KAIA’S POV
Leander stood frozen in place, eyes wide as he stared at her, at his aunt.
The lost princess of Celestial Dawn, whom not many of us even knew existed until tonight.
The only surviving sister of the late King.
And his blood.
“What in the goddess’s name was that?” Elder Raymond shouted, breaking the silence. “Did anyone else just see that? That shadow! That thing—”
“It came for the boy,” Elder Silas muttered, horrified. “It’s almost like it was summoned by something…”
“Do you see now?!” Athena’s voice rang out again, angry and full of fire. “Do you see why he had to stay hidden all these years? Why the truth was buried? Because revealing it brings danger to us all—but hiding it only feeds the darkness further!”
The crowd was murmuring, frightened. People looked to the elde
