Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 2260

Luna's heart skipped a beat under Kyrie's furious questioning, but her face only grew colder. She looked at him with icy calm.

"General Harding, everything I said falls within my duty. Whether I have history with the Dragon Prince or not has nothing to do with this. What matters is that as long as I am here, no one can strike him down at will."

Kyrie exploded. "Fine! Then watch me kill him today. What will you do about it?"

His uniform trembled as a wave of raw power burst from his body, his aura pressing heavily over the floor.

Luna's eyes flashed a pale green as she, too, began to circulate her energy. "If you insist on this path, then forgive me, but I'll have to stand against you."

Kyrie was exasperated. With the woman he craved standing before him, he could not fully tear off the mask as he still dreamed of one day sharing her bed.

Yet before he could act further, Andrew's cold voice cut through their standoff. "Are the two of you done? General Phelan, if you want to handle this fairly, I don't mind. Kyrie, if you think you can avenge your brother, I don't mind either."

Andrew's knuckles cracked as he clenched his fist. He smirked and added, "This is the Martial Tower, a place forged for battle. Here, strength decides everything. Ten years ago, Kyrie, you were nothing to me. Ten years later, you're still nothing."

Luna's eyes flickered at the sight of Andrew's defiance. The Andrew she remembered was rarely this fierce, rarely this domineering. Yet perhaps this was his true self, the Dragon Prince who had returned to Chetvine alone, fearless of everything.

"But…" she tried to interject, her voice uneasy.

Andrew's cold distance struck her harder than she expected. He had called her 'General Phelan', not Luna. The invisible wall between them seemed to widen with every word, and it left her with an ache she could not name.

"There are no buts," Andrew cut her off sharply. "My business is mine alone. And besides, last time you must have heard from Conrad what kind of man I am. Let me make it clear today. Martial Tower belongs to me as much as anyone. I'll do as I please here. Whoever dares to block me? I'll crush them."

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