Morwenna’s POVFlames still burned in my mind long after the courtyard went quiet. Smoke hung heavy in the air, thick and acrid, but it couldn’t touch the fire inside me—the one that fear, love, and responsibility had lit. I held Elira close, feeling her pulse against my own, steady and alive, impossible for one so small. Her silver-flecked eyes scanned everything around us with that strange wisdom, like she already knew more of what was coming than I could imagine.Leofric crouched beside me, wiping soot from his face, but his gaze was distant, sharp, calculating. I could see the tension coiled in his shoulders, in the way his hands hovered over the blade now resting at his side. He had always been my protector, but now his vigilance carried a different edge. Something darker, sharper. He knew as I did that nothing—neither strength, nor magic, nor love—would shield us from what was coming.“Elira,” I whispered, brushing her hair from her forehead. She responded with a tiny squeeze, b
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