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I refused her help, silent and cold. I bathed myself and dressed up, my eyes fixed on my reflection in the mirror until it choked me up. The truth and the cruel reality of what is happening.

Lycannar will not remain weak or tamed for long. He might lose control soon, and when he does, he will become a ravaging beast, one who could slaughter even his beloved people.

Dessyn had betrayed me. If she hadn’t… then Varyn wouldn’t have had the audacity to order our warriors to march into the Lycan Kingdom to seize the princesses.

He knew the king who would save them was weak, but he had forgotten that Chantel still stands.

My gaze slowly moved from my reflection to my hand. The ring around my finger, which I had begun to wear with pride, gleamed faintly.

The runes over my skin still pulsed faintly, hidden beneath my clothes. Perhaps soon, I would stop hiding them altogether.

But not yet. Not now. I had to face what awaited me in the meeting chamber, where even the Council members had gathered.