FERRIS’ POV The moment I laid eyes on Marco l, I knew something was off. Even as we had dinner, the felt wrong. It was thicker somehow. “Seize him,” I ordered coldly, pointing at Marco. The room froze. “What?” Elise shrieked. She walked to me “Ferris, what are you doing?” I didn’t look at her
ELISE’S POVWe all sat for dinner that night. Eden and Sophia couldn’t join us. Eden was on a mission to find out the hideout for the thirteenth claw and Sophia was stuck in the library, looking for clues.We were in one of the smaller, more intimate palace dining halls—just the four of us. Ferris h
ELISE’S POVI sat at the head of the long table in the meeting room, surrounded by the noblewomen from the inner circle. They were all dressed in fine silk with their hair pinned back with jeweled clips, and every curl in place. We were talking about outer territory security, land problems, and gett
GINA’S POVI stood in the middle of the Thirteenth Claw’s underground temple. It was an ancient place, carved deep into the earth long before kingdoms even existed. The air around me was thick with power. The stone walls were covered in glowing runes, written in a language no one spoke anymore.The
ELISE’S POVThe silence was deafening.I didn’t know how long I had been there. Time didn’t move in that place—if it was even a place at all. Just endless silver trees lined the place. The ground beneath my bare feet was soft and cool, and the only sound was the small sound of a river nearby.But ev
“What’s happening to them?” I whispered. “Why them? Why now?” “I don’t know,” he said softly, “but I swear to you that we’ll find out. I won’t let anything happen to them. Or to you.”I nodded numbly, but inside, everything felt like it was shattering.I sat by the hospital bed, clutching Kael’s ti