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UNITY!
**Lyra’s pov** I stared at the portrait, I couldn’t move. Kael stood beside me, silent, Aurora had moved closer too, and Adrian was studying the date beneath the painting.“This is impossible,” he whispered. I barely heard him because my attention was fixed on the fourth figure… me. There I was, standing beside Kael, Aurora, and Adrian, four supernatural beings, four names, four bloodlines, and beneath us was a date that existed before our current lives, before the rebirth, before we knew what was happening.My stomach twisted. “Someone knew we would be reborn,” Aurora said quietly.“No,” Kael replied.His voice was low. “Someone expected us to be reborn.” I looked at him, he seemed too calm, I knew him well enough to see the tension in his jaw, he was afraid, but not for himself, for all of us. I looked back at the portrait, suddenly, all the memories I had buried came rushing forward, Kael dying, my hands against him, the horror in his eyes, the control inside my mind
My Guilt Beneath
**Lyra’s pov** The door beneath the palace began to open, I stood several steps behind Kael, Aurora, Adrian, and the others, staring at the darkness beyond it. No one spoke, as the sound of stone grinding against stone echoed through the underground chamber, and every second seemed to stretch longer than the last. I should have been afraid of what we were about to find, instead, I was afraid of myself, because while everyone else stared at the opening door, my eyes remained fixed on Kael. He was alive, that thought still felt impossible sometimes, Kael was alive. Standing only a few feet away from me, breathing, talking, and looking at me with those same eyes I had once watched close forever. My chest tightened. I had spent so long pretending that I was ready for this, pretending that being reborn had given me another chance, pretending that I could simply move forward.But the truth was much uglier. I had never stopped thinking about what I had done, before Kael w
We Are Not Close
**Kael’s pov** Nobody moved, Aurora stared at the open portal, and I turned toward it. At first, I saw nothing, then a figure slowly stepped forward, Father immediately moved between us.“Stay back.” The figure didn’t respond, the portal flickered, then it vanished. The chamber fell silent.“What was that?” Adrian asked.Aurora looked terrified. “I don’t know.”I turned toward her. “Are you hurt?”She shook her head. “No.”“Are you sure?”“Yes.”I studied her. She looked exhausted, her clothes were worn, her hair was messy, and she looked like someone who had spent far too long surviving alone. I wanted to ask her a thousand questions. What happened? How long had she been there? Who had been watching her? What had she discovered? But she needed rest.Mother approached her. “Come with me.”Aurora nodded.Mother wrapped a cloak around her shoulders. “You’re safe now.”Aurora’s eyes filled with tears. “Thank you.” I watched them leave, something inside me loosened. Fo
Aurora Is Back Home!
**Kael’s pov** The voice from the darkness lingered in my mind long after the palace lights returned.“Now you finally know.” But the moment the lights came back, there was no one behind us, only the three of us, my father, my mother, and me. The document remained on the table, the name was still visible, but I refused to touch it… not yet. After everything that had happened, I had learned one thing, a clue wasn’t automatically the truth, we had already suspected advisor Duskbane, we had already suspected people who had turned out not to be responsible, and now we had headmaster Alaric’s name appearing in enough places to make me suspicious, but not enough to condemn him. I wasn’t going to make the same mistake again.Father picked up the document. “We investigate this properly.”Mother nodded. “No accusations. Not until we have proof.”I agreed. “Then what do we do first?”Father looked toward me. “We bring Aurora home.”My heart skipped. Aurora, that was the one
Who is the third?
**Kael’s pov** Mother entered the chamber slowly, she looked from me to Father, then toward the fading magical circle.“Was that Aurora?”I nodded. “Yes.”Her eyes softened. “Then she’s alive.”“Yes.”She came closer. “But you didn’t bring her back.”“Not yet.”Mother looked at the markings on the floor. “How close were you?”“Very.” So I explained what happened. How I had seen Aurora, how we had almost opened the bridge, how the connection had collapsed. Mother listened carefully, then she looked at Father.“And the First King?”Father hesitated. “Kael had another dream.”Mother looked at me. “What did you see?” I told her, everything, when I finished, she remained silent.“And you think headmaster Alaric is responsible?”“I don’t know.”“Good.”I frowned. “Good?”Mother nodded. “Because there is a difference between suspicion and proof.”Father sighed. “That’s what I’ve been telling him.”I crossed my arms. “But the evidence is piling up.”“I know.”Mother walked towa
Finally!
**Kael’s pov**“ALARIC” The name refused to leave my mind. I stood in the middle of my room, staring at nothing, while the final words from my dream replayed over and over. The First King had looked directly at me, he had told me that the person responsible for everything was closer than I thought. Then he had said that name.Headmaster Alaric. The man who had welcomed us back to Blackthorn, the man who had helped us understand the First King’s seal, the man who had stood beside us while we planned everything, and the man we had trusted. I shook my head.No. There had to be another explanation, dreams were not evidence, especially dreams involving the First King. I quickly dressed and left my room, father was already awake when I reached his study, he looked up from the documents spread across his desk.“Kael?”I closed the door behind me. “We need to talk.”His expression immediately changed. “What happened?”“I had another dream.”Father stood. “Another one about the
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