Morwenna’s POVI woke with a jolt, sweat clinging to my skin, the metallic taste of blood sharp on my tongue. My chest heaved as if I had been running through war, not sleeping in my own chamber. The dream was still clinging to me—bones cracking under unseen hands, shadows whispering in voices not their own. And through it all, the Bone Seer’s voice had threaded like poison, smooth as silk, cruel as winter.“Your womb holds the kingdom’s fate,” he whispered. “Rule, or ruin. Choose, but know this—choice is only an illusion.”I sat up too fast, pressing both hands to my stomach. The room tilted, my vision blurring at the edges. Pregnant. The word thudded in my mind like a curse. It was a truth no one else knew, a secret burning under my ribs. I should have felt joy, or hope. Instead, only fear bit deep.The prophecy. Always the prophecy.Barefoot, I forced myself toward the balcony. The sky was still bruised purple; dawn had not yet broken. Below me, the kingdom lay restless in its slee
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