---- Brianna arrived at theke to find thousands of golden ravens like a flock of living goldbattling against enormous, enraged specters.


    In the midst of them, Juno, whom she hadnt seen in centuries, was fighting with all her might against that man.


    For the second time that day, Brianna felt fear, but this time, it was aterror that gnawed at her bones.


    The malevolence was unbearable, like a suffocating, poisonous gas that paralyzed the lungs, like a hand around the throat, strangling, crushing the will to live.


    Brianna had no idea what Juno was nning.


    she had always been unpredictable, free-spiritedshe had abandoned the throne the first chance she got to wander the world.


    Juno was powerful, so surely, she would take care of that thing...


    or so Brianna believed.


    Brianna wouldnt stay to find out.


    She turned to flee, to protect herself and her daughter.


    ---- Her ancestor could handle herself.


    But suddenly, a golden whip coiled around her neck, yanking her back before she could escape, catching her off guard.


    Brianna screamed, struggling, realizing in horror that all of her Selenia magic was being drained from her heart, from her veins at an rming speed.


    "Dont think for a second that you can escape this, Brianna.


    Everyone here has a role to fulfill.


    The power of Selenia that was granted to you...


    now, you must surrender it." Junos sharp voice echoed in her mind.


    No matter how much Brianna roared, pleaded, and wept, her body began to turn to stone, inch by inch, while her magic fueled the energy that would forge the prison for the King of Specters.


    The two most powerful Seleniasthe first of many.


    Every few hundred years, the locks and seals trembled with roars of hatred from within, echoes that would resonate for millennia.


    Amidst the relentless battle, a man d entirely in obsidian armor struck with a massive spear, charged with dark power.


    Golden sparks shed against Junos twin golden scimitars, illuminating the air before vanishing into the abyss.


    Juno knew she was going to die.


    She was only trying to buy time as the prison bars, guided by the Goddesss decree, slowly constructed themselves to imprison them ---- both.


    Beneath the mask of shadows that veiled his striking face, tears of bloodborn from unbearable sorrowstreamed down from his golden-ck eyes.


    fee "sILas!!" A heart-wrenching scream and the most sorrowful wail echoed through the forest, sending flocks of birds fleeing in terror.


    It was the sound that reached Valeria and Aldric as they raced desperately toward the ce where their daughters bodyy.


    The sunny day suddenly turned into a deep, endless night.