The Shadowed Queen's Claim
“This stays between us. And if you hear more, about Lila’s plans, about who she’s turning, come to me. There will be more rewards.”
She left him there, reeling, and slipped back into the main corridors with the perfect Luna mask restored. The information burned in her mind: Silas the rogue. Southern borders. Poisons. She would intercept the next meeting.
Later that afternoon, as she reviewed patrol reports in her study, another wave of lunar power surged through her. Shadow tendrils flickered at her fingertips, stronger now. She crushed a practice scroll with them, smiling darkly.
Kael found her there as evening fell, his mood foul after another tense encounter with the mate bond’s pull. “El