All Chapters of Marked By The Tribrid King: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

POV: Aria MonroeKaelion didn’t answer right away. His gaze held hers—steady, unreadable, ancient. Aria felt the pulse in her wrist flare again, syncing with something in his eyes. Not desire. Not fear. Recognition.“You,” he said finally, “are the beginning.”-The pulse beneath her skin had a rhythm now.It wasn’t just a flicker or a flare—it was steady, insistent, like a second heartbeat. Aria stood barefoot in the Grove of Memory, her toes pressed into moss-covered stone, her wrist glowing faintly in the morning light. The mark had changed overnight. The symbols were sharper, more defined. They no longer shimmered. They burned.Kaelion watched her from the edge of the grove, arms crossed, his expression unreadable.“You’re resisting it,” he said.Aria clenched her fists. “I don’t know how to let it in.”“You already have. Now you need to shape it.”She turned to face him. “What if I can’t?”Kaelion stepped forward, slow and deliberate. “Then it will shape you.”—Training began wit

POV: Aria MonroeThe fire crackled softly.Aria sat cross-legged on a patch of moss, her back against a tree that had begun to feel familiar. Luna was asleep beside her, curled into Kaelion’s cloak, her tiny fingers clutching the edge like it was stitched from safety itself.The Grove of Memory was quiet tonight. No visions. No pulses. Just the sound of flame, the rustle of leaves, and the slow, steady rhythm of her own breath.She hadn’t spoken much since the Trial Circle.She hadn’t needed to.Her body still ached from the visions. Not physically, but somewhere deeper—like her soul had been stretched too far and hadn’t quite snapped back into place.Kaelion sat across from her, silent as ever. He didn’t push. Didn’t pry. Just watched the fire, his silver eyes reflecting its glow.Aria appreciated that.She didn’t want answers tonight.She wanted quiet.—She reached for a stick and stirred the embers, watching sparks rise into the air like fireflies. Her wrist tingled again. The mar

The Grove was quiet.Not the eerie kind of quiet that made her skin crawl. This was something else—something sacred. The trees didn’t whisper. The wind didn’t stir. Even the stars above seemed to hold their breath.Aria sat on a smooth stone, her fingers trailing through a patch of moss that pulsed faintly beneath her touch. The mark on her wrist glowed softly, a steady rhythm that matched the thrum in her chest. It had been growing stronger each day, syncing with something ancient, something alive.Luna was asleep nearby, curled into Kaelion’s cloak again, her small body tucked into the roots of a tree that had bent protectively around her. The child’s dreams had grown deeper, stranger. She murmured in her sleep now—words in languages Aria didn’t recognize, names she’d never taught her.Kaelion stood a few feet away, his back to her, watching the trees.He hadn’t spoken since sunset.She hadn’t needed him to.The bond between them had thickened, grown heavier. It wasn’t just a feeling

POV: Aria MonroeThe Grove was quiet again.But it wasn’t the same quiet as before.The trees no longer leaned in curiosity. They stood still, reverent. The moss beneath Aria’s feet pulsed faintly—not with anticipation, but with memory. The air was thick with echoes, and every breath she took stirred something ancient.She sat near the fire Kaelion had built, her knees drawn to her chest, arms wrapped tight. Luna slept beside her, curled into a nest of vines that had woven themselves into a cradle. The child hadn’t spoken since the Reapers vanished. She hadn’t cried. She hadn’t askedquestions.She had simply… glowed.Aria watched her daughter’s chest rise and fall, her small hand twitching in sleep. The mark on her wrist had deepened overnight—no longer a shimmer, but a living rune that pulsed in rhythm with the ley lines.“She’s changed,” Aria whispered.Kaelion sat across from her, sharpening his blade with slow, deliberate strokes. He didn’t look up.“She’s awakening.”Aria’s throa

POV: Aria MonroeThe Grove was no longer silent.It hummed.Not with sound, but with presence. The trees pulsed with memory. The moss shimmered with breath. The ley lines beneath Aria’s feet throbbed like veins, carrying something ancient—something waiting.She stood at the edge of the altar, Luna beside her, Kaelion behind. The stone was no longer cracked and weathered. It glowed now, faintly, like it had been stirred from sleep.Aria’s mark burned.Luna’s eyes shimmered.Kaelion’s blade remained sheathed, but his stance was tense—ready.The Grove was preparing.And it wanted an answer.—Aria stepped forward.The altar pulsed.She placed her hand on the stone.A vision bloomed.But this time, it wasn’t the queen.It was herself.Standing in the center of the Grove, her body glowing, arms outstretched. Luna beside her, radiant. Kaelion behind her, cloaked in shadow and frost.Then the vision fractured.She saw fire.She saw blood.She saw silence.And then—two paths.One led to power.