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CHAPTER THIRTY NINE

Penulis: Abby Gale
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-06 20:59:26

Lyra’s POV

I blinked, heart pounding in my chest as I looked between Ronan and Garrick, searching for some kind of anchor in this sea of confusion.

What had he just called me?

“Seraphina…” the former king whispered again, his eyes still wide, lips trembling like he was seeing a ghost. Like I was a ghost.

I turned to Garrick, who leaned in and murmured with a stunned expression, “Seraphina was the name of the former princess. The one who vanished more than twenty years ago.”

The blood drained from my face. Princess? Vanished? My throat tightened.

I looked back at the former king. He was muttering under his breath, tears building in his eyes, completely unseeing.

“I didn’t fail her… the prophecy… by the gods, the prophecy was real,” he whispered, voice breaking. “I didn’t fail her… I didn’t—”

“What the hell is going on?” Ronan’s sharp voice sliced through the air like a blade.

The old man blinked rapidly and seemed to come back to himself. He straightened slightly in his chair, rubbing
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