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“So, it was our uncle all along?” Liam whispered.
Laelia nodded, staring down at her hands. After returning to the only safe place we knew—the elves’ kingdom—we had gathered everyone in a large meeting room. Laelia sat at the table, her head bowed and her hands resting in front of her. She had been sitting like that since we arrived.
“I can’t believe this,” Henry muttered, his voice laced with anger. “All this time!”
Her brothers were either sitting beside her or pacing the room, while I stood a little farther away, trying to process everything.
“So, what do we do now?” someone asked.
I looked up as my oldest friend spoke. He had changed so much since the last time I had seen him. The fact that he was here at the meeting, willing to help, was surprising. What had happened wh
