All Chapters of Return of the Dragon Queen: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

The next day morning…The first light of dawn filtered through the pale silk curtains in Elena’s room, casting soft gold across the polished floor. Birds chirped faintly outside the palace walls, and the world was just beginning to stir when a soft knock echoed at her door.Elena, still curled in bed, blinked groggily “Come in,” she called, her voice slightly husky from sleep.The door creaked open—and there stood Liam, freshly dressed in a slate-gray tunic with navy accents, his hair slightly tousled by the morning breeze, and an unmistakable sparkle in his eyes.Elena sat up, narrowing her eyes suspiciously “You’re up early.”He grinned “You say that like it’s a crime.”She rubbed her eyes, already sensing something “What are you doing here?”“I’m stealing you,” he said, holding up a small basket and a folded cloak.Elena blinked

She smiled, eyes damp with emotion “Thank you… for understanding.”“I don’t just understand, I admire you for it” he said, softly “So tell me Elle what is your condition to accept my marriage proposal. I just want to complete this task fastly and make you mine forever…”Elena laughed softly, her forehead still resting against his, the sound warm and low in the quiet glade “You’re really not one for subtlety, are you?” she teased, brushing her thumb over his cheek.“Not when it comes to you,” Liam replied without missing a beat “I’ve waited long enough. I want to marry you, Elena. I want a future where you are always beside me, waking up in my arms every morning, dragging me into trouble by afternoon, and reminding me who I am by night.”She looked at him then—really looked at him, not just the person she’d fallen for but the man he was becom

Later that evening, when Liam and Elena came back to the palace, it was already getting dark.Aragon landed gracefully in the courtyard, his powerful wings stirring a gust of warm wind as he settled.Elena slid down from his back with ease, Liam right behind her. But the moment her boots touched the ground, her eyes caught sight of Sapphire standing near the edge of the stables—arms crossed, lips pressed in a thin line, her foot tapping the ground with practiced impatience.“Oh no,” Elena muttered.Liam followed her gaze, then looked back at her “Should I be worried?”Elena gave a tight smile “No. But you should go inside. I’ll meet you in a bit.”He hesitated for a moment, studying her expression, then gave a nod and walked toward the palace. The moment he was out of sight, Sapphire stormed forward.“You flew with him,” she began, her voice sharp—not with rage, but with the sting of betrayal “On that dragon. Without even telling me.”

In the private lounge of the palace, every member of Liam’s team had gathered. The room was quiet, lit by the soft glow of wall sconces and the golden shimmer of the chandelier overhead. The tension that had brewed earlier had lessened, replaced now by quiet curiosity.Erick broke the silence first, his voice even “Caroline told us the mission’s been reassigned. Is that true?”Liam, seated on a single armchair, gave a small nod “Yes. It’s true. The mission we’ve been working on has been handed over to another team.”There was a brief murmur, but not the outrage or disappointment he’d braced for.Sophie leaned back in her seat, arms folded but calm “Was it something we did?” she asked gently “Or something else?”Liam looked around at the faces of his team—people who had stood beside him through storms since the day the joined Silver-hands. These people who had never once let him down, he owed them clarity.“It’s nothing we did wrong,” he assu

A heavy silence hung over the dark forest, thick as tar and just as suffocating. Twisted trees loomed like sentinels, their gnarled limbs clawing at the air. What little moonlight filtered through the dense canopy above cast fractured shadows on the forest floor—shadows that seemed to shift and twitch with a life of their own.At the heart of this dark forest, Elena and Sapphire stood before a cave mouth half-swallowed by the roots of an ancient tree. The air was colder here, unnaturally so, and carried the metallic tang of something long dead.Elena inhaled slowly to compose herself, then she stepped into the yawning darkness without hesitation. Sapphire followed in silence, her eyes flickering with unease.As they ventured deeper, the world behind them faded into nothingness. The cave walls narrowed, the air grew damp and suffocating. When they finally reached what appeared to be a dead-end, Elena raised her hand and placed her palm against the cold stone. She