Semua Bab Court Of Sins And Twilight: Bab 1 - Bab 10

THE TWILIGHT COURTMaerwynn’s POVThe city emerged like something out of a dream.It clung to the mountains, glowing softly with an otherworldly light. The buildings looked like crystal, impossibly tall and delicate, and the towers shimmered as though spun from the night sky itself. The light wasn’t from the sun—not the kind I knew. This place lived in twilight, where day and night held hands, casting the city in a perpetual, silvery glow. Light veins carved into mountaintops, glowing against the midnight sky. There was beauty here, haunting and fragile.Magic pulsed in the air, electric and alive. My heart skipped. The city didn’t just sparkle—it twinkled. Lights danced along the glassy surfaces, moving like stars had dropped down to play. The bridges stretched between towers like silver ribbons, floating high above the ground.“Beautiful,” I murmured under my breath, a small smile tugging at the corners of my lips. My hands rested on the balcony railing of Valen’s glass castle, nail

MAERWYNN POVSilence crashed into the room like thunder. Even the air seemed to retreat, as if afraid to breathe too loudly.“She is to be respected,” Valen said, his voice sharpening like steel drawn across whetstone. “And feared, if need be, just as you have always feared me. Speak ill of her, and you speak ill of me. Harm her, and you will learn what it means to be hunted by a High Lord.”A few of the courtiers shifted uncomfortably.Others bowed their heads again, slower this time.I didn’t move. I didn’t blink. I sat straight, eyes forward, hands resting calmly on the armrests like they’d always belonged there. Inside, my thoughts were spinning—but outside, I was still. Collected. Regal.Let them look, I thought. Let them whisper.Because I’d walked through blood and bone to sit here.It wasn’t a coincidence. And it damn sure wasn’t a favor.I’d almost died to be here.I hadn’t bled and burned and clawed my way through war just to be handed a throne like a pretty trinket. This se

MAERWYNN POVI wasn't expecting to see horses when Valen agreed to me following them to the barrier site. I asssumed we'd fly there, he'd carry mein his arms while he twinkles and such but Instead, I see horses." No flying?" I ask Rhaenan who looked like he had a brick dropped on his head. I don't blame him, some of the servants have been saying he wasn't his usual self, how could he be when he was away from his mate whome he justnfound. And worse, she had been captured." Valen thinks it's safer for you with go with horses"I stare behind us at the guards marching outside. " And apparently an army of soldiers too just for a short trip to the barrier"" A Lord would do anything to protect his mate and after the standing he made clear the other day at Court, a lot of people have their eyes on you now. He wouldn't put it past them to try something wicked"As if on cue, Valen steps outthrough the door, Dressed head-to-toe in tailored black leather, layered in armor. His coat is long, s

MAERWYNN POVI tried again—another flicker of light between my fingers. A dull spark sizzled to life, like a dying lantern struggling to glow. It wasn’t much, but I hurled it toward the first Algoth we came across. The creature shrieked as the light hit, part of its wing singed and smoking. It swerved off course, crashing into the trees.Valen glanced down at me mid-flight, the corners of his mouth lifting in a grin. “Not bad.”I managed a small laugh—brief, shaky—but the moment didn’t last.Something slammed into us from the side.A blur. Claws. Wings.Valen grunted, and suddenly I was falling.The world spun as I tumbled through thorn bushes and slammed hard against the ground. Pain shot up my ribs. My side felt like it had been torn open. Blood trickled down my cheek from a scratch. I gasped, rolling to my knees and fumbling for my bow—instinct kicking in.I looked up just in time to see Valen wrestling with one of the Algoths mid-air.The banshees were gone. Disappeared like ghost

MAERWYNN POVWe stood at the edge of the mountain, me, Valen, Rhaenan, and Caelora, waiting for Valen’s cousins. I felt a mix of excitement and nerves. I wondered what they’d be like—playful or stern? What if they didn’t like me, or looked at me like I was just a fragile human?“You’re anything but a mere human,” Valen says instantly, catching my thought. I smile at him, feeling a little exposed, but also grateful.“Thanks for the vote of confidence,” I sigh. He gives my hand a small squeeze in reply.“I haven’t seen Calia in ages,” I say, scanning the forest’s edge like she might pop out any second. Truth is, I’ve missed her, even if she’s been a royal pain half the time.“She’s at Ferngrove, overseeing the move,” Valen says.“Calia? In Ferngrove?” I let out a laugh, low and surprised. “Who would’ve guessed?”“I think she enjoyed the roasted duck last time we were there. And the salad with those lemons,” Rhaenan says with a shrug.“We have better lemons here,” Caelora mutters, arms c