تسجيل الدخولChapter 30"Don't touch the crown!"The words echoed through the collapsing silver hall.Selene and the Shadow Fang stood frozen.Both staring at Lyra.Both terrified.The realization hit her like a physical blow.For the first time since entering the realm, they agreed on something.The crown.Whatever it truly was...Neither of them wanted her touching it.At least not yet.The silver fragments continued falling around them.The throne shook violently.Cracks spread across the floor.Time was running out."Why?" Lyra demanded.Neither answered immediately.And that frightened her more than anything.Selene recovered first."The crown is incomplete."Lyra stared at her."What does that mean?"The former Queen pointed toward the floating pieces of silver light."The inheritance was divided centuries ago."A chill ran through Lyra.Divided?The Shadow Fang cursed under his breath.The revelation clearly wasn't supposed to happen.Selene continued."When Orion betrayed me, he failed to
Chapter 29"Run!"Selene's voice thundered through the collapsing silver hall.Dark energy exploded from the Shadow Fang's blade.The ancient chamber cracked apart.Moonlight and darkness collided violently.Lyra stumbled backward.The crown flickered above her head.Unstable.Threatened.The Shadow Fang advanced.Slowly.Confidently.As if victory were already his."You should have accepted it immediately."His gray eyes gleamed."Now it's too late."Selene stepped between them.Silver fire erupted around her.The former Queen stood tall.Regal.Defiant.Powerful.For a moment, Lyra saw why entire kingdoms had once followed her."You will not touch her."The Shadow Fang laughed."You're already dead."Then he attacked.The black blade sliced through the air.Darkness followed its path.Selene met it with silver fire.The collision shook the entire realm.Shockwaves raced across the silver hall.Ancient pillars shattered.The floor cracked.The Shadow Fang staggered.Then smiled."Int
Chapter 28"You are."The words shattered the silver hall.Lyra froze.The crown of moonlight hovered inches above her head.Queen Selene's sorrowful gaze never left hers.For a moment, the world seemed to stop."No."The word escaped as a whisper.Selene closed her eyes briefly."I wish there had been another way."Lyra stepped back.The crown followed."What are you talking about?"Fear tightened around her chest.The Moon Queen looked older suddenly.Wearier.As though carrying centuries of regret."The Destroyer cannot be killed."A chill ran through Lyra."What?""It was never alive."The silver hall darkened.Ancient memories flickered around them.A ritual.Blood.Dark magic.Orion standing beside the First Council.The creation of something unnatural.Something eternal.Something fueled by hatred itself."The Destroyer is bound to the Betrayer's curse."Selene's voice echoed softly."As long as the curse exists, the Destroyer returns."Lyra stared at the visions."Then how was
Chapter 27"Choose, Heir."The Destroyer's voice shook the valley.Dark energy swirled between its jaws.Powerful enough to destroy everything in its path."Save your King."The beast's crimson eyes gleamed."Or claim your throne."Ronan stood in front of Lyra.Sword raised.Ready to face certain death.The mountain entrance lay just beyond the Destroyer.So close.The throne waited below.Her inheritance.The power Shadow Hollow desperately needed.The power that could change the war.Yet if she ran for the throne now...Ronan would die.The vision had already shown her that.The Destroyer smiled."Choose."For a moment, fear threatened to overwhelm her.The entire future seemed balanced on a single decision.Then another memory surfaced.Queen Selene.The vision from the palace.The Moon Queen standing before her people.Protecting them.Choosing them.Always choosing them.Not power.Not glory.People.The answer became clear.Lyra stepped forward.Ronan immediately turned."What a
Chapter 26The Destroyer descended on Ronan.The world slowed.Warriors screamed.The ground trembled.The black beast's massive claws cut through the air, powerful enough to tear stone apart.Ronan raised his sword.Not because it would stop the attack.Because he refused to die kneeling.The Destroyer's shadow swallowed him whole.Then silver light exploded across the battlefield."NO!"Lyra didn't remember moving.One moment she stood atop the wall.The next she was between Ronan and death.Moonlight erupted from her body.A brilliant silver shield formed before them.The Destroyer's claws crashed into it.The impact shook the entire city.Shockwaves blasted through the streets.Windows shattered.Warriors were thrown from their feet.For one impossible moment, Lyra held.Then the shield cracked.A second later it shattered completely.The force hurled her through the air.Ronan caught her before she hit the ground."Lyra!"Pain exploded through every part of her body.But she was a
Chapter 25The Destroyer smiled.A slow, terrifying smile.Lyra's blood turned to ice.Monsters weren't supposed to smile.Monsters weren't supposed to think.Yet those crimson eyes held intelligence.Awareness.Recognition.The creature knew exactly who she was.And somehow...It seemed pleased.The battlefield faded into the background.The screams.The clash of steel.The roar of wolves.All of it disappeared beneath the crushing weight of the Destroyer's gaze.Then the beast spoke.Not aloud.Inside her mind."Moonborn."Lyra staggered.The voice was ancient.Cold.Filled with hatred."I have waited for you."The Guardian slammed into the Destroyer before it could advance.The impact shook the valley.Silver and black energy exploded across the battlefield.The two colossal wolves crashed through buildings and stone walls.Every strike felt powerful enough to level a mountain.Yet something was wrong.The Guardian was losing ground.Slowly.But undeniably.The Destroyer was strong







