Moonblood Heir

th lingered long after th

Muscles ached in places she didn't know existed. Her breathing came in short

lf-form-caught somewher

ouldn't s

He said nothing at first, just observed with eyes tha

hispered hoarsely,

d the form too long for your f

no ch

slowly returning, bones cracking into place

elf upright, wo

he gate. Smoke drifted from shattered towers. Duskvale had survived, but bare

ft them wit

The Seer. I hit him full-f

ed. "Because he's

what i

remembered what we were. He's not bound by blood. Not bound

ough her limbs. "W

oonblood hasn't surfaced in centuries. The last time it

"Then tell me everything

er gaze-and

walked between forms like breathing. The Moonblood line came from them. But something changed. They started birthi

rely audible. "And s

hey claimed. But some bloodlines hi

es, songs sung in a language no one else understoo

r knew,"

And she pa

fists

unger soldier-barely twenty-stopped before Fenric and sa

ere's a

tood. "F

hesitated. "

a and Fen

to keep threats out. An in

adership didn't wait for smoke to clear. Elara sat to the side, draped in a dark cloak, stil

he Council, flanked b

Circle knew where our wards were weakest. They knew our rotation sh

th white hair braided in rings, leaned

nd set of tracks along the southern tunnels-leading in,

erupted i

None looked shocked enough. Too ma

yset male with deep scars on his

t the room. "I suspect someone in

sp

t, too careful. She could smell fear now

hen let me qu

m went

stared

." She took a step forward. "Use that. Let m

think bloodline intui

lmly. "But it mak

agree-but they didn

he knew eyes watched her from every shadow. Her senses, now height

one place that had access to guard roste

lood on the

omach

or open, she s

burnt on the floor. Ink pooled n

bo

throat opened cleanly.

had sile

re was a symbol carved into the woo

ossing over a

rcle's

eath it

or

breath

ew tha

d under Fenric before defecting years ago. His bet

w he w

ir chilled. Her

tu

la

her mouth. Cold st

eed," a voice ra

di

way, moving with deadly precision. The scent-

fu

like ghosts, deeper into the

hey st

pun her arou

gainst the wall bef

he s

er eyes and a jagged scar running down his cheek. His l

horne," s

s," h

ou kill th

to warn him. Someo

eyes. "Why shou

nd because the Seer is no longer following orders. He's huntin

k, breath short.

ng. If he awakens them under his control-your death won't

n through

t what?" she

outes. The sealed temples. The

arms. "And what

. "Call me

m, a shado

abbed her and ducked. The dagger emb

e no lon

ared he

was far f