"Before the fire, there was laughter.Before the war, there was a village at the edge of the Witchland..."

"Fire.That's my last memory of home.It didn't shine - it devoured.Walls, voices, everything I loved -..."

"Night draped the forest like mourning cloth. The air hung heavy, tasting of damp bark and old magic...."

"The next morning, I stand on my balcony before the first light of dawn.Below me, the kingdom stretch..."

"Moonhaven breathes.The city's heart beats beneath marble streets and glass towers, beneath the rhyth..."

"Two years pass. And with them, innocence fades.We are one now-bound not by blood, but by battle. By..."

""Luna, you must listen to me. This is important."My mother's voice drifted through the council chamb..."

"The scent of smoke grew thicker the closer we rode. It clung to the wind, heavy with ash and fear. T..."

"Ravensha's shout broke the moment. "Now!"Flahera's arrow flew from the burning rooftops, glowing wit..."

"The warmth hit like a spell.After so many nights spent in the cold, it felt almost unreal - the kind..."

"That night, we made camp in the lee of a blackened ridge, where the wind howled like a restless spir..."

"The morning sun crept weakly through the inn's cracked shutters, its light pale and uncertain, filte..."

"The fire burns low, casting soft amber over the circle of warding runes I carved earlier. The air ha..."

"The Queen's words echo long after she's gone -"The Warlock senses you both."I can't sleep.Outside my..."

"By dawn, the crimson faded, leaving only pale gray clouds. When I glanced back, the forest behind us..."

"By dusk, we found a hollow carved into the cliffside - a wound in the stone, deep enough to shield u..."

"The world burns gold.Flames pour from the shattered temple, cascading down the marble steps in river..."

""Hold on!" I shout, driving my heels into Midnight's sides.She leaps.For an instant, we are weightle..."

"I don't have much time.Every heartbeat feels borrowed; every breath, stolen. The world narrows to th..."

"(The time Luna was lost to the darkness, told through Danny's eyes)---They said she was gone.Not dea..."

"The morning breaks cold and hollow.Clouds churn above us, bruised and heavy with rain, their bellies..."

"Sometimes, in the stillness, I see my mother again.Not as she was when she condemned me, but as she..."

"We're running before I realize it - through the marble corridors, past startled servants and half-dr..."

"By evening, the palace had transformed. Musicians filled the outer court, their lutes tuned to brigh..."

"Four Months Later:Winter has swallowed Moonhaven whole.The sun rises weakly over the fields, its lig..."

"The air was thick with smoke and snow.Crimson stained the ground where the Dark Warlock's army had f..."

"The hall was empty now. Only the echoes of bootsteps and murmured strategy remained in the air, fadi..."

"The night before we march, I find myself alone in the war room.The fire has long gone out, leaving o..."

"We had finally learned how it all began - the story of how one man's grief became the darkness that..."

"The world was fire and steel.Our ambush had worked - at first. The Dark Warlock's forward battalion..."

"The fire still burned across the valley, but the screams had faded to groans and whispers. What rema..."

"The castle no longer slept.Its corridors pulsed with life, each heartbeat echoing through stone and..."

"The world turned black beneath our feet.What was once green earth became scorched and lifeless - ash..."