Years after Sephora had given birth to Ashen and was quietly murdered by King Aden, the consequences of that fateful, star-aligned night continued to ripple across the realms like poison spreading through still water.

To the outside world, Sephora still lived. But the truth was that Aden had replaced her with Selina, her cunning twin sorceress loyal to him who assumed Sephora’s identity perfectly.

Sephora was never a twin but Selina kept that story just to fool her son. Selina assuming the position fully with the help of Aden became the public Queen of Drakonis, smiling gracefully at court while the real Sephora’s body lay long forgotten in an unmarked grave. No one suspected the truth.

In the Celestial Realm, Lumina’s birth had been anything but ordinary. The moment the child drew her first breath, the entire realm felt it. The night sky briefly ignited with silver and crimson light. Stars seemed to burn brighter, and a powerful wave of ancient magic swept across the land.

The princess carried the blood of a powerful enchantress and the fury of generations. Her birth was seen as a blessing, bringing prosperity, stronger harvests, and renewed celestial magic to the realm.

King Ryker publicly celebrated the event, even as he privately distanced himself from both mother and child.

King Aden burned with envy.

He had always believed he deserved the most powerful of the three sisters. The fact that Ryker had claimed Elena’s heart first gnawed at him like an open wound.

His resentment festered, turning into paranoia and cold hatred. Every report of Lumina’s growing power only deepened his bitterness.

One night, during a grand gathering of nobles from all four realms, Aden’s jealousy boiled over. In a calculated act of sabotage, he secretly released the Ancient Kraken Beast, a monstrous creature of the deep void into the heart of the capital.

The colossal entity erupted from the ground, tentacles thick as ancient trees, its roar shaking the palace foundations.

Chaos exploded. Screams tore through the night as the beast rampaged, crushing buildings and devouring anyone in its path.

Elena, despite being treated as nothing more than a hidden mistress, stepped forward without hesitation.

Drawing upon her immense enchantress power, she single-handedly confronted the horror.

For hours she battled the Kraken. In the end, she succeeded in sealing it back into the abyss. Thousands of lives were saved, and the realms hailed her as a hero.

But the cost was devastating.

Elena’s once-unmatched power was severely drained. Her radiant aura dimmed.

The boundless magic that once flowed through her as an endless river had shrunk dramatically. She emerged from the battle weakened, exhausted, and forever changed.

The Three Sages, who had long viewed the enchantress sisters as dangerous abominations, saw this as their perfect opportunity.

They plotted to strike while Elena was vulnerable. Aden, playing a dangerous game of deception, secretly encouraged their plans while intending to eliminate the Sages himself later. He wanted to use them to weaken Elena further before delivering the final blow.

However, even in her diminished state, with her remaining strength, she thwarted the Sages’ plot before it could fully unfold, exposing several of their agents in the process.

This only terrified Aden more.

The thought that a weakened Elena could still outmaneuver beings like the Sages made his blood run cold. If she recovered even a fraction of her former power, she would become unstoppable and she would undoubtedly come for him. His paranoia reached new heights. He could no longer afford to keep her alive.

Two years later, when Lumina began showing clear signs of extraordinary power as a toddler, Aden’s decision was cemented.

One quiet evening, Seraphina visited her sister in secret. The moment they were alone, she delivered the devastating news that Sephora is dead. Aden killed her shortly after Ashen’s birth. She made her believe that Aden had used her, then discarded her like the rest of them.

The revelation shattered Elena. For the first time, the blindfold of love and hope fell completely from her eyes. Grief and rage consumed her.

She finally saw both kings for the monsters they truly were cold, calculating users who viewed enchantresses as nothing more than breeding tools.

That night, Elena made a solemn vow that she would kill King Aden and take young Ashen away from him and wipe out his entire bloodline.

But Aden struck first, in the cover of night, he had Elena arrested on fabricated charges.

Royal messengers spread the accusation throughout the realm and they all painted Elena as a traitor who had weakened herself to open the door for the Kraken Beast.

She had "allowed" the creature to attack so she could pretend to be a hero and seize more power for herself. Witnesses carefully bought or threatened to come forward to support the lies.

Elena fought fiercely when the guards came for her, but her body was still drained from the battle. She was eventually overpowered and dragged away in enchanted chains that suppressed what little magic she had left.

King Ryker, the man she had loved so deeply and sacrificed everything for, stood by silently in the shadows. He did nothing to help her. He offered no defense. He simply watched as the mother of his daughter was taken away like a criminal.

Seraphina, already weakened from previous wars and the emotional toll of losing her sisters one by one, launched a desperate rescue attempt. Aden had anticipated this.

He released the Kraken Beast once more this time directing its fury specifically at Seraphina.

In a final moment, Seraphina poured every last drop of her remaining power into sealing the beast away permanently.

The effort destroyed what was left of her strength, while Elena sealed her way. Aden then descended upon her, binding and sealing her powers completely.

Broken and powerless, the once-mighty eldest sister was captured and dragged away into the darkness.

Seraphina, restrained and helpless in the name of her sister protecting her against the evil ones, so she could only watch in horror as her last remaining sister disappeared into the shadows, another victim of the king’s endless greed.