All Chapters of The Dragon Warlord's Bride: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The air in the forgotten garden was still, too still, as if the very stone beneath her knees held its breath, unwilling to bear witness to what was unraveling.Sera didn’t cry. Not at first.She sat slumped where the moss had overgrown the steps, the damp earth leeching through the thin silk of her

Her hands fell away from his chest.Anger bloomed—sharp, acidic. “That’s not fair.”“No, it isn’t. But neither is what they asked of you.”She stared at him, lips parted, waiting.He finally exhaled. A slow, bitter sound.“They want you to face the trials,” he said at last, voice like stone cracking

He kissed her forehead, lingering there like it cost him something. “If you don’t return by midday, I’ll come for you. I don’t care what laws I break to do it.”“I know.”She said it like it was simple. Like the words didn’t slice through him.Rhazien’s hand lingered at her back for a breath longer,

The corridor beyond the burning archway narrowed as it descended. The heat pressed tighter, not searing, but suffocating—like walking through breath held too long. Shadows danced on the walls in flickers of gold and crimson, alive and watching. The air shimmered with old magic, thick enough to taste

The chamber responded.A seam cracked open in the far wall—just wide enough for her to pass through. Light bled in from the other side. Not firelight. Sunlight.Day had broken.Sera wiped the blood from her mouth with the back of her hand. Her steps were slow. Shaky.But she walked forward.She had