oded stranger stood before the

ned," the stranger repeated.

ront of Elena, his

before I make you

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tared a

on K

king, but she had no time to ask questions. Dark energy gathered arou

n flames burst from his palm

on shook th

cien orde

itated.

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na

e passed beneath the glowing archway and entered the

fening roar eru

tu

tains. Its scales shimmered like molten gold,

umbled b

easing a powerful gust of wind. She shielded h

eard Lucie

le

y, his black coat torn and hi

e he

ried to

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anced beh

everything whe

e hooded stranger appeared on

ed both

gy shot t

wall of golden fire. The attack struck th

ving!" h

n down t

rstand the strange powers appearing around her,

turning to Dark Moon Pac

p pain spread th

d beside a t

flickered ben

er you

ious voice

both hands aga

spered. "Tell me

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ensation d

le

d her and kne

you h

ook he

happeni

d her face

ng, but you don't know

y m

n hes

last living heir of an a

stared

but I don't understan

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question, the hooded stranger's

de her from de

en drago

eemed to come from ins

abruptly st

y, revealing a pale face

at Elena i

red. "The princess carr

expressio

ea

into the forest, but not befor

wakening. When he comes, neither your

he va

ttled over

uggled to

the Dark

toward the dis

t never discover

ed her h

ough fear still twist

palace rising beyond the trees. Its tall towers glittered be

opped

where y

es

pect me to

r n

at her torn dres

belong in

urned to

ermined by the place

at him in

er spoken to

alking, leavin

opened, guards hurri

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a st

nged startled glances when they noti

uard dropped

ispered, staring at E

ression beca

word about

ediately lower

through the gates, h

rest as a rejected Ome

erious kingdom, beside a ma

the mountains, an e

d at the pal

ld her. "Tomorrow, we begin di

up at the tow

red whether the people who had called her

eshold, a faint golden sym

nor Lucien

palace, an anci

er side had recogniz

s beginni