Chapter 176

CHAPTER 20… VALENTINA “What!?” I gasped, staring at the entity in a daze. Those words… That prophecy… The same one the Moonwell forced into my bones. It's the same thing. They keep saying the same things. That means… My knees trembled, even though I wasn’t standing on anything, I felt I would break apart at any second. “I—I don’t want that,” I whispered, my voice cracking, yet I was still holding myself somehow. “I just want my mate. My son. I am not made for… destinies. Or fates. Or wars. I am just a normal person with my family and kingdom!” The figure stepped closer, mist curling around her like living silk. “And yet— destiny has always been shaped by those who never wanted it.” She raised her hand and touched my cheek. And suddenly—A second presence slammed into me. Black. Wild. Burning like a star collapsing… Veraka! But she was distorted— her outline fractured, her snarl muted as if echoing from somewhere too far away, as though she was fading. No! “Kira?!” I cried out desperatel