All Chapters of CROWNED BY BLOOD: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The light from my children’s birth still lingered above, a divine flare that had momentarily frozen war. My army roared with new life. The illusion of Lord Aldric had shattered, and for a fleeting heartbeat, it felt like we had won something.But I knew better.That wasn’t the end. That was a test. That was bait.I could feel him even before he arrived.The magic in the air twisted. The sky darkened not with clouds, but with shadow. A slow cold crept through the earth beneath my feet, turning damp soil into brittle frost. Silence rolled across the Valley of Echoes, a hush not born of peace, but fear.And then the sky tore.A jagged line split the clouds. Blackness bled through like ink in water.He stepped through.Lord Aldric.Not an illusion.Not a phantom.Him. In the flesh.The air cracked around his presence. His cloak of living shadow slithered behind him, curling into shapes that hissed and screamed. His boots landed on scorched earth without a sound, but the ground shattered

It started with lightning.Not in the sky but in the nursery.Alexander giggled as tiny bolts danced between his fingertips, crackling with silver energy. Seraphina responded by summoning a gust of wind that sent their blankets fluttering like wings. I stared at them, stunned not out of fear, but awe. They weren’t even 2 years old, and already, the air bent to their will.No werewolf child had ever shown such abilities so early.I had expected strength. But this? This was something else entirely. And it wasn’t just happening in the palace.Reports flooded in from across the kingdom. Supernatural children near my twins were showing signs of accelerated power. One young witch said she heard Seraphina’s dreams echo through the stars. A fae child could speak to shadows after playing with Alexander for just an hour.Whatever resided in my children was awakening something in others.Celeste confirmed it with a hushed reverence: “Their aura amplifies the magic around them. They are not just

The morning began like most did in Hollowshade with whispers of wind and the scent of dew hanging thick in the air. But today, something pulsed beneath the surface. An energy I couldn’t place. I stood on the eastern terrace, watching my twins spar in the courtyard below, and felt it rising like a storm tide.Alexander, now nearly four but growing faster than any child should, was a blur of movement. His fists glowed faintly with golden light as he moved through combat drills with a seasoned warrior twice his size. Each time he struck, the air cracked like a whip. He wasn’t just mimicking technique , he was inventing it.Seraphina, on the other hand has her eyes glowed a soft violet as she watched, and though she hadn’t moved a muscle, a ripple in the air shimmers around her like heat rising off stone. A nearby leaf burst into frost, then dissolved into sparks.Their bond had always been unique twin minds linked not just by blood, but by something deeper. When Alexander struck, Serap

The stillness of morning should have brought peace. But the wind tasted different metallic, electric, like the world itself was bracing for something it couldn't name. I stood alone on the eastern terrace of Hollowshade, the sun barely rising over the mountains, painting the sky with bruised purples and dull amber. My hands rested against the cold stone railing as the words of the messenger from the Realm of Solstice echoed in my ears:"Your twins are the last chance to stop the Devourer."Ever since the message I have never rested in my thoughts, my fears grow everyday. My Children can't have a proper childhood experience because of the power they carry. I don't know if any mother will be proud of this, because it seems more like a burden than a gift.But I have to show to the outside world that I am strong......It's so hard trying to be strong.... Nothing has been easy ever since Kai left me, unfortunately it's a burden I have to carry forever.The name "Void Hunters" had been sp

The void shimmered above us, a pulsating storm of devouring darkness that stretched across dimensions. What had once been whispers and warnings was now a living nightmare unraveling the seams of existence. The Void Hunters had arrived.The assault struck the Realm of Embers. I watched from the Hollowshade mirror-pool as flames were swallowed whole, leaving only a bleak, echoing silence. Next came the Skyborne Glade, its floating islands plummeting from the heavens like weeping stars. Entire species vanished within minutes. Forests shriveled to dust, cities were silenced in seconds."This is no longer a war," Marcus said, gripping the edge of the command table. "It’s extinction."I nodded, already adorned in the battleplate of the united realms crimson-veined silver forged by dragons, blessed by witches, laced with threads of fate by the Fae. The child within me stirred, responding to the tremor of war. Already, he knew."We fight on every front," I said. "Across every sky. Until there