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Chapter 22: Magic I Never Asked For

Penulis: Zoia Zatserkovna
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-02 11:00:10

Mira’s POV

After Alexander left, it felt like something inside me had been ripped away. Not in a dramatic, storybook kind of way, but quiet. Ache in the chest. Silence too loud. I missed him. Gods, I missed him. His smile. His scent. The way his voice dropped when he called me “mate.” I missed the way my body came alive under his hands, how my soul reached for him without permission. I wanted him here. With me. Always.

But he was gone.

That morning, to my surprise, my mother knocked on my chamber door. Queen Veronica never knocked. She stepped in with a soft smile and said, “Your father and I decided to give you all a day off. The older council will handle duties. Go… be young.”

I barely had time to register it before Cora appeared, tugging me out of my haze. She said they’d planned a small picnic, just like the ones we used to have before everything got heavy with politics. Elena, unsurprisingly, had opted out i

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