Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Celeste Naeris

Author’s POV~

The market still buzzed with whispers long after the bowl had fallen from her hand. But Celeste did not hear them. Her ears rang with her own rage. Her eyes locked on Selene, that girl standing tall with fire in her eyes.

Selene.

The one who had ruined everything.

Celeste clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms. She was the daughter of Elder Naeris, the most respected and powerful elder in the entire coven.

From the time she could walk, she had been trained to take her place as heir. For twenty years, she had studied, practiced, and bled to perfect every art of magic. She had never stopped. She had never failed.

Until Selene came.

A girl with no family. No name. No known bloodline. A stray who had suddenly been declared pure-blooded.

The words still burned in her head—pure-blooded witch.

It was supposed to be her. It had always been her. She was the one born to the highest elder, the one who carried the weight of generations. But the moment Selene appeared, all eyes shifted.

"She’s different."

"She carries the ancient blood."

"She might change everything."

heard it a thousand times, each word a knife carving into


in one year, had taken it all. She had mastered

Mother, who once praised Celeste as the coven’s shining star, now looked at Selene with open

tonight, she finally lost

that man—whoever he was—had stepped in. Shielded her. Turned the humiliation back on Celeste

Celeste’s teeth ground together.

had the heavens chosen that girl—a girl with no parents, no family,

muttered under her breath, her voice shaking with disgust. A child who doesn’t even know where she came from. And

bile rise in

coven’s pride. The one to inherit the title of Witch Queen. But

Selene stood against her,

she worked harder. Not because she deserved it. But only

Celeste herself had trained twenty years

jealousy so strong it almost felt like pain. She hated the way Selene


mockery but with respect. She hated the warmth of admiration that seemed to surround her everywhere

belong here. And I will make sure everyone sees it. You will fall, Selene. You will fall, and when you do, the title will be

but her resolve

of the highest elder. This was her destiny. She would not let it be stolen by a girl who came

but Celeste’s mind burned hotter than any word around her. She remembered the voice of her mother only

begun to vote in Selene’s favor," her mother had said. "Even those who once stood with us now look

her years of effort, all the

was why she had thrown the bowl, why she wanted to see her

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