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ELORA

Lucy and her brother were born slaves. Her mother had died trying to flee during the slave era and the reign of King Nathan. Lucy had explained how horrible his reign had been. She'd grown up under his reign and the only protection she'd had from evil nobles that tried to exploit slaves was her brother.

She'd told me that she was a twin. Her mother hadn't known who their father was but Lucy said she had told them that a noble had slept with her. They knew they had Lycan blood but her mother had never told her who the noble was. All she'd done was arrange for her to get a job at the palace. And somehow, she'd been very well treated in the palace.

Her brother had hated the palace job. He'd said he detested working under people who were the very oppressors. Lucy said she knew he had taken the job so he could protect her and watch over her.

But years later her twin brother had run off to the South during Nathan's reign and she had not heard a word from him since. He had become a Bl