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The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 58 : " Chains and Thorns "
Nyra awoke to the metallic clang of her own heartbeat and the bitter chill of damp stone against her back. She lay on a narrow cot of rough‐hewn wood, the coarse blanket tangled around her thighs. Torchlight flickered through iron bars, casting long shadows across the cold floor of the dungeon cell.Her wrists throbbed where iron shackles bit into her flesh, chains rattling each time she moved. She sat up slowly, sweat beading on her brow despite the chill. The air smelled of moss and stale incense, and somewhere beyond the bars a drip of water echoed like a ticking clock.“Morning already,” she murmured, rolling her shoulders. She tested her ankles, also bound by heavy iron. “At least they give me rope and iron, not poison and dagger.”A heavy footstep approached outside the cell. Nyra drew in a breath, pressing her back against the wall. The door groaned open. A tall figure stepped into the torchlight, a warrior in black‐leather armor, chainmail glinting at his shoulders. Dark hair
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Dawn’s first light gilded the Silver Fang throne room in pale gold as Nyra, Selene, Kaelan, and Ryker gathered around the marble dais. Torches still crackled, and the remnants of last night’s battle, shattered pottery, smudged banners, lay scattered across the floor.Nyra held Morvyn’s scroll, its black‑wax seal broken, edges singed. She smoothed her palm over the parchment, heart pounding. Selene and Ryker stood close, concern etched on their faces. Kaelan hovered at her side.Selene broke the silence. “Is it truly your birth‑name?”Nyra nodded, voice tight. “Morvyn said this scroll bears my true name, what I was called before I became Queen of Ash.” She released the scroll, letting it unfurl on the dais. Strange runes looped along the parchment’s margins, and at its center, in ink as dark as night, three names were listed: “Nyra Duskbane,” “Nyra Ashborne,” and another she did not recognize.Ryker frowned. “Another name?”Kaelan leaned forward, tracing the third name with his fingert
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Twilight draped the forest highway in velvet shadows as Nyra Duskbane rode at the front of the small escort. Selene’s silver cloak brushed the leaves at her side, Ryker’s warhorse thundered behind, and Kaelan followed on Ashwing, eyes shifting to every darkened hollow. The roar of Ember Falls echoed in the distance like a living thing.“Can you sense him?” Nyra called over her shoulder.Kaelan nodded, jaw set. “His magic flares in the mist... wild, untamed. He’s near the ledge.”Selene’s hand tightened on the pommel of her sword. “Be careful... he’s dangerous.”Ryker offered a reassuring grin. “Danger is her element.”Nyra shot him a sidelong look. “And yours.”The road ended at a clearing where the river plunged over polished stone into a churning pool. Moonlight and torchlight danced on the spray, creating halos of mist. At the lip of the falls stood Kaelen Blackthorn, the Rogue Prince, cloak torn at the shoulder, hair plastered with mist. He turned as they emerged, face half‑hidden
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The dawn sky was a pale smear of rose and gold as Nyra Duskbane’s escort passed beneath the Silver Fang Citadel’s massive gates. The air held the crisp bite of early morning, and the banners above the walls fluttered, still bearing the silver wolf sigil of Nyra’s house. Behind her rode Selene, regal even in worn traveling leathers, and Ryker, who nudged Nyra’s shoulder with a grin. Kaelan brought up the rear, eyes sharp for any sign of treachery.“It feels good to be home,” Nyra said, voice soft with longing as she touched the carved stone of the gate’s archway.Selene nodded. “Soon the throne will feel that way again.” She drew her cloak tighter against the morning chill. “We’ll need every loyal blade.”Ryker chuckled. “First things first: who else is starving? I swear I’d trade my sword for a hot breakfast.”Kaelan sheathed his own knife with a soft click. “Be wary. The air tastes of unease. This return may not be as joyous as you imagine.”Nyra met his gaze. “If anyone threatens th
