“What did I just do?”Nobody answered.Because everybody was still kneeling.My breathing turned shallow.No.No, no, no.This was wrong.The Crown Prince slowly lifted his head first.Shock flickered across his face.Real shock.Not amusement.Not calculation.Fear.That terrified me more than anything else tonight.Silas was the only one still standing.His gold eyes stayed locked on me steadily.Grounding.Steady.Safe.But even he looked shaken now.Outside, the howling had completely stopped.The city had gone silent.Dead silent.Like the wolves beyond these walls were waiting for something.Waiting for me.“I didn’t mean to do that,” I whispered.Seraphine rose slowly to her feet.“You commanded them.”“I don’t even know how!”Her expression darkened.“That’s the problem.”The Prince stood next.Smoothly.Gracefully.But his silver eyes never left me.“Well,” he murmured softly, “history just became significantly more complicated.”Kael pushed himself upright harder than the ot
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