The Citadel Novels & Stories

The Citadel was unlike anything Elara had ever imagined. Built into the side of a jagged sea cliff, the fortress was a marvel of glass, steel, and ancient stone. As the sun began to rise over the ocean, the building seemed to glow like a diamond. ​Inside, Elara was swept into a world of quiet luxury. While her brothers retreated to a war room to discuss "security," she was handed over to a team of kind-eyed women who treated her with a reverence that made her want to hide.

I said, turning to face him directly. I looked at the map laid out between us. The Citadel sat on a massive crag of solid limestone, flanked by sheer cliffs on three sides. An open assault against those walls would cost us hundreds of lives. But sitting here doing nothing meant watching innocent people die in flames just to keep myself safe. "We cannot let her harm our people, Rowan," I say, my jaw tight.

Directly ahead, dominating the center of the neutral border lines, stood the Imperial Sovereign Citadel. The massive private compound looked less like a corporate headquarters and more like an untouchable, ultra-modern stone fortress. Towering walls of polished white granite rose seamlessly out of the valley floor, topped with advanced, low-frequency security shield grids that hummed with a quiet, invisible power. It was the absolute masterpiece Alpha Arthur had secretly built a sanctuary designed to serve as both their permanent family residence and the global nerve center of their multi-billion dollar dual-signature monopoly.

Lydia woke up, afraid and terrified at first and when she saw the cub, she calmed down. "Could it be.......?" She thought and picked him up gently "Edgar" She gave him a name and smiled at him, the cub jumped down and whined. 💝12 YEARS LATER💝 In a remote part of Kuhan, there's a citadel surrounded by high hills. The Citadel is where the Seal Of Kuhan is located, the seal is like an orb, floating in the middle of four pillars which serve as force field to it. The seal guards the whole of Kuhan from being attacked by evil sorcerers or other kingdoms. The citadel is guarded always by about 20 of Kuhan Knights.

Jared nods, “of course.” “Then we must keep them protected. Double the guards. Take as many men as you want. They are at your disposal. Utilize them wisely, and most importantly, protect the citadel to the very end. This is where everything stands. This is our origin.” Kade ends by looking at the room. The citadel is the actual palace, and it needs to be protected, or else there is no way the pack can ever hold again. The citadel has never been won over before. Hell, the triplets have never been so threatened, even to the stage where the lower town would be overridden. They’ve never had to fight t

A warning light blinked as it passed, and the trio waited silently until it was gone. Only then did Abigail speak.“Every time I see one of those things, I wonder what it’d take to bring one down.” “One dream too many, maybe.” Tunde said, he looked up, past the quarry’s ridge.There it was again, the Citadel. White and gold, suspended like a god’s mirage behind the shimmer of protective fields. Its smooth towers glowed even through the smog. Somewhere in there, music played through perfect speakers, food was hot every night, and sickness… was curable.

Suddenly switching to English, he said, “Delmar wants you to return to the Citadel immediately.” What they referred to as the Citadel, it was where Rowan came from this morning. When she and her people were forced from their homes, Delmar led the construction of a safe-haven in the far western territories of the Dark Zone. They scaled to the top of a plateau amidst a range of rough and rocky mountains, and for five years since, they had dedicated all of their time and resources into fortifying the plateau into an armed and well-protected fortress where they could keep the remnants of their society safe.

Once they were assured that neither had suffered any injury, they escorted them to the Citadel. Keyla gazed at it with wide eyes. The structure was larger than she had imagined. A castle, really, with shimmering white marble walls. Though Keyla couldn’t tell from her vantage point, the lower section was constructed in the shape of a pentagon, with rounded corners. Two more levels were built atop that, each slightly smaller, like a celebration cake. There were a number of towers, all cylindrical, placed in what seemed a random pattern as they rose from the lower sections. Topped with low domes of silver, they gave the Citadel a s

He may not be a great asset in the Grand Tourney, but he was a dangerous weapon anywhere else. Why was her father wary of him? Well, the Orange Team came from the First Class City called Citadel. The Citadel was a powerful city and they had numerous experts. But they never took the Grand Tourney seriously. They usually sent their weakest warriors to enroll in the tournament when many cities sent their strongest. Yet they had never finished beneath the Top 4 before! They had even won the Grand Tourney once. What was frightening about this city was that no outsider had ever entered it before. No one from the other cities knew what that place was like or what the

POV DARLENE The air inside the newly christened Heartwood Citadel—the former Black Citadel, now a living fortress of cedar, quartz, and violet-gold sap—carried a scent that hadn't existed since the beginning of the 28th Cycle. It wasn't the ozone of technology or the copper of war; it was the intoxicating aroma of Safe Sovereignty. Outside, the "Sovereign Static" shielded the world from the celestial auditors, but inside these walls, the "Too Much" energy had settled into a gentle, rhythmic hum.