All Chapters of The Heart of the Queen: Legacy of The Moonborn: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

I woke up gasping.Sweat ran down my neck and back as my heart raced. For a split second, I couldn’t remember where I was. The walls, the ceiling, the bed… none of it felt real.But that name did.Cael.It rang in my head, over and over, like a bell I couldn’t stop. The uneasy feeling I'd felt as it slipped past my lip, like I’d unlocked something ancient and dangerous by saying it out loud.“Shit,” I muttered, swinging my legs out of bed. My skin prickled with cold as the covers left my body, but my chest felt hot.I didn’t just dream him. I felt him.He was close. Not in a physical way, not yet. But something inside me… Nyra, maybe… had stirred when I’d spoken his name.And now she wasn’t quiet. She was restless.The bond between us had been muted since the last fight, and I thought maybe she was retreating. Or Healing. But now?Now she was awake.And so was he.I didn’t even realize I’d said his name in the dream until it echoed back at me.I wrapped a robe around myself and slipp

《》Lucien's POV It had been three days since I left the estate. Three days since I looked Aria in the eyes and promised her I’d find a way back to her. Not just to see her, but to be worthy of her again. I hadn't slept more than a few hours since. Strategy after strategy. Reports. Maps. Intel. Nothing ever seemed like enough. Not with Selene out there. Not with Aria slipping further away from me. I sat at my desk, head bent over half a dozen scrolls before me. My back ached. My neck was stiff. My eyes burned. But I couldn't stop. I couldn’t afford to. There was too much on the line. The main source of light was the flickering candle beside me. My eyelids felt heavy, my vision hazy. I blinked hard, but the blur didn't go away. My body was giving out. Maybe just five minutes… I let my head rest on the desk. The second my head touched the table, I was gone. And she was there. I was no longer in my study. The warm sunlight filtered softly through sheer curtains. The room

Dinner was warm and quiet. The kind of quiet that isn’t peaceful. Just... stretched thin.The long dinner table we sat around could’ve easily seated twenty people, but it was just the six of us. And the subtle but very heavy tension.The twins sat on either side of Lucien, gleaming. Talia wouldn’t stop asking questions.“What was your house like growing up?”“Do you remember the names of your horses?” “Did you ever break a bone?”And he answered every single one. Patient. Smiling. Like he belonged here. Like he was really their father.I kept watching.Ronan did too. But he was better at pretending not to. I saw the way his eyes flicked toward me every time I froze with my fork halfway to my mouth. Every time my knuckles went white from holding back a dozen different words.He couldn't just waltz into their lives like that, acting like the father he never was. Bonding. It made me sick. Then I said one of the many words.“When will you be leaving?”It slipped out sharper than I meant.

《》Aria's POV The moonlight spilled across the stone floor of my room like a silent witness, offering no comfort. For the first time in what felt like forever, I knew I wouldn’t be dreaming of him. Because Cael… was already here. Under the same roof. Breathing the same air. A ghost made flesh. A dream turned into something far too real, too complicated. He was just downstairs, likely pacing like I was now, probably staring at the walls wondering why I hadn’t come to see him again. I couldn’t. Not yet. My heart felt like it was trying to claw its way out of my chest. Too much. Too soon. I sat down on the edge of the bed, pulling my knees to my chest. Then, quietly, I whispered, “Moon Goddess, I need you.” I waited. Eyes closed. Breathing steady. Silence. “Please,” I said again, softer. “Tell me what this is. What he is. Why I feel… this. Why now?” Nothing. Not even the usual shift of energy that hinted she might be listening. Just silence. I laughed bitterly under my breath

Dominic apologises to Richard for the hell his father caused him and he invests back to help him start up his company. Finally happy and whole again, Selena agrees to marry Dominic for real this time. Aiden walks Selena down the aisle and kisses Isla goodbye before walking away at peace.Emerald asks for more details and about the noise she hears in the background. Nessa tells her to come back first and she assures her everything is under control, Lucian and the others hadn't left yet. Emerald gets off the phone just then the other door of the backseat opens and Ares gets in. “Would it be too much for me to ask for a ride back?” The driver starts driving Emerald tells him no one asked him to follow in the first place. He asks how it went and she shrugs. She tells him she's not going to play nicely she'd warned Rick already if things came to war, she'd be prepared. Middle The rest of the drive is silent but not free of tension as one can imagine with Ares and Emerald together in the