f Nightfang roar

s a danger to us all," she declared, gesturing toward Seraphina, who stood chained-by Lyra's o

corrected calmly from her seat. "That cannot

ived, Kael has defied the laws of our kind. The b

his wolf, Ashen, clawed

e moment Seraphina touc

ould rewr

ould sup

t ruled by truth. Th

el unlocked Seraphina's chains in secret. "You shouldn't be

she muttered bitterl

u were born with fire. And fire

eyes l

kiss her. H

her voice soft. "I dreamt

urrowed. "Wha

ry in the wind, and blood on your hands.

tightened.

ory yet t

r stood the one person she trusted above all-her mother, Dame Callista. Once the mid

said, pacing. "The proph

oot and wolfsbane. "Then it's t

son failed. The m

reak the m

ckered with mal

d runes. "This blade was forged in the Age of Silence, before the

pped it

se of peace, Lyra approached Se

oothly, eyes glinting with false

ed. Everything in

face the woman who had tried

hat led to the Moonpool. Trees wh

n Lyra

bsidian dagger sliced

aggering, blood s

strike again, light

apt between them Kael,

shook th

e force of his aura alone. The

al miracle

h-and vines sprouted. Moonflowers

self appeared in spirit,

choing like wind through crystal. "Touch her agai

ht seared her skin. Sh

orm, chest rising fast. He l

still

e was

constant watch. The cut left by the obsidian blade r

nd wrapped around hers. "Th

said weakly. "I want t

e peace until

pa

to rule beside you?" she

Goddess doesn't

at abou

r as my future. Now I see her as

yal was n

ng. The warrior who had once followed Kael without que

, long ago, before she

uried th

rker. Fueled by a desire

yra's chambers. "You tried

d to sa

e Goddess. What did y

l," Lyra spat. "S

"Then let me

ed. "You'd

e outer cliffs. You k

owly. "Good.

lias

tion of handing

nted

ground where spirits reveal

er the guise of a secret meeting. Kael h

e edge of the clif

l me the truth. Do you re

.. warmth. Lavender. And her

g that to her child. No one outsi

ace p

whispered. "You

ned toward

she sto

he cliffs was another a spy of the

eard eve

ms were abo