BOUND TO THE BLOOD KING
And from deep beneath those black waters, the serpent opened its golden eye once more, no longer chained, no longer waiting.
Bianca’s peace had ended not with war, but with a whisper.
As dawn broke, the first reports reached the Ashford estate ships vanishing off the northern coast, their crews gone, only serpentine symbols left scorched into their hulls.
Luna stood beside her mother on the balcony, the wind tangling their hair.
“Is it coming for us?” Luna asked.
Bianca didn’t answer. She simply looked at the horizon, where a single black fin sliced through the rising waves.
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