CHAPTER THREE
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The FORGOTTEN QUEEN
The voice beneath the palace had disappeared, but its words remained in Aurelia's mind.
The Queen has returned.
She looked at Kael.
“What did that mean?”
“I'm hoping you know,” he replied.
“Why would I?”
“Because the Moonstone chose you.”
Aurelia frowned. “You said you don't believe in this bond.”
“I don't. That doesn't mean I don't want answers.”
The High Priestess stepped forward.
“The Moonstone doesn't choose mates. It reveals the bond chosen by the Moon Goddess.”
Aurelia glanced at the cracked stone.
“Then why did it react like that?”
“Because it remembers.”
“Remembers what?”
“Ancient magic. Old bonds. And warnings.”
Kael's expression hardened. “What warning?”
The High Priestess looked at Aurelia.
“Three hundred years ago, the Moonstone reacted the same way when Queen Seraphine was chosen.”
Aurelia's stomach tightened.
“Who was she?”
“A queen whose existence was erased from history.”
“Why?”
“Because she nearly destroyed the Seven Realms.”
Aurelia slowly pulled her mother's silver pendant from beneath her dress.
The High Priestess went pale.
Kael stared at it.
“That belonged to Seraphine.”
Aurelia looked at him.
“My mother had it.”
Before either could speak, the Moonstone began to glow.
Four words appeared across its cracked surface.
THE WAR HAS BEGUN.
Outside, warning bells rang throughout the palace.
Kael reached for his sword.
Aurelia looked at him.
“What now?”
He met her eyes.
“Now we find out why the Moonstone brought us together.”
Aurelia folded her arms.
“And if I don't want to?”
Kael gave her a faint smile.
“Then I suppose I'll have to convince you.”
She narrowed her eyes.
“That sounds like a challenge.”
“It is.”
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