ログインHe took a step toward her, slow and predatory. "There will never be another. Not while I breathe. Not while I exist."His voice dropped lower. "I would burn every kingdom to ash before I let another man look at you, Sera. Do you understand me?"Sera didn’t move. Her breath quickened. Not in fear, bu
She reached for his arm—He jerked away. "I left because the rut was coming. Because I knew if I stayed, I’d mark you with another child and destroy the last pieces of you I hadn't already taken.""Rhazien—""No." His eyes burned, voice rising like a storm ready to split the world. "You think I don’
The citadel had gone quiet for the night.Lioren had taken the last shift patrolling the outer hall, his boots silent against the stone. Even the flames in the sconces burned low, as if the mountain itself held its breath.Sera had watched him earlier from the nursery doorway, the way his small fram
“Then we find another way,” she said. “Mortals have ways to—”“No.”His voice was final, sharp as a blade. “We’re not talking about root teas or salves. I know what my body is capable of. I know what I’ll take from you if I lose control.”“You didn’t lose control. Not even once.”He shook his head s
It had been weeks since the birth, yet the mountain still felt like it held its breath—like every stone and shadow remembered the moment blood painted its halls. The air remained thick, not with smoke or heat, but with silence. A silence that pressed down, weighty and expectant, as though waiting fo
"So will I."Rhazien, watching from a short distance, didn’t speak. But he inclined his head once—slight, solemn. A gesture full of unspoken meaning.It was the closest thing to a blessing he’d ever given.And this time, Lioren didn't flinch from it.He straightened his spine.Sera watched him for a
The corridors blurred as Sera ran, each footfall echoing like a war drum. The sigil beneath her skin pulsed in time with the clutch’s fury, burning bright and unrelenting.She turned the final corner—And stopped.The doors to the healing chamber were open.Smoke curled lazily into the hall, thicker
"Cowards or traitors?" she asked."Hard to say. They took nothing. Left no trail. But someone inside knew how to make them disappear."Sera took the scroll and unsealed it with a claw-shaped blade tucked at her hip. She didn’t hesitate. Didn’t blink.Her eyes scanned the names. One she recognized. T
They found Yeral before the hour turned.Dragged from a lesser wing of the palace, half-dressed and protesting innocence, he looked more like a trader’s accountant than a conspirator. But Sera knew better. Guilt didn’t always look like shadows and blades. Sometimes it looked like wine-stained finger
They would want blood.But she would give them answers. Names.Rising to her feet, she turned to the nearest guard."Bring me the master of spies. And the high chamberlain. Now."The guard hesitated, his eyes flicking over her bloodied gown, the child clinging to her, and then toward the bed.A mort







