The Lycan King’s Broken Mate
Its leather cracked with age, marked with a crest: a crescent moon, three stars, cradled by dragon wings.
My heart froze.
“I’ve… seen this before,” I whispered.
“Where?” Aedan asked.
“In a dream. A woman wore it around her neck. And when she touched me… her hand felt like mine. Warm, but burning from within.”
Aedan broke the seal. The book opened. On its first pages a family tree unfolded. At its root, one name:
House Aetherwyn.
“The girl who had to be hidden. The child whose light awoke too soon. Her change came as a teenager. Her mother was exiled, she was erased. Her blood… concealed.”