followed the silver path beyond the Keep. It

nds of years old-showing the Moonfire

age, they wer

ere si

Was it true? Could the villain she'

Riven burst in. They'd followed her.

verything," Riven s

. "Because not every

iding from me?"

e ground split beneath them. A d

onfire

s mark

or her soul h

alls pulsed like veins, and moonlight filtered in unnatura

een, draped in obsidian robes, her

ld you," she said, voice both kind

ed. "That ca

to your line. And they betrayed me-locked me in shadow. All I want now is p

art of her wanted to believe the Queen. But so

ime," she

en replied. "Then I come for t

lf in the Crescent Keep infirmary-Kael and

by the Queen!

" Riven said, more softly

e back to decide... what