The wind in Red Trap Valley stopped — as if the very earth held its breath.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUQK7yUGfK
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.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAOZW5m0M7
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.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJShIBdsek9
"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?"323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHJOJ8i9nm
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,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdUTSsgBP6
"…is the daughter of Amethyst."
Silence fell again.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVZv6UPBBr
And then, it shattered.
Vishkaniya flinched. Her face, once cruel and confident, paled like mist at sunrise.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrpvKJwvey
“Amethyst… my sister’s name…” she murmured, almost to herself.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0CGezUE9D
“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.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHMNsAu4VU
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.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiwV99u8mT
"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.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWdTRYgGby
"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.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX1Jm4EEtf
The name Amethyst echoed in her soul like a lullaby she had long forgotten.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3XcZKE9n6
"She was… my mother?"
A memory stirred — a woman with silver hair brushing her cheek, humming to her in a dream long ago.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKqq1X89Bx
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"Why didn’t anyone tell me?" she sobbed.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZFJOgpatK
"Why was I left to feel like… nothing?"
Kael stepped forward. His voice trembled.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9QhnJAqcc
"You were never nothing, Elara. You were everything… we just didn’t see it soon enough."
and then Add to home screen.