KAIA'S POV
Gasps erupted all around me. The entire arena seemed to inhale at once from the shock of the confirmation.
I swayed slightly on my feet. My mouth went dry. I blinked a couple of times, wondering if maybe I had heard that wrong.
It’s true?
Leander is royalty?
But... how was that even possible?
This whole thing had sounded like a joke until Elder Agatha said it. Somehow, hearing it from her made it sound more real than anything else I’d heard all night.
And apparently, I wasn’t the only one.
Leander’s face was full of shock. His eyes were wide, and his lips were parted.
“What?” he breathed in disbelief.
The crowd exploded with shouts and gasps, people yelling questions, others arguing. The storm we’d tried to avoid had hit full force, and this time there was no controlli
