked toward the darkness behind Ariana."The Veil had no children.""Until you."---Ariana frowned
Chapter Eighty-EightThe Mark Beneath Her SkinThe creature's words hung in the air."I was the one who chose you."Ariana couldn't move.The First Blade trembled in her hand.Kael reached the top of the tower and immediately stood between Ariana and the creature."Who are you?"The creature smiled."Still protecting her."Kael raised his sword."Answer me.""I have many names."Its eyes shifted toward Ariana."But she knows the oldest one."Ariana frowned."I've never seen you."The creature laughed softly."You've seen me every time you closed your eyes."Ariana's stomach dropped.The dreams.The endless darkness.The strange voice that had followed her since childhood.She had always thought they were nightmares.Now she wasn't so sure.---The First Star moved closer to Ariana."Don't listen to it."The creature looked at him."You're still pretending you can protect her?"The First Star's expression hardened."You won't touch her.""You already lost once."The creature raised one
Chapter Eighty-SevenThe Black StarsThe first black star moved across the sky.Then another and aanother.Within minutes, thousands of them appeared beyond the restored Star Realm.They weren't falling.They were approaching.The golden light that had begun healing the dying world started flickering.Ariana stared upward."What are those?"The First Star's voice echoed around her."They are the reason I was killed."The Star King slowly rose from his knees.His golden eyes were fixed on the approaching darkness."No."For the first time, genuine fear appeared on his face.The former First Shadow looked at him."You know what they are."The Star King didn't answer.Ariana turned toward him."Tell me."He swallowed."The Voidborn."The name seemed to make the entire realm colder.Ariana frowned."What are Voidborn?"The First Star answered."Beings born from the space between worlds.""They don't conquer kingdoms.""They erase them."---A deep vibration passed through the ground.The
Chapter Eighty-SixThe Choice of the First StarThe golden ocean rose around Ariana.Waves of light moved beneath her feet, but there was no wind.No sound.Only the Star King's voice echoing through the endless darkness."You cannot hide from me."Ariana looked up.The golden crack in the sky widened.The Star King descended through it, his wings spread across the darkness.But Ariana wasn't looking at him.She was staring at what had followed him.A massive creature emerged from the crack.It had no wings.No face.Only a huge golden eye surrounded by darkness.Kael stepped closer to Ariana."What is that?"The First Star's expression became serious."The Devourer."Ariana's eyes widened."The same one we thought was guarding the Star Realm?""No."The First Star looked at the creature."It wasn't guarding anything.""It was waiting."---The Devourer opened its enormous eye.The golden ocean began disappearing beneath its gaze.Wherever it looked, the light faded.Lyra grabbed Aria
Chapter ThreeThe Mark on the WallThe ballroom exploded into chaos.Voices rose from every direction at once.“Seal the gates!”“Protect the Alpha!”“Who got inside the estate?”Ariana stood frozen while fear spread through the room like wildfire.Kael’s face became dangerously still.“What symbol
Chapter NineThe Wolf Who KneltThe gunshot echoed through the forest.For one terrifying second, everything stood still.Then chaos exploded.The silver wolf staggered backward as blood stained its pale fur.Ariana screamed."No!"The surrounding wolves immediately sprang into action, growling and
Chapter TwoImpossibleAriana stared at Kael in confusion.“What’s impossible?”Kael didn’t answer immediately.His attention remained fixed on the place near her neck where the strange silver glow had appeared moments ago.Ariana stepped back again. “You’re starting to scare me.”That finally seem
Chapter OneSoldRain hit the roof in hard, angry drops.Ariana sat quietly on the floor beside the kitchen wall, her fingers wrapped around a cracked cup of cold tea. The house smelled like smoke, old wood, and wet clothes. Somewhere upstairs, music played softly while laughter echoed through the







