HER DAUGHTER'S REJECTED MATE
"You said this was locked away since before the founding of Fresh Meadows. Why now?"
"Because the blood has returned," Moses murmured, eyes flicking to the thin red scar glowing along Xavier's palm. "Because she stirs. And because you've begun to remember."
Xavier struck the flint. Sparks danced. The corner of the scroll caught, flames curling slowly across it—but instead of ash, it left glowing script behind, as though fire birthed truth.
He read aloud, his voice barely above a whisper:
"To the bearer of both curse and cause, heir to the flame that walks forgotten, there lies the Crown of Fire and Bone. Not forged, but born. Not wielded, but awakened. Its fire burns black with memory. Its a
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