CHAPTER 25 — FIRE BENEATH SKINArianna’s POVThe arena smelled of sweat and wood polish, the scent thick with anticipation. Mooncrest’s warriors were assembled, lined in formation, their eyes fixed on me as I stretched, feeling the baby shift gently inside me. The baby’s movements sent small waves of warmth coursing through my body, a rhythm that pulsed in tandem with my own heart. The sunlight filtering through the open roof of the arena painted the floor in golden streaks, and for a fleeting second, I allowed myself to feel… normal.Normal.I shook the thought away. I wasn’t normal—not anymore. Not since the whispers, not since the blood in my chambers, not since the seer had warned Kael about the prophecy. Normalcy was a memory, a fragile illusion, and the arena was about to prove it.“Today’s exercise,” Kael’s voice boomed across the field, smooth, commanding, and laced with something more—a subtle undercurrent of awe. My pulse quickened at the sound, though I refused to let it un
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