The Devil's Bride by Rapwizzy Debaron.
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Episode 91: Ashes and Crowns
The battle was over.
But victory tasted like smoke.
Lucian and Seraphina stood in the ruins of what had once been the Veil Between Realms. Around them, the sky stitched itself slowly back together, threads of starlight weaving a new cosmos.
Yet silence rang louder than any war cry.
The First Flame had been tamed—no, transformed. And the spark now flickering inside Lucian's palm pulsed like a living heartbeat, humming with unimaginable power.
But not everyone celebrated.
Gabriel knelt, his armor cracked and scorched. "I remember a prophecy," he murmured. "That when the devil chooses love, the balance tilts forever. What comes next is not peace—but reckoning."
Seraphina turned to him. "Are you saying we've doomed the world?"
"No." Gabriel's gaze was solemn. "I'm saying you've rewritten it. And all rewritten things… invite judgment."
From behind them, a wind stirred.
Ashes rose into the air like fireflies, swirling into the shape of a woman cloaked in gray. Her face was hidden, her voice soft—but heavy with ancient authority.
"I am Balance," she whispered. "And balance has been broken."
Lucian stepped forward, flames flickering at his fingertips. "We didn't destroy it. We made it better."
"Better… is subjective," she replied. "The Flame was a weight on the scales. Without it, something else must rise."
Seraphina clenched her fists. "We won't let another evil take its place."
"No," the woman said gently. "This time, the crown will choose its bearer."
A crown of living fire formed in the air between them, floating with quiet intensity.
Lucian's eyes narrowed. "What is that?"
"The Sovereign Flame," Balance replied. "It burns only for the one who can unite heaven and hell, flame and shadow. If it accepts you… you rule not as devil or god—but as sovereign of both."
Silence.
Even Gabriel bowed his head.
Lucian looked at Seraphina. She nodded. "You were born for this. But I will stand with you."
He reached out.
The crown ignited.
Fire licked his fingers, testing, judging. Then—
It cooled.
And settled upon his head.
The ashes around them swirled faster, forming a storm of rebirth.
Balance whispered, "So it begins."
From the farthest corners of the universe, ancient powers awakened. Forgotten kings stirred in tombs of frost. Angels wept in the shadows. Demons howled beneath blackened suns.
The Sovereign Flame had chosen.
And a new age was upon them.
Lucian stood tall, the crown blazing like a second sun.
"I will not rule by fear," he said, his voice ringing with power. "I will not rule by blood. I will lead with fire—and love."
Seraphina took his hand, her wings glowing with holy light. "And I will burn beside you."
The sky cracked open.
And from the heavens, a voice thundered:
"Let the Age of the Sovereign begin."
To be continued…
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