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Kael sat alone in his room, the silence pressing in around him as Phoebe’s words repeated in his mind with unsettling clarity.“The one you seek is close to you, but the one you need is even closer. Two choices will save the kingdom. The third will destroy it.”She had not needed to finish for him to understand.He drew in a slow breath and let it out just as carefully, trying to steady the tension that had not left him since the assembly. Nothing about what he had felt made sense. The reaction had been immediate, overwhelming in a way that left no room for doubt, and his wolf had responded without hesitation, as if it had already made its choice long before he could think.That was what mattered.Kael lowered his gaze slightly, his thoughts tightening as he forced himself to separate instinct from uncertainty. There had been something off, something he could not fully name, but it did not change what he had felt. The pull had been too strong to ignore, too absolute to dismiss as anyt

Elaine swung her sword again, harder than before, the force of it carrying through her arms as if she could drive the frustration out with each strike. The impact echoed across the empty training ground, sharp and unrelenting. She had lost. The thought refused to settle, pressing against her with every movement. Elaine had never lost, not like this, not in front of everyone, and certainly not to someone who had just arrived.Her grip tightened as she struck again, faster this time, less controlled. It was not just the loss. It was what came with it. The attention shifting, the expectations slipping, the quiet sense that something she had always held was no longer entirely hers.The sword came down again, but this time her strength gave out with it. She dropped to the ground, breath uneven, chest rising and falling as exhaustion caught up to her. Sweat clung to her skin, strands of hair sticking to her face. She was no longer composed, no longer the image everyone expected, and for onc