Chapter 30: The Dawn of War
The silence following the collapse of the Hollow Throne was deafening. Luna stood amidst the shattered ruins of the once-immense fortress, her chest rising and falling with each ragged breath, as though she had just run a race she couldn’t remember starting. The mountain, ancient and untouchable, groaned beneath her feet, reverberating with the weight of the battle she had fought—and won. Yet, the victory felt hollow, the cost too great to be celebrated. The very stone beneath her seemed to mourn, an echo of a war that had raged not just within the kingdom but within her soul.
The power she had tapped into had been more than she anticipated. It had surged through her like a wild storm, terrifying and exhilarating all at once, and now she felt its pull, like a
