Elara’s POVThe throne room feels different today.Hindi mas malamig. Hindi mas malungkot. Just… waiting.As if the entire empire is holding its breath.The torches flicker along the obsidian pillars, casting shadows that twist and crawl like restless spirits. The courtiers stand in two perfect lines—silks, jewels, polished smiles hiding sharpened fear. Their whispers die the moment I enter, pero ramdam ko pa rin ang bigat ng mga tingin nila.They look at me like I’m a ghost wearing a crown.Like they’re not sure if they should bow… or run.Good.Because the queen they thought they could control—the queen they tried to silence, tame, erase—She died in that forest.What walks on the marble now is someone reborn.Someone forged by captivity, sharpened by pain, tempered by fire.Each step of my boots echoes through the hall—steady, calm, unhurried.I used to walk beside Damian, escorted, guided, shadowed.Ngayon, mag-isa akong naglalakad.And yet, I’ve never felt less alone.Damian sta
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