Amid all the chaos, Damian and Christina Knechtel calmly step onto the stage, right up next to King Alexandros and Lady Celeste. Just like that, the wailing cuts off. Queen Sophia rises from her throne, eyes narrowed, spine like a steel rod."What are you doing?" the King demands. "Damian, Christina, what is the meaning of this?""I'm giving your firstborn his rightful place," Christina announces, gripping her son's arm, staring down King Alexandros like she's been waiting years to say this sentence. "My son. Our son."Firstborn. Their son. The words land, and the room goes from loud gasps to dead silence in about two seconds flat, which somehow feels louder than the screaming did. The silence stretches on forever until Caspian finally breaks it."Father. Tell me that's not true."King Alexandros doesn't say a single word. His face says plenty.I feel my mate go rigid beside me. Something twists sharp and hot in my own chest—his pain bleeding straight into mine through the bond. I wra
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