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A cold hush fell over the throne room as the iron gates clanged shut above. Nyra Duskbane’s chest tightened; torchlight trembled in the wavering shadows. Selira’s Black Thorn soldiers patrolled the balconies overhead, their armor clicking like falling bones. Below, Selene knelt beside the wounded guard captains, Ryker pressed against the dais wall, and Kaelan stood at Nyra’s side, eyes flicking to every dark corner.Nyra’s voice rang out, cutting through the tension. “We cannot remain here. Every moment we wait, Selira’s grip tightens on the Citadel.”Selene rose, face pale but resolute. “The people still believe you rule. We must give them hope... find a way to strike back.”Ryker tested his sword arm, wincing. “My wounds slow me... ” He caught Nyra’s eye. “But I will stand with you, sister.”Kaelan’s gaze was steely. “Conventional forces are pinned. Arrows would bounce off those gates. We need something… extraordinary.”Nyra nodded, heart pounding. “Then we’ll break every law in the
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-20The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 63 : " Ashes of Passion "
Nyra’s scream echoed through the vault like a falling star shattering on impact. Her body arched violently, the heat of the demonic brand searing her womb with agonizing brilliance. Silver lunar-fire and molten infernal flame scorched together in a burning glyph over her navel, his mark.She collapsed onto her hands and knees, panting, trembling as the light dimmed around her. Sweat clung to her skin in thick rivulets, ash peppering her hair. Selene rushed to her side, but recoiled as the heat radiating off Nyra scorched the air between them."Nyra! Goddess... what did you do?!" Selene’s voice cracked with horror.Nyra raised her head slowly, eyes bloodshot and pupils flaring silver. "He owes me my price. I made a pact... and I will see it honored."Ryker took a protective step forward, jaw clenched. "You're hurt. That thing branded you like cattle. You're not thinking clearly."Kaelan stood by the shattered altar, arms folded grimly. "A demon's mark seals more than flesh. It binds so
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The grand doors of the Council Chamber swung open on massive bronze hinges, admitting dawn’s pale light across polished marble floors. Rows of carved pillars stretched toward a vaulted ceiling painted with Selene’s lunar cycle, each panel glittering faintly in the early sun. Banners of silver and onyx rippled overhead, declaring the Silver Fang Citadel reborn under Queen Nyra’s rule.Nyra stood at the center dais, hair braided with strands of moon‑silver, gown of deep midnight blue flowing around her. To her right, her mother Selene held courtly dignity in a gown of woven starlight; to her left, Kaelan watched the assemblage with narrowed eyes. Ryker leaned against a pillar at the back, silent but ever‑present.A hush fell as Nyra raised her hand.“I welcome you all,” she began, voice strong yet warm. “We have survived the Siege of Black Thorn. We have watched friends fall and darkness encroach. Today, we stand on the threshold of renewal.”A ripple of murmurs spread through the assem
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Nyra’s heart pounded like war‑drums as she crossed the shattered marble vestibule of her parents’ private throne room. Dawn’s pale light slanted through cracked stained‑glass, igniting motes of dust that danced like restless spirits. The air smelled faintly of rosewater and old incense, her mother’s last gift to this sanctum, now defiled by betrayal.Ryker walked beside her, armor loosened at his throat, blade sheathed but ever at the ready. He glanced at her once, eyes alight with admiration, and Nyra drew a steadying breath. “This is ours,” she said, voice low and fierce. “Every stone, every whisper.”He offered her his arm. She took it, lean muscle coiling beneath her fingertips. Behind them, Kaelan and two elite shadowguard flanked the rear entrance, ensuring no surprise assailant interrupted what was to come.Nyra paused on the dais, where the old throne; a magnificent carving of bone‑white silver and midnight ebony, loomed empty against an obsidian wall. Its armrests were shaped
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The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 98 : " Fresh and Flame "
