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Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

The Mother Behind the Crown

Aria couldn’t hear anything.

Not the wolves outside.

Not the cracking stone.

Not Kael calling her name.

Nothing.

Her entire world had narrowed down to one person.

Queen Elara.

The woman who had held her.

The woman who had cried for her.

The woman who had told her she had searched eighteen years.

The woman Aria had called Mother.

Elara stood silently.

Tears streamed down her face.

But she didn’t defend herself.

She didn’t deny it.

That was worse.

Aria took
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