All Chapters of MOONVEIL ACADEMY, HEIRESS OF THE FORGOTTEN SOULS KINGDOM: Chapter 71 - Chapter 79

Zaria’s POVRune shifted and grabbed the small bundle from the floor. A piece of bread wrapped in cloth. His arms pulled me into his lap; my cheek rested on his shoulder.Eat this first, then I will tell you what’s happening up there. I was busy talking to your father... he hesitated.Tell me how my father is? Gan and Malacar? Silence.No..no…I covered my mouth as the sobbing shook my body violently.Gan has vanished. It happens to the unseelie when one of their kin dies. The unseelie are shadow fae, bound by magic that causes them to fade from this world when a close member of their kind is lost. Malacar is in really bad condition, more like in a deep sleep. He has lost a lot of blood. I’m doing all I can without being caught. You are my priority right now. Victoria is planning to torture you, then execute you in front of the kingdom.Noises outside the cell. Rune shifted fast and flew out. The door opened, and the guard kicked me as I pretended to be out of it. Then threw a bowl of

Rune’s POVRutz, something is wrong with my baby, I said as my hand touched her glowing belly. The skin beneath my palm pulsed with warm light, an eerie gold that seemed to shimmer and ripple like liquid beneath the surface. My breath caught in my throat as the strange magic in the air crackled against my skin, making the tiny hairs on my arms stand up. The room was thick with tension, heavy and still, as if the entire world was holding its breath. The man stood there, eyes wide and fixed on the glow, his face pale and unreadable, as if he too could feel the uneasy power swirling between us.Your Majesty…Stop calling me that, I shouted angrily. Tell me what is happening?Your son is helping her heal; he is very powerful, barely a couple of months old, and emits such power…I held her to my chest, wanting more than anything for her to open her eyes. My chest was hurting with pain, because I didn’t know how to help her. And that vicious woman, Victoria, is still looking for her. She se

Zaria’s POVWe didn’t speak much for the next few days; our hearts were broken, and a small blanket with Raveth’s scent lay between us. He was the only child we’d ever dared to love. His absence was a wound neither of us could close. Every night without him was a slow torture for both of us.Rune…I can’t…He took me into his arms as I cried myself to sleep every night. Shhhh, imagine one day we will bring him back and spoil him rotten… his words came out hoarse. Zaria, I need to go back to the palace; be careful if you go out. I love you more than you’ll ever know, he whispered.Alone in the small shack of the house, I felt like I was going insane. It was suffocating, all this hiding since the hunt for me had begun. Everything had changed the night Victoria seized the throne—her betrayal cost me my crown and marked me as a traitor, forcing me into the shadows. If Victoria’s soldiers recognized me, I would be executed without question.Still, I needed to breathe, so I got dressed and s

Zaria’s POVWe held each other all night as the pain of not having our son with us was so deep, a wound I could not stop pressing at, raw and relentless. I ached for the weight of Raveth in my arms, his laughter echoing in the space between us, his sweet smile tightening my chest. In the silence, grief clawed at my heart, each memory surfacing with sharp clarity—the warmth of his tiny fingers grasping mine, the soft way he would rest his head against my shoulder, how his eyes would light up when Rune held him high.I knew Rune was suffering; I felt it through the bond, his loss a dull ache that mingled with my own. His eyes were closed, and I touched his beautiful face, thinking how this man would go to any lengths to protect me, and yet even he could not shield me from this pain. I was so wrong about many things, and I have learned so much, even though I saw my betrayals before they happened, but nothing could have prepared me for the hollow ache of missing my child. I never foresaw

Zaria’s POVMy uncle turned to me and bowed. "Zaria, I’m happy to hear you’re well. As for where I was… your father sent me to negotiate a contract in the elf realm. On the way back, I was attacked and beaten and spent a few months in the hospital. Then I heard Victoria took the throne. I figured that when I came back, she would take me prisoner, and so I stayed away, hoping I could help. But no one even knew I was gone.""Katlan," my father said, "you’re acting again. Now, why would you stay away?""Dad, he is right; he would’ve been a prisoner." He looked shocked that I took his side; he didn’t know the game had just begun. I took his arm. Uncle, since we failed you, from now on, I want to know everything you do and everywhere you go. You are an important person to our kingdom, after all.""Zaria," my father said, "you’re not serious…""Dad, I think after I meet with you, I will have another meeting with my uncle.""Perfect," Katlan said, plastering a fake smile on my face. I turned