A week had passed since the Mirror Reborn and her followers left the shrine. Their banner, broken mirror over twin moons, flapped in every wind. They’d recruited outcasts and exiles from border villages; their ranks swelled with warriors once loyal to no king.But another summons echoed across the wild lands, this one darker.From the scorched fields of Volkrash, where ash rained from permanent ember skies, came two riders, black-cloaked envoys bearing an ebony scroll. They advanced upon the Mirror Reborn’s camp, where she and her companions rested in the ruins of a fire-forged fortress.Nyra sat at the campfire’s edge, twins cooing in Kaelia’s lap, Ryker sharpened his blade; Caelum inspected recruits; Selene meditated beneath broken battlements.A rider knelt before Nyra, eyes hidden beneath cowl. They presented the ebony scroll sealed by scarlet wax bearing the symbol of the Fire King: a crown of molten rock.Nyra lifted a brow. “Read it.”The rider’s voice was low and rasping. “Que
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 97 : " The Mirror Reborn "
Night lingered with a violet bruise across the sky as Nyra Duskbane and her small company fled through the Wild Lands of Ebonreach. The air smelled of iron and ash ; grasses shivered with silver dew under a dying moon.Nyra rode at the front, her daughters cradled against her chest, their soft breaths warm on her shoulder. Kaelia led the twins on a second mare ; Caelum and Ryker flanked each side like sentinels of storm and ruin. Selene walked behind, cloak billowing, eyes storm-gray as distant lightning.They were fugitives now, hunted by every army they had once commanded, chased by prophecies that branded them as outcasts. Each night they pressed farther from the Citadel ; each dawn brought new dangers—bandits, elementals, warlords who demanded tribute or blood.Tonight, Nyra paused beside an obsidian shrine, pillars carved with ancient runes of warding. She dismounted, daughters in arms, and sank to her knees on jagged stones.“This shrine,” she murmured, fingertips tracing the ru
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 96: " Godless and Glorious "
Nyra Duskbane stood at the shattered threshold of every realm’s final gate, her daughter cradled in one arm, twins held tight by Kaelia. Behind her, Ryker and Caelum knelt amid cracked cobblestones, eyes downcast. Above, the Sacrificial Moon had waned to a thin sliver, and the sky bled dawn’s first light.They had refused the prophecy’s demand and spared the Daughter of Ash. Now, the realms had spoken: Nyra was anathema, her bloodline tainted by defiance.A chorus of trumpets sounded from the heavens. Angelic wings beat in chilling unison; the Celestial Host formed ranks along the ramparts. At the Citadel’s peak, Celena the Oracle-Mistress raised her staff, its blood-red gem dull for the first time since the Sacrificial Moon began.“Queen Nyra,” she intoned, voice resonant as cracked marble; “you have shattered the covenant. By the ancient laws, you are exiled from all seven realms. Your kingdom falls; your throne is no more.”Nyra’s heart hammered. She tightened her grip on her daugh
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 95 : " The Sacrificial Moon "
Night draped Silver Fang Citadel in velvet darkness, but no lanterns burned. Every torch had been extinguished in reverence of the prophecy that now governed their fate. In the central courtyard, beneath the shattered bell tower, Nyra Duskbane stood alone with her daughter cradled in her arms. The twins and Ryker and Caelum watched from the battlements, hearts suspended in fragile hope.Above them, the moon carved a silver crescent into the sky, its light weak and quivering. They called it the Sacrificial Moon tonight, for an ancient oracle had whispered that only under this waning sliver could the realms be saved... or lost forever.Nyra’s daughter cooed softly, her wide silver eyes reflecting the pale lunar glow. Kaelia knelt beside her, offering gentle reassurance. Ryker rested a hand on Nyra’s shoulder; Caelum stood guard by the stair.All other souls had withdrawn, not a single sentinel remained. Even angels and wolves honored this grim vigil with silence.Nyra raised her head, v
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 94 : " Inferno's Embrace"
The Citadel’s shattered bells still trembled in the dawn air when the ivory bone banners of the northern legion advanced, spectral warriors clad in furnaced steel, armor glimmering like ghost fire. Nyra Duskbane stood on the ramparts, her threefold runes dim after Mother of Ruin’s defeat, her cloak torn but her spirit unbroken. Beside her, Ryker leaned on Urhan’s broad shoulder, Caelum and Kaelia watched the children with wary eyes, and Aelion hovered in wounded grace under silver wings.“Queen Nyra,” Aelion’s voice rang like folding wings; “they answer a war chant older than the Covenant. They seek the Mistress of Ash.”Nyra’s gaze never left the legion. “They come for me... and for her,” she breathed; “the one I betrayed.”Below, the ivory legion halted. At their forefront strode a figure wreathed in living embers: Azrath, the Flamebound Prince of the Infernal Halls. His horns gleamed with molten brimstone, wings of shadow-smoke fanned behind him, and in his scarred hand he carried
