All Chapters of The Forgotten Heiress: Rise of The Lycan Queen: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

The high temple stood in silence atop the mountain’s spine.No banners waved.No sigils glowed.No priests remained to bless the altar or sing the moon’s song. The wind that once carried chants now screamed through broken arches, through shattered windows that once refracted the light of the twin moons.This was where Elara had prayed.This was where she had bled.Where the Flamebound prophecy was written in blood and sealed with her breath.And now Seren walked those same steps, barefoot.No veil.No armor.No crown.Only a whisper in her chest, guiding her higher with every heartbeat.Mourne followed a distance behind, silent.He did not question her.Not tonight.The stairs had cracked from disuse.The silverstone path was warped by heat, reshaped by fire that refused to forget. Each step Seren took, her scar throbbed. The crown mark burned brighter beneath her skin. Her hands trembled, not from fear, but from restraint.The temple didn’t need a queen.It needed a reckoning.She en

The closer Vessa got to Seren, the harder it became to remember her mission.At first, it had been simple: learn. Observe. Get close. Report back.She told herself that each smile Seren offered was a test. Each conversation was a vulnerability she was meant to exploit. Each firelit moment was a mask.But the problem with masks is that, as they fit too well, you can’t feel your face beneath them.Now, weeks into her life among the Ashborn, Vessa found herself not studying Seren, but watching her.Listening to her.Believing her.That was the danger.And she was already too far in.Seren never asked too many questions.That was the first thing Vessa noticed.She could have interrogated her, demanded proof of her orphan story, and tested her story like any other war-leader. But she hadn’t.Instead, she handed her a blade.“Hold it. Not because I told you. Because you want to.”Vessa did.And she never gave it back.They trained in the dusk-lit circle behind the Emberfall barracks, surrou

Ruins remember.Long after kings are dust and crowns rust into the earth, the stones still murmur. They outlast the flame, and they outlast the stories. Grief clings to them like moss on a cold tomb, and for Seren, grief was no longer a feeling—it was an element. It soaked into her like water into stone. And she had been under too long to come up now.The fortress had no name anymore.Once, it had been a place of quiet sanctuary tucked under the southern cliffs of Elara, hidden in the ancient roots of the rock, a temple carved by hands long forgotten. It was where the Moonbound—her Moonbound—had once come to rest between battles. They had bled there. Laughed there. Slept in peace there.Now it was just a hollow carcass. Wind-bitten corridors whispered through collapsed prayer halls and bone-dry beds where no one would ever sleep again.She hadn’t chosen this place for any strategic advantage. There was no advantage left to take.She had chosen it for silence.For distance.She needed

The sky didn't merely split that night—it screamed. A thunderous roar, not born of any storm but of sheer will, tore through the valley above Emberfall. It shook the trees, buckled the stones, and silenced the very flames. Wolves howled in terror, witches clutched their talismans and murmured forgotten prayers, and even the battle-hardened Ashborn warriors dropped to one knee—not in reverence, but out of instinctual fear.What descended upon Emberfall was not rain. It was a command.Seren stood alone amidst the ruins of the ancient temple, sweat glistening on her brow as she gazed skyward. She had sensed it before anyone else—hours before the first thunder, before the flames died, before Kael's bond was severed. Something had awakened beyond the stars, and it was coming.At the stroke of midnight, the sky cracked open. Three pillars of light descended upon Emberfall, each one blinding and humming with a power that warped the very air around them. They struck the ground like spears, em

The world did not turn the day Seren spoke.It cracked.A message had been carved in fire across the ridge overlooking Crescent Vale. One word, visible for miles. Burned into the mountain itself.Rise.And those who read it did not misunderstand.It was not a call to arms.It was a warning.Emberfall was still in the hour before dawn.The camp had been quiet since the revelation of Vessa’s blood.There had been no executions.No celebrations.Only silence.And waiting.The Ashborn stood in rows before the central flame, heads bowed, weapons at their sides, not for war, but for witness.Wolves paced the perimeter, growling in patterns that even the wind seemed to heed.At the centre, atop the altar once used to bless warbands, stood Seren.Uncrowned.Unarmed.And no longer uncertain.Her cloak fluttered in the rising heat.Behind her, Kael, Mourne, and Vessa stood watch.Before her, a scribe knelt with a scroll, ink brush trembling."Are you ready?" the scribe asked.Seren looked to th