From Ashes To Queen: Now I Call The Shots 소설 & 이야기

“You are heir to more than Sterling blood. You are heir to the forgotten throne. Heir of the goddess cast aside.” Her throat tightened. “No… I’m just—” “You are the flame reborn,” the spirit interrupted, voice fierce. “And the world will bow. Ash to ash. Fire to fire. You will rise, or you will burn.” The fire surged higher, enveloping her in light. She felt heat course through her veins, fierce but not destroying. It was power. Claiming her. Becoming her. Tears blurred her vision. “I can’t—” “You already are,” the spirit whispered. “Queen of the Ashes. Heir of the Forgotten Goddess.”

It struck the Queen square in the chest. The Queen staggered, Her glowing crown split down the middle. Her voice faltered. She fell to her knees. “You think this is victory?” she spat. “I will always rise.” Liolai’s hands trembled, but she stood firm. “Then I’ll always be here to stop you.” Ashen, barely conscious smiled weakly. But then, A ripple, A scream from somewhere else, Not the Queen’s voice, Not Liolai’s, A new one, Twisted. Ancient. Wrong.

Asher called out. "Yes Asher." Miranda replied. "I'll see you soon. Okay?" Asher promised. "Just hurry, because if I meet the woodsman, you don't stand a chance." Miranda advised playfully. "He doesn't worry me." Asher reassured smugly and confidently. "Hubris kills." Miranda's playful tone began to morph into a nervous note. "So does a broken heart." Asher replied, his tone running soft and losing it's playful air as well. "Asher-"

They wondered how someone so young could build such an impressive reputation in antiquities and stone gambling, making them question if some people were truly born under lucky stars. "I lost… I lost again," Aspen laughed bitterly, her face deathly pale. The higher her confidence had soared before, the more crushing her defeat felt now. Typically, as the proud heiress of Bridgefields' Stevens family, Aspen would never admit defeat. However, Andrew's final move with the Blood Phoenix Cicada completely shattered her pride and confidence.

“But this time… I’m the one with the knife.” She folded the report shut and placed it neatly in her drawer, locking it with a quiet click. Then she walked toward the window and pulled back the curtain. The city was alive beneath her, glittering like a thousand fragile lies. She was done being haunted. She wasn’t going to fall again. She would burn him slowly, elegantly, methodically until he had nothing left but regrets and the ruins of a kingdom he thought he built alone. And this time… She wouldn’t stop until the ashes bore her name.

So when a Necromancer terrorist group waged war against law-abiding citizens and started wreaking havoc, the Chicago became a shitshow and immediately converted to a worst kind, not even the local normie police could handle. Which meant the best counterattack came not from local human authorities but in the form of government-backed Awakens. “Where the fuck is our cover fire?” Knight Adamson gritted his teeth and raise his hand casting a shield but flinched when magic bullets started raining down at them. He glanced over at his second-in-command and communications and infiltration specialist Sergeant Rina Abello, as she dropped down beside him, magically enhanced AKR-75 assault rifle tightly

The old Alpha's deep voice filled the hall, every word crystal clear: "That half-breed is in the way. She's making Kaelen weak, unfit to be Alpha. Contact the Blood Moon pack, tell them to move tonight. Remember, I want her unfit to ever be Luna." "What if she dies?" "Even better. But if she survives… let her live with the shame. A woman tainted by a rival pack can never be our Luna." The recording ended. The hall was terrifyingly quiet, the silence broken only by Seraphina's sobs. I looked at Kaelen. His face was ashen. He collapsed to the ground as if his legs had given out. But what truly killed my heart wasn't his shock. It was the flicker of… agreement in his eyes.

“Let me help you, Rose.” “It wouldn't hurt, would it?” She asked with a shaky voice. “Have I ever hurt you?” I got no reply to that. “Okay…so how do you get in?” She asked instead. “Close your eyes and try to breathe evenly; you could do that, right?” “Y..yes, please Emmet hurried up. The only strength I've got is on my tongue, my body is closing up on me.” Just as she spoke, I turned into a thick cloud of ash. My eyes went into flames.

My blood ran cold. Elise stopped, the pride of a winner spread across her face. I bit back the lump burning in my throat and kept my head down. “Please, I beg you.” Logan turned back to Elise. “Is that better?” With Elise giving the nod, Logan came to me. “Alright, the ban has been called off. You can go now.” Logan tried to pat my shoulder, but I flinched away from his touch. He watched me leave in a hurry, his arm still hanging in the air. For a brief moment, he was stunned.