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CHAPTER 78 : " Night of the Crimson Bond "
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The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 79 : " A Womb of War "
Night fell as a crimson haze over the battered Silver Fang Citadel, the air thick with the stench of blood and smoke. Nyra lay upon the makeshift bed in the war infirmary, her body slick with sweat and stained with dried blood from the ritual bindings that had left her marked by three ancient powers. Her breaths came in ragged gasps, each one a battle against the pressure building in her abdomen.Ryker knelt beside her, his hand warm against her forehead. His golden eyes shone with fierce determination and concern; even now, his black-furred form looked more wolf than man, every muscle taut with readiness. He rose and strode to a nearby basin, splashing cool water onto Nyra’s brow before leaning close again.“Nyra,” he whispered, voice urgent, “the midwives say the contractions are only minutes apart. You must push when the next wave comes.”Nyra’s vision blurred. Her fingers trembled as she traced the glowing runes on her thighs, the wolf, moon, and flame sigils that now defined her
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 80 : " The Demon's Bride "
Night’s obsidian cloak settled over the Silver Fang Citadel as Nyra stood before the obsidian archway carved into living rock. Flickers of crimson light glowed from the runes etched around its frame, runes that pulsed with the forbidden blood magic she had learned in the Abyssal Archives. Behind her, Ryker stood guard, muscles coiled like springs, eyes sharp as wolf’s fangs.Beyond the portal lay the Demon Realm, an empire of iron and fire where brimstone winds never ceased and rivers of liquid flame carved paths through the blackened earth. This was the domain of Azhagor, the King of Fire, whose power burned hotter than the sun. Nyra closed her eyes and pressed her palm; branded by wolf, moon, and flame, to the sigil at her waist. She whispered the incantation, voice trembling yet resolute.“Open,” she commanded.The runes flared white-hot, then cracked apart like shattered stars. The archway collapsed inward, revealing a corridor of living magma. A wave of heat stormed forth, scorch
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 81: " The Queen killer's Return "
The gateway spat Nyra out into a twilight field of bone grass and bleeding skies. She landed on her knees, breath snatched from her lungs as the scent of brimstone clung to her skin. The warmth of Azhagor’s final touch still echoed along her thighs, his molten essence cooling in her womb.But it was the memory of his last words; “One soul... her newborn’s”, that made her gut twist."By the gods," she whispered, gripping the hilt of her dagger. "You gave me power… and now you demand the price."Footsteps echoed behind her. Ryker’s scent, wolf musk, steel, and storm, washed over her like a lifeline."Nyra!" he dropped beside her, breathless, hands checking her arms, her waist, her eyes. "Did he hurt you?"She shook her head. "Not the way you think." Her voice was barely a breath.Ryker frowned. "What happened?"Nyra closed her eyes. "He said I’d find our stolen twin… but only if I offer a soul. A child’s soul.""The baby?" Ryker’s voice cracked. "Our daughter?"Nyra opened her eyes, ste
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 82 : " Rapture and Ruin "
"Ryker!"Nyra's scream tore through the battlefield like a banshee’s wail.He collapsed in her arms, Selene’s sword slick with his blood. The wound in his abdomen pulsed, bright crimson spilling across her palms, soaking into her skirts."Stay with me," she whispered, voice cracking, as she cradled his face. "Please, gods, stay with me."Ryker’s lips twitched into a half-smile, even through the pain. "Still... not a good time... to kiss me?""Idiot," she breathed, brushing hair from his sweat-slick forehead. "You took a blade meant for me.""And I’d do it again."Selene stood a few paces away, her blade dripping, her eyes unreadable. But she made no move to finish them, not yet. Nyra felt it in her bones: Selene was watching. Waiting.She pressed both hands to Ryker’s wound. Her magic flared, fire crackling along her fingertips. "Hold on," she whispered. "Don’t you dare leave me, Ryker."His fingers closed over hers. "Not going anywhere."But Nyra could feel how much he was losing. Ho
