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."

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


She had mastered spells Celeste still struggled with.

Celeste as the coven’s shining star, now looked at Selene

tonight, she

in. Shielded her. Turned

Celeste’s teeth ground together.

was the world so unfair? Why had the heavens chosen that girl—a girl with no parents,

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

bile rise in her

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

against her, Selene

because she deserved it. But only because she

Celeste herself had trained twenty

with jealousy so strong it almost felt like pain. She hated the way Selene looked—calm, strong,


way people’s gazes followed her, not with mockery but with respect. She hated the warmth of admiration that

her eyes narrowing. "You do not 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

breath trembled, but

was Celeste Naeris, daughter of the highest elder. This was her destiny. She would not let it be stolen by a

in her ears, but Celeste’s mind burned hotter than any word around her. She remembered the voice of her mother only hours ago, speaking

those who once stood with us now look at her. They believe she will be the next Witch

her training, all her years of effort, all the pride she

see her stained and humiliated before everyone. She had wanted to

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