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Chapter 41

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"Fate?" Miranda asks, bewildered, "what do you mean fate?"

"A test," Joe answers for Sean, "She'll undergo a test. If she passes, then she's destined to be Queen and if she doesn't, annihilation."

Like a knot, my stomach tightens and my breath hitches in my throat. A test? Failure means annihilation? I don't even want to be the queen of anything?! Why don't I have a say in this? I can't be Sean's wife. Not while I still breathe and have control of myself. I'd never love nor marry the man that destroyed me. Never.

"And what 'test' is this?" Miranda asks again.

"That would be best kept hidden from the human," Joe says, looking at Sean as if to remind him.

"Crystal," Sean says, and I look up at him, but he looks at Joe, "She has a name, and it's Crystal."

Joe nods his head and Sean continues, "On the third moon from now, we shall gather again for the test. For now, we should prepare for whatever is to come."

I just want to go back into my room, but I can't act on my own accord. Damn Sean
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