All Chapters of Queen Luna: Once Rejected, Now Ruthless: Chapter 81 - Chapter 84

I let it hang there a moment, my eyes tracing the lines of the council table. The memories that still flickered like shards of broken glass through my mind.A man’s face. A war I lost. A world I burned.But… I wasn’t that woman now. Not entirely.When I spoke, my voice was soft. Calm. But every ear turned. “The Moon Queen does not answer to dukes,” I said quietly, looking directly at Nicholas. “Nor to merchant guilds. Nor even to the Divine Realms.”His jaw tensed, just slightly.“I may not remember everything,” I continued, voice gaining strength, “but I remember this: I am the balance between realms. You do not argue over trade stones while shadows gather.”The lights in the ceiling flared suddenly brighter as if punctuating my words. Some of the nobles shifted uncomfortably. “Let me make myself clear,” I said. “The Old Realm’s strength is not in its stones, its borders, or its immortal years. It is in its unity. And unity begins here.”Khalisto’s dark eyes narrowed. But to my surpr

The merchant scribbled frantically on a scroll as I listed ingredients:— Goats’ fat and hardened wax from magic bees.— Lye, harvested from burnt moon-wood ash.— Lavender and rosemary from floating gardens.— Mint and foxglove petals for scent.— Alkanet root for color.— Shimmering frost leaf—one of the few magical plants that produced bubbles naturally when mixed with water.“We’ll mix the fat and lye first,” I explained, pointing to a giant cauldron already in the center of the floor. “It’ll saponify. Then we add herbs, essential oils, frost leaf powder to make it lather.”“And… the shampoo?”“Similar,” I said. “But liquid form. Infused with silk seed oil for softness. Peppermint extract to soothe the scalp. Elven apple essence for scent.”The workers all gathered around me now. Wereman apprentices, elven scribes, humans in plain clothes.“Do not use too much frost leaf,” I warned. “Or it will burn the skin.”They listened. I showed them step by step: melting fat, stirring in ash