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Chapter 203

Author: Noah
last update publish date: 2026-06-27 09:58:09

KIERAN

I FIND myself standing in Lucian’s study a few days later, having been summoned by the man.

He’s standing by the window, staring out at the courtyard below, when I enter. He doesn’t turn around, and the tension in his shoulders tells me this isn’t a casual get-together.

“I’ve spent the past two days trying to stop the Umbra Council from doing this,” he says without preamble.

I don’t need to ask what he means. The pressure to take a mate has been mounting since the Council’s last decree.
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