Hunted Hybrid Aegis War Saga 1 novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121

Aerilaya Thorne POV

Deep within the Moonlit Dungeons

Starborn Court, Fae Realm

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The stone walls hummed softly with old magic. Older than even me, it is pressed into every grain of this damned cell. Cold, quiet, and painfully polite like everything in this court. A gilded cage is still a cage.

I shifted against the silken bench turned bed, tossing the heavy braid of my hair over one shoulder. It shimmered, silver and black, the signature of my lineage, and the only thing I have left that reminds me I was once Aerilaya Thorne, warrior of the Starborn, First Blade of the Queen’s Elite Guard.

Not just… an imprisoned traitor. They never tortured me. That’s not the Fae way. No, they used silence. Isolation. A room with no sharp corners to break myself on, only moonlight and regret. And dreams. Dreams that feel more like prophecy.

I pressed my fingers to my temple as another vision crashed through my skull like a wave breaking across glass. There she is. My daughter. My starchild. My reason. She’s radiant now, glowing, gods help me, glowing. Silver and green and carved from divine flame. Surrounded by mates, protectors, allies. A chosen of the moon. A vessel of the earth. And still… still so vulnerable.

“You’re showing me too much,” I whispered aloud to the shadows.

The air thickened with star scented mist. Jasmine, and moonflower, and the cool bite of cosmos. She is coming. She always does when I ask… or beg.

And tonight, I am begging.

“Aerilaya,” a voice as soft as galaxies exhaled through my mind. I didn’t see her. You never see her. You feel her, like moonlight on bare skin or gravity tugging at a falling star.

“Elanithra,” I whispered, kneeling instantly, my hand over my heart. “She’s in danger, isn’t she?”

“She will always be in danger now,” the Star Goddess murmured. “But yes. There is an ambush planned. Aegis. Hollow Creed. They will descend upon the fae portal in Montana with blood and fire.”

My heart clenched. “She’s not ready for that. Not yet. Please…you have to warn her. Or reach the others. The Earth Mother, the Moonlight Sister…someone.”

A silence, vast and ancient, stretched between us before Elanithra finally answered. “The other goddesses are… trying. Their influence in the mortal realm grows stronger with every offering, every act of faith. But none of us can yet cross the veil unaided. We need a tether.”

I clenched my fists. “Use me.”

“You are trapped, my child.”

“I am still hers,” 1 growled. “Still her mother. Still a warrior of the light. I don’t care what this court has done to me. My blood sings with her name. Use me, damn it!”

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Chapter 121

A soft sigh rippled through the room like stars crying. “You have always been fire in starlight, Aerilaya.”

The mist curled lighter around my hands and pulsed against my skin. “Then let me burn for her.” The warmth grew. A connection

forming

“You may send her a dream. Just one. A whisper carried on the starwinds. She will feel it in her bones if her soul is listening.”

I closed my eyes and pressed my forehead to the stone floor. “Then let it scream through her blood. Let it howl like a wolf with no moon. She must not go to that portal unprepared.”

The vision breaks. I’m alone again. But something shimmers in the air above me, thin threads of starlight slowly coiling toward the veil.

And I pray, please, please, let her hear me.

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