The assassin’s final words refused to leave Kaelira’s mind.
“The Queen remembers too much.”
She repeated them over and over as she stood by the window of her chamber, watching rain fall over Moonfall Palace.
Too much?
She had only recovered fragments of her past.
What memories could be so dangerous that people were willing to kill her to keep them buried?
A soft knock interrupted her thoughts.
Before she could answer, Lucien slipped into the room and quietly closed the door behind him.
He looked unusually serious.
“I think it’s time I showed you something.”
Kaelira frowned.
“What is it?”
He glanced toward the hallway to make sure no one had followed him.
“A place the Council doesn’t want you to find.”
Nearly an hour later, they stood before an old stone wall hidden beneath th
