The Prince, the Rogue & the Reckoning

the Lower Quarters usually did. The moon hung low over Solarys Kingdom, casting silver light over the maze of roof

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nned. T

heartbeat thudded wild, not from fear, fear was for people with something t

mo

humming with faint warmth. She didn't know why it glowed when she touched it... but she liked the way it made her

asn't sure what she was. A guard's s

ng hard on the next roof. Then she saw it- the long banner of gold

r

. Strong hands gripped her arms. She hissed, read

omach

Aerion

twenty one, only two years older than her, but his presence was enough to make the world pause. He looked

. "What are you do

lmly, as if she'd thanked him. "

t going

solutely goi

hed. "Well... t

r fingers. Aerion's expression changed-slowly, shock bloo

ould burn you,

does

s impo

chin tilted. "I don't

ootsteps. Aerion exhaled sharply, grabbed

way,"

rinces turned them in. Princes smiled poli

helping me?

h eyes that glowed faintl

osed to be able to hold

, "-you looked sca

ared," she s

ay it was a

ut to safe ground. He landed gracefully on a balcony overgrown with vines. She crashed into him, palms on his chest, breat

of his breath, the way magic hummed between them because the relic was still in he

ion!" A dis

reluctantly, as if reality

o leave," h

ing back. "And if the gu

y wo

n added, "Lyra...

n't kno

curved his

rself for feeling... anything. Lyra Thorn did not fall for princes, She stole from them. But a

looked at her li

lways came