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 93: " Mother of Ruin "
Silver Fang Citadel’s gates groaned on their hinges as the dark banner of the Crimson Covenant unfurled against a sky still breaking into dawn. Nyra Duskbane stood atop the ramparts with Ryker at her side and Caelum Varis just behind, the twin daughters in Kaelia’s arms. Their battered host, angels, wolves, demon-hunters, lined the walls, hearts pounding at the sight of fresh legions.“You see them?” Ryker whispered, voice tight. “Thousands of warriors… clad in coilmail that shifts like oil.”Nyra’s gaze was fixed on the valley below. The Covenant’s war drums rolled like thunder, a warning that made even the Celestial Host flinch. “They come not for us,” she murmured, “but for the world we’ve fought to save.”Aelion hovered at her shoulder, wings folded in silent vigilance. “They march under the sign of the Obsidian Mother,” he said. “A goddess of ruin, worshipped by those who would see creation burn.”Nyra’s heart clenched. “I know that sign,” she replied, voice low. “It’s hers... my
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 92 : " The Widow's Wrath "
The Citadel lay in ruin beneath the blood-red dawn. Scorched banners drooped from shattered poles; half-burned bodies lay strewn among broken siege engines. Everywhere, soldiers, angelic, lupine, human, moved like ghosts, tending wounds or dragging away the dead.Nyra Duskbane stumbled through the carnage, every step a trial. Her gown was torn, stained with Ryker’s blood; her heart pounded in her ears louder than any horn. She found him where she had last left him, half-buried under rubble near the Hall of Wings.She dropped to her knees, cradling his shattered form. His silver armor was cracked, chest caved in by Selene’s lunar blade. A macabre crown of bone shards brushed his hair.“Ryker,” Nyra whispered, voice raw; tears carved tracks of ash across her cheeks. She pressed her hands over his wound, murmuring words of healing power she could scarcely muster. “Hold on… please, hold on.”Ryker’s eyes fluttered open. Gold faded to gray as he tried to smile. “Nyra,” he rasped, “you came
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 91: " The Unforgiven Flame "
The morning sun had barely broken Silver Fang Citadel’s steel gates when the horns sounded, three long blasts of war. Nyra Duskbane stood atop the eastern ramparts, her cloak torn where Seris’s dagger had caught her, and her heart hammered with fresh dread. At her side, the angel Aelion on one flank and Urhan the Beast King on the other, their combined presence was a living bulwark against the tide of Council forces amassing below.“Queen Nyra,” Aelion intoned, voice like distant thunder; “the heavens obey your will, yet the enemy outnumbers our host three to one.”Nyra’s gaze flicked across the valley where white-winged angels hovered overhead, shining spears of starfire in hand. Below them, banners of black and red, the Council’s crest, snapped in the wind. Soldiers in tarnished plate lined up in ranks that seemed endless.Ryker emerged behind her, human form restored but limp, supported by Kaelia. Wounds from the Executioner’s Yard still ran dark lines across his chest. He nodded o
The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 90 : " The Tainted Halo "
The pale light of dawn had barely touched Silver Fang Citadel when chaos erupted. Nyra Duskbane’s blade clanged against thundering steel; Seris lunged with a poisoned dagger, and Thane’s staff shattered stone where it struck. Smoke and embers swirled through the courtyard as Kaelia and Ryker formed a protective ring around the infants.“Queen Nyra,” Kaelia cried, voice urgent; “they’ve broken their oath!”Ryker’s silver wolf-form shifted mid-leap; claws raked the ground as he pinned a guard to the flagstones. “Protect the children!” he snarled.Nyra parried Seris’s thrust; the councilor’s blade was coated in black venom that hissed on contact with Nyra’s armor. She twisted back, pain flaring where the metal bit her wrist.“Seris,” Nyra spat; “your treachery ends today.”Seris smiled, poison droplets glinting on her blade. “I do what must be done to save our world.”With a roar, Thane the Stonehand uprooted a fallen pillar, swinging it like a club. His booming laughter echoed as he str
