Mia’s POVThe voice echoed through the darkness.“Welcome home, daughter.”I froze.My fingers remained wrapped around the door handle.Daughter.The word shouldn’t have meant anything.I had never heard that voice before.Yet something inside me recognized it.Not my mind.Something deeper.The Crown inside my chest pulsed once.Then again.Kael stepped closer.“Mia.”I didn’t answer.My eyes were fixed on the darkness beyond the door.My mother stood behind me.She was trembling.“Close it,” she whispered.I slowly turned.“Who is he?”She looked at me.“Your father.”My heart stopped.Kael went still.The Hollow remained silent.For once, it didn’t seem interested in interfering.I looked back through the doorway.A long corridor stretched ahead.The walls were covered in ancient symbols.Silver symbols on one side.Black symbols on the other.At the end stood a man.I couldn’t see his face.Only his silhouette.Tall.Still.Waiting.I stepped inside.“Mia, don’t!”My mother grabbe
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