Semua Bab The Wrong Mate And The Silver Queen: Bab 91

"You've barely touched your dinner. What's wrong?"Rowan's voice was gentle as he sat beside me in my chambers. The fire crackled in the hearth, casting warm shadows across the room. I'd been staring at the same page of the old text for an hour, my mind elsewhere."Something my mother said," I admitted. "Before everything happened. She mentioned the old Moon Goddess rites—the ones in the forbidden library. She said there was more to the Silver Flame than I knew. More to my bloodline.""And you want to find out what.""I need to. If there's something I'm missing—something that could help protect the kingdom—I have to know."Rowan was quiet for a moment. Then he nodded. "Then we go to the library. Together."The forbidden section was exactly as I remembered it—dusty, ancient, filled with secrets that had been hidden for centuries. The key my mother had given me still worked, the iron door swinging open with a groan."The texts are organized by subject," I said, moving among the shelves.