Semua Bab “The Luna They Betrayed: Rise of the Forsaken Wolf”: Bab 111 - Bab 120

The creature stepped through the shattered gateway wearing Cassian’s face.For one terrible second, my mind refused to understand what I was seeing.The same dark hair.The same sharp jaw.The same tall, powerful frame.Even the scar above his eyebrow was identical to the one my husband had carried for years.But the eyes were wrong.Cassian’s eyes had always held a warmth that remained even when he was furious. These eyes were completely black, as though an endless night had replaced everything human inside them.The creature smiled at me.It was Cassian’s smile.That made it worse.My real husband moved in front of me.Don’t look at it, he warned.The creature laughed.She has every reason to look at me. I am the version of you she should fear.Cassian raised his powerless sword.You’re not me.No, the creature replied calmly. I am what remained of the First King’s corruption after the throne was destroyed. When the throne shattered, it needed somewhere to survive. Your likeness was

The darkness swallowed the light.For several seconds, nobody moved.Nobody breathed.The ruined hall was completely silent.Then the darkness vanished.Not disappeared.Vanished.As if it had never existed.Arielle remained standing in the center of the chamber, staring at the empty space where the gateway had been.Her heart was pounding.The Beginning and The End were still there.Her mother stood between them.And somehow, the presence of those three beings was more frightening than the collapsing worlds.Arielle slowly turned toward them.What did you do?Her mother lowered her eyes.I did what I had to do.Arielle's voice hardened.You brought them here.No.Her mother looked toward The Beginning.They came because they were summoned.By whom?The Beginning smiled.By you.Arielle shook her head.I never summoned anyone.You did the moment you destroyed the Creator.The End stepped forward.When you destroyed the throne, you did more than make yourselves mortal.You broke the fin

The universe opened its eyes.Arielle felt the ground beneath her feet.Real ground.Cold stone.She stumbled forward, and Cassian caught her before she fell.For several seconds, neither of them spoke.They simply held each other.Around them, the ruined hall was still standing.But it was different.The cracks that had covered the walls were gone.The air was still.The distant rumbling of collapsing worlds had stopped.Arielle looked toward the ceiling.The stars were visible again.Not broken.Not bleeding light.Whole.Beautiful.Alive.We did it, Elara whispered.Kael looked around.The worlds aren't collapsing anymore.Adrian closed his eyes.I can see them.Arielle turned toward him.The futures?He smiled.All of them.But this time, they aren't fixed.Arielle felt tears fill her eyes.For the first time, Adrian could see possibility without being trapped by it.Lyra rushed toward her mother.Are you all right?Arielle pulled her into her arms.I'm here.Lyra held her tightly

The name fell into the garden like a stone dropped into still water.Arielle did not move.She could not.For one impossible heartbeat, the world around her seemed to disappear.The garden.The mountains.The children.Cassian.Hope.Even the Creator.Everything faded beneath a flood of something older than memory.Arielle.That was the name she had carried for years.The name Cassian whispered when they were alone.The name her children called when they needed their mother.The name she had fought to reclaim after losing herself.But it had never been her first name.She closed her eyes.And remembered.Not a childhood.Not a family.Not a world.Nothing.Before the first star.Before the first world.Before the first breath.There had been silence.And within that silence, there had been a thought.Not a thought belonging to the Creator.Not a thought belonging to the Beginning.A thought belonging to her.Arielle gasped.Cassian immediately held her.What happened?She opened her e

Nobody moved.Two men stood beneath the moonlight.Two identical faces.Two identical bodies.Two identical voices.One stood beside Arielle, his hand still resting protectively near her shoulder.The other stood at the edge of the forest.Watching.Smiling.Arielle's heart pounded.Cassian?Both men answered at the same time.Yes.The children immediately moved closer to Arielle.Lyra's shadows gathered around her fingers.Elara positioned herself beside Adrian.Kael stared between the two men.His expression was one of complete confusion.I can't see which one is real.Adrian looked at them.Neither can I.The Shadow King slowly stepped forward.I can.Everyone looked at him.The man beside Arielle turned toward him.The man in the forest smiled.The Shadow King studied them for several seconds.Then he pointed toward the forest.That one isn't Cassian.Cassian beside Arielle exhaled.I was hoping you'd say that.The other Cassian laughed.You always were predictable.The Shadow Kin