Kade POVBy the fourth day, Moonstone Palace no longer felt like a home.It felt like a cage.Every corridor seemed to carry another argument, another rumor, another accusation. Wolves whispered whenever I passed them, and even when they lowered their voices, I could still hear enough to know what they were saying. Some believed I was too weak to rule. Others thought I was secretly protecting Victoria. A few had started saying that I was allowing Rashford's refugees to destroy Moonstone from the inside. And then there were those who had begun repeating my mother's words openly.Give the Chimera what they want.Give them Remi.End the war before it reaches our gates.I had spent four days trying to find an answer that would save everyone, and all I had managed to do was make everyone angrier.I barely recognized myself when I caught my reflection in the window that morning. My clothes hung differently around my shoulders. My face looked thinner. There were dark circles beneath my eyes
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