My Mate's Father Claimed Me
“They’re starting to talk.”
“Yes,” I said. “And not the way we want.”
We walked together along the perimeter path, boots crunching over gravel. Below them, Mystic Hollows stretched out, a living thing made of stone, wood, and memory.
“Stories are forming,” I continued. “Not rumors, myths, a child who calms storms, a boy the land listens to.”
Kael’s jaw tightened. “He’s just a child.”
“I know,” I replied. “But belief doesn’t care.”
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