~SilverThe prophet showed up at breakfast three days later looking as smug as someone that old and wrinkled could possibly look.I was eating pancakes that Caspian had attempted to make and pretending they weren’t slightly raw in the middle when the doors to the dining hall opened and the prophet walked in with his stupid staff and his knowing eyes.“The bond is weak,” he announced without preamble.Caspian set down his coffee. “Good morning to you too.”“There is nothing good about this morning when I can feel the instability in your mate bond from across the kingdom.” The prophet walked closer and I felt Bastian tense beside me. “You completed the bond once. It was not enough.”My stomach dropped. “What do you mean not enough?”“The mate bond between three people requires maintenance. One encounter was enough to form the connection but not enough to sustain it.” He looked between the three of us. “The bond is already weakening. And with it the healing effects on the kingdom are sta
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