CHAPTER 147: CROWN OF STORMSLUCIEN'S POV: SONG OF THE CHAPTER: "DEAD MAN WALKING" – BRENT FAIYAZ~~~ The council chamber stinks of fear masked as formality. Rain pelts the stained-glass windows of the Great Hall, lightning throwing shadows that stretch like claws across the faces of the Elders. I stand at the center of the room, soaked from my ride here, the wetness clinging to my hair, my clothes, like a second skin of tension. Their voices rise around me, layered, urgent, all tangled with the same undercurrent; war is coming. And they want to crown me King. “Lucien is already the rightful heir,” says Elder Tavros, his voice the consistency of gravel. “The world burns outside these walls. What we need is not prophecy but power.”“Power without balance is destruction,” counters Elder Maevis, softer, but unwavering. “Rhea-” “She is not of our kind,” Tavros snaps. “She is more than you can begin to comprehend,” Maevis returns. Their words bounce off the high stone
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