Morwenna’s POVI could still feel the echo of Leofric’s kiss burning on my lips, an unshakable tether between us, even as the council chamber filled with the low rumble of dissent. The war table lay before us, scattered with maps inked in red and black, but all I could see was his gaze holding mine like a silent vow.“Your Majesty,” Lord Ansel said, his voice sharp as flint, “you cannot expect the court to follow you into war on the word of a child from an impossible future.”Elira stood at my side, her small fingers digging into my palm with quiet desperation. She said nothing, but I could feel her fear thrumming like a drumbeat through her touch. Her eyes—my eyes—watched the lords like a predator cornered.“She is not merely a child,” I said, my voice low but cutting through the noise. “She has seen the flames that will consume us. If we wait for proof, there will be nothing left to save.”Leofric’s hand brushed mine beneath the table, a fleeting connection meant only for me. “You h
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