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Elara Dawn breaks over the palace courtyard with the kind of crystalline clarity that makes everything feel surreal.I'm standing beside Dominic on the raised observation platform, watching my mother and father share what might be their final private moment before the formal duel begins. Through my
DominicEven if we weren’t risking everything tomorrow, I know I’d still never get enough of Elara. But the fact that we are just makes every touch like a brand, a desperate need to burn every inch of her into my memory. This is about more than bonding or even sexual desire—it's about two people des
Dominic The hours before dawn feel like the longest of my life.I'm standing in the palace armory, methodically checking weapons and defensive equipment that probably won't matter in tomorrow's magical confrontation, but the familiar routines help ground me when everything else feels like chaos spi
Elara The magical aura around Vex flickers with doubt and growing realization that she may have been as much a victim as an aggressor."The Umbral Collective," she whispers, naming forces I don't recognize but that make Queen Sage go very still with recognition."What's the Umbral Collective?" I as
"That's not—""Isn't it?" Vex moves closer, and I can see the family resemblance becoming more pronounced with proximity. "Tell me, dear sister, how long after the pack's destruction did you stop searching for survivors? How long before you decided that your new family was more important than the on
Elara The great hall feels like a stage set for tragedy.We've arranged everything according to Magistra Vex's demands—a formal reception area, witnesses from multiple kingdoms, protocols that emphasize the political rather than personal nature of what's about to unfold. But despite the ceremonial