AURELIA’S POVThe moment I held them in my arms, everything else vanished. Madeline’s tiny fingers curled around mine, and Kieran rested his head against my shoulder, his small chest rising and falling in perfect rhythm. My lips pressed gently to each of their foreheads, and I couldn’t stop the tears from falling.“I’ve got you,” I whispered, voice breaking. “I’ve got both of you now. No one… no one will ever take you from me again.”Dominic was beside me in an instant, his arms wrapping around me from behind as he kissed my hair, his face buried against my shoulder. “You brought them back,” he murmured, his voice trembling. “You saved them, Aurelia. Thank you.”I turned in his arms, cupping his face with both hands. “We saved them,” I said, my lips brushing his. “We… all of us.”The palace erupted when word spread. Servants, guards, council members, even some nobles—all crowded into the hall where we arrived. Tables were prepared, and a feast was laid out as though we were celebratin
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