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A Blade Beneath the Crown

Author: Holland Ross
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-22 06:19:39

They toasted her like a god.

Raised silver goblets, knelt at her feet, vowed loyalty to the witch who returned from death.

But not all of them meant it.

Not truly.

Not in the dark.

Especially not in the dark.

In the caverns beneath the ruined hall of the Old Blooded Court, the air was colder than it should’ve been. No torches. Just the scent of wet stone, mold, and ancient magic.

Three shadows gathered around an obsidian altar, etched in runes too old for translation.

“I saw her with my own eyes,” hissed the voice of the Winter envoy. “She didn’t walk out of the Temple. She crawled through it. You call that power? That’s a parasite, wearing her face.”

“She silenced Prince Veyric with a flick of her hand,” murmured the envoy from Dusk Court. “No spell. No chant. She just looked at him.”

“That’s not magic,” the third shadow said. “That’s possession.”

The stone altar shimmered with blood—old offerings pulsing as if they heard every word.

The Winter envoy leaned closer. “She shouldn’t be
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