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Chapter 10

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The betrayal cut deeper than I'd expected. I hadn't imagined such calculated cruelty, even knowing my father's coldness.

"But why maintain the lie for so long?" Costa demanded. "Why let the Council perpetuate the myth of our willing participation?"

"Because myths are powerful," a new voice said from the shadows. A figure emerged—tall, elegant, with silver hair that seemed to glow in the chamber's strange light. "And sometimes you must let your enemies believe their own stories until the moment comes to shatter them."

King Aldric's face brightened. "My dear, you shouldn't be walking yet."

The woman smiled, and I gasped as I recognised the bone structure, the graceful bearing. "Queen Lyanna," I whispered.

"Hello, Shantali," Costa's mother said warmly. "I've waited so long to meet the woman who stole my son's heart so completely."

Costa released my hand and stumbled toward his mother, tears streaming down his face. Their embrace was fierce, desperate, six centuries of separation pouring
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