Lahat ng Kabanata ng ASHES OF THE LUNA QUEEN: Kabanata 211 - Kabanata 220

Kael froze. Her words cut deeper than Sera’s fire ever could. For once, he had no answer. Adrien fought against the force pressing him into the dirt. Every muscle in his body screamed, but his eyes locked on Sera.“Sera, listen to me,” he forced out. His voice was ragged, but steady. “This crown doesn’t make you powerful. You’ve always been powerful. You don’t need it.”The storm swelled in fury, lightning cracking overhead. Her gaze snapped to him. And for the first time, the voice she spoke with was only her own.“I’m tired of being powerless, Adrien. Tired of watching everything I love ripped away. If this crown lets me end it, then I will burn the world to ashes.”Adrien’s chest twisted. He saw her, the woman who had clawed her way back from ruin, who had fought tooth and nail to reclaim her life. He saw the pain, the fury, the desperation.And he knew, if he lost her to this, there would be no bringing her back. The ground shook. The crown flared, brighter, hungrier. The storm th

Liora stumbled forward, her knees buckling as she fell beside them. Her small hands shook violently as she reached for her mother.“Wake up,” she whispered, her voice breaking. “Please, Mama. Please don’t leave me.”Her tears fell onto Sera’s skin, rolling down her cheeks like a baptism. Zayn stood frozen, his face ashen. He had seen war, he had seen gods fall, but nothing prepared him for the sight of the Queen of Ashes brought low. His lips moved in prayer, though his faith had long since withered.Kael coughed violently, blood streaming down his chin as he crawled closer. His body was shattered, his vision blurred, but he forced himself to see her. And when he did, his heart twisted.The woman he had once claimed, once broken, once feared, lay lifeless in another man’s arms.Adrien pressed his hands against her chest, desperate. “Come on,” he whispered. “Breathe. Fight. You’ve fought your whole life, don’t stop now.”He pushed down, forcing air into her lungs. Once. Twice. Again. H

Adrien’s hands pressed harder, his lips sealing over hers as he forced air into her lungs again.“Come back to me,” he whispered against her mouth. “Come back, Sera. You’re mine. You’ve always been mine.”Nothing. The ash kept falling. The silence pressed closer. Adrien’s body sagged. His forehead rested against her cold skin. His tears burned trails down his face, dripping onto her unmoving lips.He whispered, broken, “Don’t leave me. Not when I still need you. Not when she still needs you.” His gaze flicked toward Liora, whose small frame shook with sobs. Sera’s fingers did not twitch. Her chest did not rise.Adrien’s scream tore from his chest, raw and ragged, splitting the silence. It was not a cry of a warrior, not a shout of defiance, just the sound of a man shattered, holding the only thing he had ever truly loved.Kael coughed again, collapsing fully to the ground. His voice rasped through the blood.“She… was never yours to keep, Adrien Vale.”Adrien’s head snapped toward him

Adrien whipped around, fury blazing through his broken body. “Don’t you dare say that. She’s not gone, she’s here! She was fighting, she reached for us!”Zayn’s jaw tightened. “I felt it. I saw it. The goddess was split, yes, but so was Sera. When the crown shattered, it didn’t just release her.”Adrien’s throat closed. “…What do you mean?”Zayn’s gaze fell heavy on him. “It scattered her.”Adrien’s knees nearly buckled. His arms tightened around Liora, who was whimpering now, whispering, “Mama… Mama…” over and over like a broken prayer.“No,” Adrien rasped. His eyes burned. His lungs felt like fire still lived inside them. “No, that’s not possible. She’s too strong. She, she can’t be gone!”Zayn’s voice was grim. “Not gone. But not whole, either. The crown didn’t just bind her power, it held her together. Without it, she’s…” He hesitated, searching for the word. “…everywhere.”Adrien stared, not comprehending. His hands shook. “Everywhere? What the hell does that mean?”Zayn stepped

Zayn cursed under his breath, shoving Liora behind him and slamming his palms to the ground. Sigils flared, bursting into golden chains that whipped upward, catching the first of the beasts mid-leap. Flames roared through their bodies, scattering them into ash.But the chains shattered under the weight of the next wave. Adrien charged forward, silver fire erupting from every pore of his skin.His fists tore through shadow and bone, his roars shaking the ruins. Every blow was thunder. Every strike burned through another hunter. But there were too many.Claws tore across his chest. He staggered. A set of fangs clamped into his shoulder. He ripped the beast off, but blood streamed freely, splattering the stones. His glow dimmed for a heartbeat before he forced it back, rage dragging him forward.Zayn fought at his side, his magic cutting like a thousand blades. His face was pale, his jaw locked, sweat dripping down his temples.“They won’t stop!” Zayn bellowed. “They’ll throw every shado