Chapter 14: The Sentence of Death
The first person to demand Elena Moonveil’s execution was the man who had once carried her mother’s coffin.
She recognized him before he finished speaking.
Lord Cassian stood beneath the council chamber’s golden crest, dressed in black ceremonial robes. His silver hair had grown thinner, but the scar running from his left temple to his jaw remained unmistakable.
Elena had seen that scar in her childhood nightmares.
He had been there the night her family supposedly died.
“Let the record show,” Cassian announced, “that Elena Moonveil is a danger to every kingdom under the moon. She carries forbidden power, has corrupted the royal sanctuary, and threatens the life of our king.”
Elena stood between two armed guards, her wrists bound in enchanted silver
