Chapter 168 A New Era

• Demarion's gaze lingered on her. "They look to you as their light," he said softly, his voice carrying the weight of reverence. "But they forget that without your fire, I would still be a ruler of shadows. Together, we gave them this dawn."
• Aakifahlynn's smile was tender, her Ace wolf aura shimmering faintly in the blue glow of the enchanted crystals. "And together we will keep it. This peace is not a fleeting dream, it is the foundation of our reign, our love, our promise to them all."
• The Palace seemed to breathe with their words, its walls alive with enchantment, as if the very stones rejoiced in the unity of Emperor Demarion Dracul and Empress Aakifahlynn Mathiasen.