Aserian
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0The kingdom of Eldrith was now nothing more than an echo of its former glory. Bells had fallen silent in fear, streets were empty, and the blue banners that once fluttered in the wind had been replaced by the blood-red wolf of Aserian Ragnvar, the twenty-six-year-old king who had conquered everything with ruthless precision.
Aserian was not just a king — he was a predator. His hair burned like red flames, and his icy blue eyes were sharp and unyielding. Standing 1.90 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a posture of unmovable stone, no one dared look at him without trembling. Harsh, cruel, and uncompassionate, he commanded his army and palace with an iron fist, and the voices of the conquered were swallowed by the oppressive silence of his presence.
In a forgotten corner of the capital, there lived a girl who had no reason to believe her fate would change. Elira, a twenty-year-old with chestnut, wavy hair and warm brown eyes, had grown up in a small house on the outskirts of the city. Her naturally red lips and 1.74-meter-tall strong, agile frame were shaped by hard work and the responsibility of protecting her younger sisters, Anya and Lina.
On the night Aserian’s army breached the city walls, their home was the first to fall. Tomas, their father, had tried to protect them, but the soldiers’ brute force shattered the doors and crushed any hope of resistance. Mirela, their ailing mother, could do nothing, while the younger sisters cried in terror.
Amid the chaos, Elira was ripped from their hands. Soldiers shoved her down smoke-filled streets, past ruins and fire, and her eyes never stopped searching for her family. Behind them, the city collapsed, but Elira didn’t falter.
The palace was immense and cold, with long corridors of stone that seemed to absorb every sound of life. Here, Elira was confined to a modest but clean room, barred from freedom. Pale light filtered through a narrow window, and silence was the only
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