BloodBound Crown
Maeve said, to Kael.
He looked at Lyra for a long moment. She felt through the bond his rapid assessment of the options, the pathways, the likely responses.
"We call it a manifestation of the mate bond," he said finally. "Partially true—the bond did accelerate the magic's emergence. We present it as an expected consequence of claiming. Something the healers are monitoring and documenting." He looked at Maeve. "Can you build documentation that supports that framing?"
"I've been documenting her unusual healing response since she arrived," Maeve said. "I can extend that record to include what happened this morning. It won't be false—just—selectively framed."