The Rejected Luna’s Hidden Legacy
Every major kingdom had been summoned to the Summit of the Twelve Alphas … the first gathering since my awakening had shaken the world.
Cassian read the guest list aloud, steady, until his jaw locked around one name.
“Blackthorn Kingdom.”
Silence. Every eye in the room found me.
I smiled instead of flinching … slow, calm, a little dangerous, even to my own ears.
“Good. I’m tired of hiding.”
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They opened the treasury that afternoon and drew the Moon Crown out from beneath centuries of sealed magic … a crown that had rejected every ruler who’d dared reach for it, its silver surface cold enough to fog the glass case around it.