All Chapters of THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN BRIDE : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The shadow stood upon the mountain.Two glowing eyes watched Aria from the distance.The new world had gone completely silent.No wind moved through the trees.No river made a sound.Even the ancient beings who had once fought for control stood frozen.Kael stepped in front of Aria.“Stay behind me.”Aria shook her head.“No.”Kael looked at her.“This isn't like the battles we've fought before.”“I know.”She moved beside him.“But I'm not hiding.”The child stood between them, holding both their hands.The First Mother stared at the mountain.“The Last King has returned.”Aria looked at her.“Who is he?”The First Mother took a slow breath.“He was the first ruler created before the First World had a name.”Kael frowned.“Before the First King?”“Yes.”“Then why have we never heard of him?”“Because the First Queen erased his name from history.”The shadow began descending the mountain.Each step made the ground tremble.Aria looked toward the First Queen's former chamber.“Why would

The world had stopped breathing.Aria stood before the wall of darkness, her hands pressed against its unyielding surface. On the other side, her child remained surrounded by a strange light that seemed to exist outside every law she had ever known.Kael struck the barrier again.Nothing happened.“Aria, move back!”“No!”“If this thing reacts to your power, it could—”“I said no!”Her voice broke beneath the fear.“My child is on the other side of this wall, Kael. I am not moving away.”Kael stared at her for a moment.Then he lowered his broken weapon.“All right,” he whispered. “Then we find another way.”Together, they turned toward the barrier.Behind them, the battlefield remained frozen. The enemy soldiers stood motionless beneath the blackened sky. Even the enormous hand emerging from the opening had stopped moving.Something had frightened the creature beyond the worlds.And whatever that something was, it lived inside their child.Aria swallowed.“Listen to me!” she shouted

The first thing Aria noticed was the silence.Outside the refuge, people had stopped moving. The guards stood frozen near the gates, their weapons raised toward the sky. Even the flames burning in the damaged eastern settlement seemed to shrink beneath the strange silver light spreading across the heavens.Aria stood beside her child, staring through the window.Two figures stood in the courtyard.They had the same face.The same silver eyes.The same tall figure surrounded by ancient light.One was Edran, the man who had entered their world and promised to help them defeat Veyr.The other had appeared through the cracks in the sky.Neither moved.Then the newcomer smiled.“It's been a long time, brother.”Aria turned sharply toward Edran.“Brother?”The Edran inside the courtyard did not answer.His expression had changed completely. The calm confidence he had displayed before Veyr was gone, replaced by something Aria had never expected to see in him.Fear.The newcomer stepped forwa

The woman in white stood on the highest tower of the original sanctuary, her pale robes moving in a wind that none of them could feel.Aria stared at her.She recognized that face.It was the same woman who had appeared inside the silver landscape of the First Memory. The woman who had spoken about the original realm, about the war before creation, and about the truth buried beneath centuries of lies.But there was something different about her now.Inside the memory, she had seemed distant, almost like a reflection left behind by a forgotten age. Here, she looked painfully real.And she was smiling at Aria.“Who is she?” Kael asked, stepping closer to Aria and placing himself between her and the sanctuary.Edran's expression changed.For the first time since his return, genuine fear crossed his face.“No,” he whispered.The First Mother turned toward him. “You know her?”Edran did not answer immediately. His gaze remained fixed on the woman.“I thought she was gone.”The woman tilted

The sanctuary doors slammed shut with a sound that shook the mountain.Aria instinctively wrapped both arms around her child. Kael moved in front of them, his eyes fixed on the sealed entrance while the floor trembled beneath his boots.The first prisoner has awakened. Now awaken the second.The voice faded, but its presence remained.Something beneath the sanctuary was stirring.Edran stared at the burning markings on the walls. “This cannot be happening.”Atheron pushed himself upright. “You said there was only one prison.”“I believed there was only one.”“You helped create the seal!”“And I have just admitted that I did not know everything the First Queen had done.” Edran turned sharply toward him. “If you intend to spend the next few minutes blaming me, choose another time.”Atheron looked ready to argue, but another tremor interrupted him.The ceiling shed small pieces of stone.Seraphine hurried toward the nearest wall, tracing the silver symbols with her fingertips. One by one