Chapter 305 - PAY BACK

Lumina stepped into the grand audience hall of the Celestial Palace dressed in the full splendor she had once worn as a child of this realm. The gown was moon-silver silk layered with translucent veils that caught every beam of starlight and scattered it across the polished quartz floor in shimmering patterns. Delicate embroidery of celestial runes traced the high collar and long sleeves, glowing faintly whenever she moved. A thin circlet of living starlight rested on her brow, and her unbound silver hair flowed behind her like liquid moonlight. The signature scent that had always marked her as Celestial-born drifted around her—cool night air laced with white jasmine and the faint metallic tang of distant stars. One glance at her was enough to see the truth: she was no longer the blind exile sent away in disgrace. She was Luminaira Windsor, daughter of the king, blood of the realm, and she carried herself with the quiet, lethal grace of someone who had learned power the hard way.