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 83 : " The Immortal Child "
The dawn came like a trembling breath, pale sunlight filtering through ash-laden clouds. Nyra carried her daughter against her chest, the infant wrapped in soft white swaddling that contrasted sharply with the soot and embers clinging to the queen’s gown. Behind them, Ryker led a small escort of loyal warriors, blades sheathed but drawn, eyes sharp for threats both mortal and divine.They entered the village of Cinder’s Hollow at first light, hoping to find refuge, and perhaps guidance, from a people who had long revered the old goddess. But no sooner had Nyra crossed the threshold of charred cottages than her daughter stirred.She let out a single, pitiful wail; it was the cry of a newborn, raw and trembling. Yet the moment sound left her lips, the world shifted.A window erupted in flame; the pane shattered, sending shards of glass and sparks raining into the street. A thatch roof caught the light and ignited instantly, flames licking upward in hungry tongues. Nyra stumbled, her hea
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 84: " Bond of the Beasts "
Moonlight filtered through the dense canopy of the Ironwood Forest, silver shafts dancing on the mossy floor. Nyra Duskbane rode at the head of her small company, Ryker beside her, Kaelia behind, and two royal scouts flanking them. The air was rich with earth and pine, but beneath it lay a thrum of raw magic that set Nyra’s pulse racing.“We grow close,” the lead scout whispered, voice taut.Nyra nodded, her hand brushing the rune-etched pommel of her sword. “The Beast King awaits. Show me only those who know his ways.”Ryker’s golden gaze flicked to her. “Are you certain this is wise?”She met his eyes. “We need allies... and he commands a tribe of savage warriors. If he joins us, the Council will hesitate.”Kaelia nudged a hunting hound at their heels. “He is not merely savage. He is legend.”Nyra inhaled the night air, recalling the stories: a man who could shift into a wolf twice the size of any mortal, who bound savage clans under his iron rule. Her daughter cooed softly in the s
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 85: " The Ashborn War "
Nyra stood atop the eastern ramparts of Silver Fang Citadel, her cloak billowing in the dawn wind. Below her, banners of iron, bone, and flame snapped across the assembled forces, Urhan’s Ironwood wolf clans, the demon-hunter vanguard, and the loyal soldiers of the Silver Fang. The grass beyond the walls shivered like a sea of embers.Ryker joined her, hand resting on the hilt of his sword. “Our allies outnumber theirs three to one,” he said quietly; “yet this war is unlike any you’ve led before.”Nyra’s gaze never wavered from the horizon. “They have our blood. My own twin’s blood.” Her voice was steely calm, but her heart thundered. “I cannot fail... not when my daughter’s fate hangs in the balance.”A war horn sounded from below, low, resonant, summoning the armies to their posts. Nyra descended the ramparts, Ryker at her heels. The ground trembled with the march of warriors. Campfires dotted the plain, lanterns glinting like distant stars.At the war tent, Kaelia awaited them, reg
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-25The Lunar Queen's Redemption CHAPTER 86 : " Queen of Nothing "
Nyra awoke to the clang of iron on stone and the hiss of steam. Her wrists burned where thick shackles bit into her skin; her power; the threefold bond of wolf, moon, and flame, felt severed as though a blade had cut through her veins. The world was cold stone and flickering torchlight.She tried to lift her head; the world tilted and pain bloomed across her chest. Her armor, once blazing with lunar runes, hung in tattered pieces; vestiges of infernal fire had been scraped away, leaving her body bruised and raw.“Awake at last,” a voice purred, a velvet coo that dripped with malice.Nyra turned her head toward the cell’s entrance. There stood Councilor Seris, draped in crimson silk, eyes glinting like bloodstones. At her side strode two armored guards, axes slung at their backs.“Queen of Ash,” Seris said; “or should I say Queen of Nothing?”Nyra’s lips curled in a snarl, but her throat felt like sand. “Release me,” she rasped. “Or... ”Seris laughed, a soft echo that danced on the da
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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
