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CHAPTER 12
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The Exiled Princess CHAPTER 12
THIRD PERSON POVTHE HIGH REALMWith Aveline gone, the palace sat heavy and hollow, like a great beast that had swallowed something precious and had not yet realized the cost. The guards walked the halls in uneasy silence. Servants whispered in corners. The air felt thick and cold, as if grief itself clung to the walls.Inside the Queen’s private solar, however, the quiet did not exist.Lysandra lifted a crystal goblet filled with deep ruby wine, the liquid glimmering like blood under the candlelight. She held it toward her daughter with a satisfied curl of her lips.“To the fall of the High Realm’s most beloved princess,” she said, each word dripping with delight.Seraphine laughed, a sharp, brittle sound that cut the air. She clinked her glass against her mother’s, eyes bright with triumph. “To the beginning of our reign.”They drank.Seraphine sprawled back in her velvet chair, one leg draped over the other, her gown shimmering in soft shades of rose gold and cream. She looked brea
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The red jumper Elara forced upon me clung softly to my arms instead of weighing me down with velvet and embroidery. The pants stretched in ways that made me deeply suspicious of their intentions. It felt as though the fabric wished to swallow my legs whole. The boots, at least, possessed a respectable heel, so I trusted them slightly more than everything else.When I stepped out of the bedroom, Marek was waiting.His eyes swept over me slowly, almost cautiously. He did not breathe. He did not move. Then, in a very quiet voice, he said, “It suits you.”I fidgeted beneath his gaze. “I feel as though I have been wrapped in festive wool for ritual display. Am I meant to blend in with the decorations? Will people mistake me for one of the trees?”His lips curved just barely. “No one will mistake you for anything other than what you are.”“That sounds ominous,” I muttered, clutching the edge of the jumper.He merely shook his head and motioned for me to follow.We walked through the packhou
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I did not sleep. At least, not for long.I lay awake the entire night, eyes wide, staring at the strange ceiling with its glowing bulbs and soft shadows, my mind spinning wildly in every direction. Every time the heater clicked, I flinched. Every time someone whispered in the hallway, I curled into myself. Every time the Christmas lights twinkled, I wondered if they were going to cast a spell or explode.When morning light crept through the window, pale blue and cold against the snow outside, I still had not slept.I turned my head slowly, expecting more strange objects, more glowing things, more confusion.Instead, I found Marek.Asleep.On the couch.In my room.I squealed and yanked the blanket up to my chin so fast I nearly threw it across the room. “What are you doing here? This is inappropriate. You cannot simply sleep in a woman’s chamber without permission. If my royal court saw this, they would faint.”Marek startled awake, sitting up with a sharp jolt, one hand going straigh
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The word shifters cracked through my nerves like lightning.I stared at Marek as if he had grown another head. My voice shook, but not weakly. No, it came out sharper, fiercer, twisting with fear and fury.“Why do wolves turn into men? Why did your pack become monsters and then become you? I demand answers.”Lucian, standing by the door, muttered, “Bold.”Marek shot him a warning look before he stepped toward me, slow and controlled, like a man approaching a cornered animal.“We are shifters,” he said, voice calm enough to soothe thunder. “Born with a wolf inside. We shift between human and wolf forms.”“I see,” I said flatly. “So you are either cursed or blessed, depending on the day.”Lucian choked on a laugh. Marek did not.He sat on the edge of the bed, but not too close. “It is normal here.”“Nothing is normal here,” I snapped. “Not your shifting. Not your giant wolf bodies. Not your Christmas trees wearing jewelry. Not your little glowing suns hanging from ropes. Not the singing
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Warmth hit my skin before my eyes opened.Not the warmth of firestones or spelllight. Not the warmth of enchanted hearths or sun-stones. This warmth hummed, steady and constant, like a creature breathing from inside the walls.I blinked slowly.The room around me glowed in soft gold. Shadows stretched across wooden floors. Something twinkled in the corner. Something bright. Something clearly unnatural. Something that looked like it might cast a spell the moment I blinked wrong.I pushed myself upright on shaking arms.The glowing thing towered over me.It was a tree.A tree inside the house.A tree wearing… jewelry? And ribbons? And glowing beads? And little orbs that looked suspiciously like trapped souls?“What?” I whispered.Its branches sparkled with tiny lights, round ornaments, silver strands, red bows, gold shapes. Something glittered like frost. Something glowed warm and bright.I stared at it with wide, horrified eyes.My breath hitched. “Why is the tree dressed?”Lucian, lea
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The world swayed beneath me, rocking in uneven jolts. Warmth pressed against my cheek, steady and solid. For a long, hazy moment I thought I was still falling through the portal. My mind clung to that terror so tightly that I half expected the ground to vanish under me again.But then a scent hit me.Earth. Pine. Cold. Smoke.And something else entirely.Marek.My eyes cracked open.He carried me as if I weighed less than a cloak. My body curled toward his warmth completely on instinct, which felt rude considering I did not trust him, did not trust this world, and absolutely did not trust the sky anymore. If anything in this realm was likely to betray me again, it would probably be the sky. Or the snow. Or both, working together in some sort of weather conspiracy.His long strides cut across the forest floor, snow crunching beneath his boots.I stared at it, horrified. “What is that?”“Snow,” Marek said.“The sky makes this?” I demanded.“Yes.”“For what purpose? Why would the sky do
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