Chapter 26
After the Darkness The world did not celebrate immediately. That was the first thing Isabella noticed. After battles, after victories, after surviving impossible odds... People expected happiness. Relief. A feeling that everything would suddenly become normal again. But the truth was different. Survival came with silence. With questions. With the realization that the world you fought to protect was still standing... But changed forever. The mountain remained. The kingdom remained. The people remained. But everyone knew something had happened that could never be forgotten. A darkness older than their history had risen. And a queen had chosen to stand against it. Three days passed before the bells of the capital rang. Not alarm bells. Celebration bells. The sound trav
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