Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE CAPTIVE'S LOVE: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

That night, the barrier shimmered again.But this time—it held.A figure stood just beyond it, cloaked in shadow, face half-covered. Alexandria.She didn’t speak. She only placed one hand on the invisible wall, the frost on her skin contrasting with the golden heat of Emereah’s magic.Inside, Emereah stirred, her fire sensing the cold.She didn’t wake—but her dream was sharper now, full of whispers and white wind.The veil had thinned.Alexandria leaned her head and whispered something too soft to hear.Then she disappeared into the shadows, her breath hanging like ice on the tip of fire.By dawn, Vera stood at the entrance of the cave, daggers on her back, gazing at the horizon."Frost queen's here," she whispered to herself. "But not alone."Behind her, Emereah stepped out, wrapped in her traveling cloak, hair braided tight down her back. She held a single ember between her fingers—a spark she’d carried from the main flame.“They’ll test us again tonight,” she said calmly.“Let them

Emereah remained motionless, the flames at her back tracing her silhouette like an ash-born goddess. Her hand rose to her swollen belly, and her breath caught.I am afraid," she said at last, voice breaking like dry bark. "Once they reach us, they will certainly murder my baby as long as she lies within me. I believe. the prophecies are coming true."She gazed in the direction of the flickering ward-stones guarding the cave."This child I bear… it's not even Vladimir's. It's fire and blood. It's the fury of the old line combined with the power of the Red Crescent Moon Alpha. If they even get a whisper of her full power, they'll come. All of them."She looked at Rhovan, who leaned back against the wall of the cave, his face white and scarred with deep bruises and raw lash-marks."I'll not let anyone hurt you, Emereah," he repeated, voice rough but firm. "Least of all your child. I swore to Vladimir… I'd protect you." He attempted to stand, but a shaft of pain shot through his side, an

Far out from the cave, in a chamber hollowed out of the roots of the waning world, Morgane faced an obsidian pool.The surface disturbed—not by wind, but by her breath."Concealment," she breathed, savoring the air. "Old-tongue runes. A line of blood work spell concealed in the moon's folds."She drew a sigil in the air and directed it into the pool. The water hissed, then stilled. A flicker of flame materialized within it—remote, like a memory."She burns," Morgane said. "But fire has never frightened me."A voice echoed from behind her. "You were one of them once."Morgane did not turn. "And I recall how they betrayed me.""You were not betrayed," the voice stated. "You were exiled. For trying to bend the veil to your purpose.""Because I dared to look beyond it."Silence.Morgane raised her hand, and from the darkness stepped a creature wrapped in black feathers and shining bones. Not dead. Not living. A nightmare creature crafted of dust and shadow.Track the pulse," Morgane breat

Moonlight streamed through the gnarled branches like thin, gleaming blades, slicing the darkness that swallowed the ground. The air in the Broken Realms was heavy with the odor of damp moss and lost magic. Morgane stood in the middle of the clearing, bent and motionless, her ripped robes trailing behind her like the weeping of a lost past. Shadows capered on her skeletal frame, drawn by her chanting breath like moths to a smoldering ember.Behind, Alexandria emerged from the trees a ghost too enraged to sleep. Eyes aflame with rage, lips compressed in a tight line."This is the place?" she said, voice low, almost reverent.Morgane did not look up. Her nails scraped over the earth, excavating ancient runes in the soil with curse-darkened nails. "The Forgotten gives answers here. Niralhon. The consumer. Wipes out that which must never have been."Alexandria's lips curled. "Then we use it to find her. Emereah is the first.""She's tied to the Alpha," Morgane breathed. "She is his Luna. H

But Alexandria's scream remained, high and feral.Emereah stood within the sanctuary, legs shaking under her. The final outburst of magic had drained nearly all of her strength. She supported herself against the wardstone, each breath a prayer said silently.Rhovan staggered to her side, arm charred, but alive. "You did it. You really—"Emereah turned to him, pale face, but blazing eyes. "No. We did it."Vera placed a calming hand on her shoulder. "But you're not safe yet. That pulse you shot back—it'll locate them. They'll know you're more powerful now."Emereah's hand instinctively went to her womb. "Bring them on. I will burn to ashes all the curses they hurl at us."Rhovan, ever wary, stepped closer. "You've bested Morgane's spell, but Alexandria won't stop."Rhovan, ever cautious, leaned closer. “You may have beaten Morgane’s spell, but Alexandria will not stop.”“I don’t want her to,” Emereah said, voice like cold fire. “Because I’m not hiding anymore.”The cave trembled slightl