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Chapter 27

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Serena

The knocking came early.

Too early.

I was still in my robe, brushing Ari’s hair while he sat on the counter eating toast. My mother was folding linens on the couch. Everything was normal — quiet, still.

Then three firm knocks at the door.

A pause.

Then another.

Ma and I looked at each other. Her eyes narrowed.

I opened it carefully.

Kael stood there.

Dressed simply. No guards. No pomp.

Just Kael — towering, tense, and holding a folded envelope in one hand.

His eyes found Ari behind me, then flicked to my face.

“I want to show you something,” he said.

—

We walked together in silence. I didn’t ask questions. He didn’t offer answers.

The estate was unusually quiet for mid-morning. A few staff bowed as we passed, their eyes flickering from him to me… then down again.

There was something different in the way they looked at me now.

Like they didn’t quite know what I was anymore.

Not a maid.

Not a mistress.

Not yet a Luna.

Just… me.

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