C110 THE QUEEN THE THRONE FEARS

The chamber was no longer only trembling.

It was bowing.

Everything—the flames, the runes, the ground itself—tilted toward Elara as if gravity had realigned, dragging the entire realm into her breath.

Elara slowly rose to her feet.

Not because she felt powerful.

But because she suddenly felt watched…

studied…

Claimed.

The fire-being remained kneeling before her, its huge body trembling