Maya's POV “My… my father is alive?” The whisper slipped from my lips like a breath of icy air, breaking the silence that hung over the royal chambers. I jumped to my feet, ignoring the wave of dizziness that hit me from moving so fast. The gray silk blankets fell to the floor as I walked straight toward Elga, my eyes fixed on the mystical mirror the elderly woman held with trembling hands. In its golden reflection, the images of Silver Moon’s army advancing across the frozen river faded, replaced by the silhouette of a man chained to a stone wall. His gray hair was tangled, his torso covered in old wounds, and his eyes were dull after years of torture. It was him. Ryker. The man who, in my few childhood memories, used to sing old songs to me before I fell asleep. The man Hunter and his council had sworn had died at the border. “It’s him, Lawrence… It’s my father,” I said, and my voice, which had been weak from the fever only moments before, turned cold and sharp as steel. Rage be
最後更新 : 2026-07-04
