Semua Bab The Lunar Queen's Redemption : Bab 81 - Bab 90

"Ryker!"Nyra's scream tore through the battlefield like a banshee’s wail.He collapsed in her arms, Selene’s sword slick with his blood. The wound in his abdomen pulsed, bright crimson spilling across her palms, soaking into her skirts."Stay with me," she whispered, voice cracking, as she cradled his face. "Please, gods, stay with me."Ryker’s lips twitched into a half-smile, even through the pain. "Still... not a good time... to kiss me?""Idiot," she breathed, brushing hair from his sweat-slick forehead. "You took a blade meant for me.""And I’d do it again."Selene stood a few paces away, her blade dripping, her eyes unreadable. But she made no move to finish them, not yet. Nyra felt it in her bones: Selene was watching. Waiting.She pressed both hands to Ryker’s wound. Her magic flared, fire crackling along her fingertips. "Hold on," she whispered. "Don’t you dare leave me, Ryker."His fingers closed over hers. "Not going anywhere."But Nyra could feel how much he was losing. Ho

Moonlight filtered through the dense canopy of the Ironwood Forest, silver shafts dancing on the mossy floor. Nyra Duskbane rode at the head of her small company, Ryker beside her, Kaelia behind, and two royal scouts flanking them. The air was rich with earth and pine, but beneath it lay a thrum of raw magic that set Nyra’s pulse racing.“We grow close,” the lead scout whispered, voice taut.Nyra nodded, her hand brushing the rune-etched pommel of her sword. “The Beast King awaits. Show me only those who know his ways.”Ryker’s golden gaze flicked to her. “Are you certain this is wise?”She met his eyes. “We need allies... and he commands a tribe of savage warriors. If he joins us, the Council will hesitate.”Kaelia nudged a hunting hound at their heels. “He is not merely savage. He is legend.”Nyra inhaled the night air, recalling the stories: a man who could shift into a wolf twice the size of any mortal, who bound savage clans under his iron rule. Her daughter cooed softly in the s

Nyra awoke to the clang of iron on stone and the hiss of steam. Her wrists burned where thick shackles bit into her skin; her power; the threefold bond of wolf, moon, and flame, felt severed as though a blade had cut through her veins. The world was cold stone and flickering torchlight.She tried to lift her head; the world tilted and pain bloomed across her chest. Her armor, once blazing with lunar runes, hung in tattered pieces; vestiges of infernal fire had been scraped away, leaving her body bruised and raw.“Awake at last,” a voice purred, a velvet coo that dripped with malice.Nyra turned her head toward the cell’s entrance. There stood Councilor Seris, draped in crimson silk, eyes glinting like bloodstones. At her side strode two armored guards, axes slung at their backs.“Queen of Ash,” Seris said; “or should I say Queen of Nothing?”Nyra’s lips curled in a snarl, but her throat felt like sand. “Release me,” she rasped. “Or... ”Seris laughed, a soft echo that danced on the da

Moonlight washed over the battlefield like cold mercury; cratered earth and shattered weapons glistened. The armies of Ironwood, the demon-hunters, and the Silver Fang stood victorious, but at a cost that bent the sky with sorrow. Countless bodies lay strewn in frozen agony, wolves, golems, Banefire Legionnaires, and royal soldiers alike.Nyra Duskbane dismounted her steed at the summit of the ash-covered hill. She gazed down upon the sea of fallen enemies and allies, the stench of blood and magic hanging heavy in the air. Her hair, once gleaming silver, was matted with soot and sweat; her layered armor was scorched and dented. Yet her chest swelled with unvanquished pride.Behind her, Ryker approached in wolf form, his silver fur bristling with both weariness and triumph. Urhan, the Beast King, followed, massive wolf’s head still crowned on human shoulders, eyes smoldering with feral gratitude. Kaelia carried the two living daughters across her arms: the Immortal Child whose divine v

The pale light of dawn had barely touched Silver Fang Citadel when chaos erupted. Nyra Duskbane’s blade clanged against thundering steel; Seris lunged with a poisoned dagger, and Thane’s staff shattered stone where it struck. Smoke and embers swirled through the courtyard as Kaelia and Ryker formed a protective ring around the infants.“Queen Nyra,” Kaelia cried, voice urgent; “they’ve broken their oath!”Ryker’s silver wolf-form shifted mid-leap; claws raked the ground as he pinned a guard to the flagstones. “Protect the children!” he snarled.Nyra parried Seris’s thrust; the councilor’s blade was coated in black venom that hissed on contact with Nyra’s armor. She twisted back, pain flaring where the metal bit her wrist.“Seris,” Nyra spat; “your treachery ends today.”Seris smiled, poison droplets glinting on her blade. “I do what must be done to save our world.”With a roar, Thane the Stonehand uprooted a fallen pillar, swinging it like a club. His booming laughter echoed as he str