The Slave Queen's Awakening
"I am Sylvia Velmont, daughter of Emperor Aurelius, last of the Lunar Blessed bloodline, and I stand here not to beg for mercy but to claim what was stolen from me."
The room exploded into chaos. Wolves shouted, some in outrage, others in disbelief. The King merely smiled, leaning back in his throne.
"There it is," He said softly, but somehow his voice carried over the din. "Treason, spoken openly. You claim my throne, slave?"
"I claim the throne you murdered my father to steal," I corrected. "I claim justice for every Lunar Blessed family you slaughtered. I claim vengeance for eighteen years of torture and degradation, and I claim the life you owe for every crime committed in darkness."