HER DAUGHTER'S REJECTED MATE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 161 - チャプター 170

THE SKY BURIAL  The Fire-Cliff Ridge | Border of Red Court Territory The sky had been silent for hours. Not a bird. Not a wind. Even the clouds had stopped moving, like the heavens held their breath. Lena crouched at the edge of the cliff, her cloak tattered and soot-streaked, her eyes fixed on the obsidian tower in the distance—the last spell forge of the Red Court. "Are you sure you want to do this alone?" asked Thorne, his voice gravelly behind her. His armor bore the burns of the last battle, and his left eye was still bloodshot from a spell that had nearly turned his mind inside out. Lena didn't loo

The Battle of Hollowfen POV: XavierThe air thickened as they reached the edge of Hollowfen. The fog curled low, dragging itself across the ground like wounded breath. Trees stood like broken sentinels, twisted and clawing at the sky. The ground squelched beneath hooves, and the stench of iron, old magic, and death clung to every breath.Xavier pulled his horse to a slow halt and scanned the horizon. “This place smells of old war.”“It is old war,” said Commander Veyna, riding beside him, her voice muffled slightly behind her helm. “They say the first Fla

MIRROR OF FIRE  POV: Ceres The fire was not outside her anymore.It was inside. Since returning from the Sealed Gate, Ceres hadn’t slept. Couldn’t sleep. The Codex no longer glowed. It breathed. The scrolls in the Ember Library flared and curled when she passed. Her skin, bare beneath her ceremonial silk, shimmered faintly in the dark. But it wasn’t power. Not anymore. It was unbinding. Ceres stood in the inner sanctum of the Dreamflame Sanctuary, the flame altar burning steadily be

THE CHOICE OF THE CHILDPOV: Ceres / Xavier / Nya (Vision Realms)The Dreamflame Temple—DuskThe Codex pulsed on the altar like a living wound.Ceres stood in front of it, silent, her hands folded before her. Xavier stood behind her, arms crossed, jaw tense. Kaelenna, Maera, and the remaining Ember Council ringed the flame chamber in wary silence, as if waiting for thunder to follow lightning.The Codex had opened on its own. Again.Its pages no longer held written prophecy.They held reflections.Moving images of fire, past and present—battles, births, the old kings, the vanished queens, and the child walking barefoot through the ruins of a burning world.Ceres whispered, "It's calling her."Maera nodded. "Or she's calling it."Xavier took a step forward. "And what happens if she answers?"Before anyone could respond, the flame altar convulsed—once, then again, bursting into a flare of white-gold fire. The heat did not burn, but it was summoned.Then came the voice.Not loud. Not fri

THE LAST CORONATION  POV: Xavier, Ceres, Council The Ember Spire—Dawn The bells did not ring. For the first time in Flamewatch’s long history, no royal horns sounded. No red banners unfurled from the upper citadel. And yet, the people gathered. Thousands lined the ridge outside the Ember Spire, drawn not by summons but by instinct—by the whisper of something ending and something else beginning. Ceres stood before the open balcony, high above them all, clad not in armor nor the embroidered flame-robes of the monarchs before her, bu