Lahat ng Kabanata ng MATED TO THE STUBBORN HUMAN : Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

Ava's povXander addressed the warriors next. “The rest of you will assist where needed, but you will also stand guard. Ava and I do not know the full extent of magic in this place and we want to ensure everyone's safety Incase if anything happens.”Elder Garrick scoffed, crossing his arms. “We’re wasting time playing scholars. We should be preparing our warriors and—”“You will do as you are commanded,” Xander growled, letting his alpha king authority wash over everyone in the room. “Or you will leave.”Garrick seethed but after exchanging glances with the other council members, he said nothing.To everyone's surprise, Xander's father spoke up. “I am not one to say something like this but I do believe we should trust Ava and Xander and see where this goes.”Everyone stared at him in shock. I turned to look at Xander who had his eyes locked on his father, something quietly passing through them.“Okay..” I said breaking the silence and taking a step towards the floating boom. “It's set

Ava’s POVWe listened as Rowan and Kael explained their discovery to us. I could feel a lot of energy radiating from the hallway they had opened.Xander stood next to me, arms crossed with his grey eyes locked on the map which floated in front of us. His expression was unreadable.“I can't believe this.” Xander muttered, his voice low and laced with curiosity. “There has been an entire forge beneath us all this time.”Vanessa leaned forward, studying the map closely. “If this is true then why are we wasting time? Let's go.”I ran my fingers over the glowing runes on the map, the magic dancing across my fingertips. “I'm impressed Kael, at your quick thinking and the way you located the bookshelf after a few minutes of studying this map.”Kael gave me a small bow. “Thank you so much, Ava.”There was a slight murmur that rippled through the elders, warriors and enforcers as they stared at the hallway. Most of them have spent their entire lives in this castle yet none of them had any know

Ava’s POVThe forge had given us answers, but they came with more questions. The words rang in my mind."The path to reforging light begins with fire, tempered by will, and sealed by sacrifice.”What does it mean?Xander stood beside me, his gaze locked on the golden script as if he was commanding it to give us more answers. The others stood around us still processing what I had just said.“We need to figure out exactly what this means,” Rowan said, his brows furrowed. “We know fire is involved—probably referring to the forge itself. But ‘tempered by will’ and ‘sealed by sacrifice’… that’s more vague.”Vanessa crossed her arms. “I don’t like the sound of sacrifice.”Neither did I.Kaida, who had been standing silently beside me, suddenly reached for the book. Her fingers brushed against the ancient pages, and the moment she made contact, the golden letters shimmered and shifted once more.A new paragraph formed beneath the riddle"To awaken the light, the forge must be fed the gifts o

Aria's povThe journey to the battlefield took a day and a half. Although it was in Ashville’s territory which had extreme heat, the battlefield was surprisingly cold. Eerily so.The closer we got the more the temperature dropped as we got to the land where thousands of lives were lost and their bloods soaked deep into the earth. The land was bad here— ashen soil, rocky cliffs, remnants of the dead could be seen everywhere.Nothing grew in this part of Lycara, it was as if the place was cursed as even the sky above it was grey as not even the heavens dared to shine light on this cursed place.We dismounted from our houses as we got closer to the centre. Vanessa was the first to take a step forward, kicking dirt with her boot. “It's eerie here. This place clings to the memory of the past.”“It does,” I murmured.Kaida stayed close, her eyes scanning the area. Rowan stood beside her with a protective stance, if it were any other situation I would have found it cute. The enforcers spread

Ava's pov“Now that the forge has been activated, I think we should check that empty chamber again just in case anything changes.” Lyra suggested.“Sure.” Xander said.Lyra opened the secret passage again and we followed her in. Something felt different as we walked in.Before I could ponder on it a light appeared in the empty chamber. It started as a single flicker, a tiny never that appeared out of nowhere. As if it was responding to our presence, it suddenly grew brighter.Torches we hadn't noticed along the walls, lit up casting a glow in the chamber and that was when I saw it.The walls of the entire chamber were covered in craving. Not just ordinary cravings that told stories of our history, these carvings were drawings of warriors in battle, they were each locked in different combat forms. Some held swords, other daggers, some bow and arrows, mallets and some fought with nothing but their bare hands.Their movements were so smooth, so lifelike, it was as if they were frozen in