C50 THE BETRAYAL OF THE BLOODLINE

The royal corridors were quiet when Damon returned, the air filled with the aroma of ash and fear. He had lived through numerous wars, faced adversaries who tore through countries like fire through parchment — but none of it seemed as thick as the gloom now coiling over his home.

He didn’t know what worried him more: the threat outside these walls… or the power blossoming inside her