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CHAPTER 12 — Wife

Author: Mercy V.
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-24 15:44:36

For a second after Crowe’s words, the square felt like it had been punched.

*House Lunaris, come home.*

I couldn’t breathe. Not because my lungs had forgotten how, but because every bone in my body was vibrating with that glass-singing frequency, the bracelet burning like it wanted to melt into my skin.

Then Daire’s hand closed firmly around my elbow.

“Now,” he said. “We move now.”

The crowd churned, everyone trying to decide whether to stay and gawk or pretend they hadn’t lingered at a tribunal rally. Calista stepped back from the mic, hair gleaming under the gray light, expression serene.

If she saw us, she didn’t show it.

Kieran angled his body in front of mine, cutting a path. “Side street,” he said. “Same way we came. Keep your head up.”

I wanted to duck, curl, to disappear, but I forced my chin level. Weak didn’t have to mean small.

We pushed through knots of people, Daire’s grip, steady but not bruising. The bracelet’s heat ebbed to a simmer, then to a dull pulse in time with m
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