A kingdom between us

rcept him before he reached the throne. "You barge into this pal

and his eyes, clouded with divine sight, bore into the advisor with something akin to amu

e to your master's will. I am the eyes of the magical kingdom, the me

hrough the nobles, and the guards shifted uncomfortably. No

w tightened. "Mi

escalate further, a deep vo

oug

rone, his black and gold robes flowing like liquid midnight, his expression unreadable. Though

ot out of submission, but out of recognition. "Y

med to thicken as

the king

ate my business seated!" the messenger s

one of the guards

A son unlike any before him. His birth shook the s

ard, his voice unwavering. "He will be the most powerful warrior Eldoria has ever known. He will be a st

on the armrest of his throne. The others were fil

is child?" the k

esitated. "Born

, whispers of doubt. A child of prophecy, born

the gods had thrown him into a puzzle with missing pieces. "Find h

ouse, every influential family, had been scrutinized, yet the boy remained hidden among t

ning midwives, searching records of births. Days turned to nig

last, they

the thick woods and rushing rivers, lived a healer named Selene. And in

e knew from the moment he was born that her son was destin

ay. Her eyes were watered with so many emotions but she couldn

grand walls of Eldoria's palace-bu

g to prove that bloodline mattered more than prophecy. Servants hesitated to

l did n

r, studied more, listened where others scoffed. Every act of c

tsider. He became the

a mistake. He

fection he had ever known came from the blade in his hand, from

tood at the edge of the royal balcony, overlooking the vast city of Eldoria.

hed. He turned, expecting to

imself face to face

ulating expression, but tonight, there was som

ng," Balthazar said,

learned long ago that words

owering his voice. "But str

wed. "What are yo

d between them before B

for you, Kael." A p

those words settled heavily upon

ant from me?"

ar only

ed. "But soon, you w

the distant toll of the palace bells. Kael felt a cold shive

told him-his fate h

ould be no