The wind in Red Trap Valley stopped — as if the very earth held its breath.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLNSTOPZ8Q
Elara couldn’t move. Couldn’t speak. Her heartbeat was too loud in her ears.
“I… I’m a princess?” Her voice cracked, barely a whisper.
The words felt like someone else’s story — not hers. Not the girl who wore torn shoes and cried by a dried-up well. Not the girl who was never wanted.
Kael’s sword dropped slightly. His lips parted, but no sound came.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG9nUUp4Zj
Even Vishkaniya — the Queen of Shadows — stepped back, her long fingers curling like claws. This was not in her plan.
“I never believed you,” she growled at the old woman, eyes burning.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCRYN9s8UK
"You think I’d be fooled by your trembling voice and tales of the past? That I’d hear a name and suddenly let the girl go?"307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgkWS5dUbY
She laughed — a bitter, broken sound. “No. She’s mine. And if she truly has royal blood… then she’s more dangerous than I thought.”
The old woman didn’t blink. Her gaze stayed calm, steady — like the moon watching a storm.
"You asked who her mother was," she said softly.
Vishkaniya’s smirk faltered. “Say it, then. Say the lie you’ve been guarding.”
"This girl…" the woman whispered, her voice like falling snow,307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkV6LaW5iJ
"…is the daughter of Amethyst."
Silence fell again.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa0sufv5Sn
And then, it shattered.
Vishkaniya flinched. Her face, once cruel and confident, paled like mist at sunrise.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdA2jji4li8
“Amethyst… my sister’s name…” she murmured, almost to herself.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8maHmNyHt2
“No. No—she vanished. She never had a child.”
Kael’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Aunt Amethyst…? That means…”
Far away, in the glowing Realm of Light, Queen Ayela gasped as the crystal mirror pulsed in her hands.
"Amethyst…" she whispered.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y6BXUjE1W
Her fingers trembled as she brought the glowing amulet to her lips and kissed it gently, like one does to a memory they’ve held in silence for too long.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJflbORr6sz
"You were so kind… too kind for this cruel world. I lost you because I chose the crown. But I will not lose your daughter too."
Tears streamed down her face — not of weakness, but of a storm long held inside.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdt1xE9FbJ
"I should have protected you, sister. I should have listened. But I promise… Elara will live. I swear it upon the stars."
Back in the valley, Elara sank to her knees.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6zHkCWrYD
The name Amethyst echoed in her soul like a lullaby she had long forgotten.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaAzuGppcR
"She was… my mother?"
A memory stirred — a woman with silver hair brushing her cheek, humming to her in a dream long ago.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ0gkvElxj
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"Why didn’t anyone tell me?" she sobbed.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu21JhVluY
"Why was I left to feel like… nothing?"
Kael stepped forward. His voice trembled.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOloRU4wmL
"You were never nothing, Elara. You were everything… we just didn’t see it soon enough."
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