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Chapter 12 Silver light exploded through the temple.Elara jerked backward, but the Moonstone held her palm against its surface."Elara!"Mira pushed through the servants' section.A guard caught her before she reached the dais."Let me go!""Stay back!""She's my friend!""Move away from the stone!" the priest shouted."I can't!" Elara cried. "My hand won't move!"Silver light raced beneath her skin.It didn't burn.It felt stranger than pain.Like something buried deep inside her had suddenly opened its eyes.Then she heard a voice.Elara.Her breath caught."Who said that?"Mira stared at her."Nobody.""I heard someone."The Moonstone pulsed.A shockwave rolled across the chamber.Candles went out.Several nobles screamed."Get her away from it!""She's destroying the temple!""Call the guards!""Enough!"Kael's voice silenced everyone.He stepped toward the dais."Nobody touches her."The priest stared at him."Your Majesty, the stone is reacting to her!""I can see that.""The

Chapter 14 Darkness swallowed the temple.For several seconds, nobody moved.Then the emergency torches along the walls ignited one after another.Silver embers drifted through the air.The shattered remains of the Moonstone lay across the dais.And Elara realized Kael was still holding her hand.Every noble in the temple was staring at them."Your Majesty."The lead elder stepped forward."The bond must be severed."Kael's fingers tightened around Elara's hand."No."The elder's eyes narrowed."You don't understand what you're risking.""I understand perfectly.""No, you don't." The elder pointed toward the shattered Moonstone. "You just watched an ancient seal break. You heard the prophecy. You felt the bond.""I felt it.""Then you know she cannot remain bonded to you."Elara looked at him."Why?"The elder's attention shifted toward her."Because the kingdom cannot survive another Veyne on the throne."Elara froze."Another Veyne?"Nobody answered.She looked around the temple."

CHAPTER 16 Before dawn, a servant ran the length of the east corridor, knocking on doors that were never touched before sunrise."Emergency session," she whispered to each one. "Council chamber. Now."By the time the elders arrived, sleep-rumpled and uneasy, word had already spread through the palace's lower halls that something had gone badly wrong during the Sacred Moon Ceremony."Why was the council summoned before sunrise?" one elder demanded, dropping into his seat."Who ordered this?" another asked."The King," came the answer.A pause."About the girl?"The chamber went quiet.Lord Vestrin was the first to break it."Then let's resolve this quickly."He rose before he'd even finished settling into his seat."She has already disrupted the Sacred Moon Ceremony. The King rejected her publicly. The matter should end there.""It won't end there," said the elder across from him.Vestrin turned."Why not?""Because the temple spoke."The words landed heavier than they should have.Ar