Damon’s POV
I found Kael in the council chamber alone the next morning, going over reports by the light of the open wall, and I watched him for a moment before announcing myself, trying to see something in his posture that might confirm or deny what my mother's warning had planted in me.
"You're up early," he said, not looking up from the papers in front of him.
"I had a strange dream," I said, choosing my words carefully. "About my mother."
That got his attention. He set the papers down. "What did she say?"
"A lot of things." I studied his face while I spoke, watching for any flicker that might tell me something. "She told me the seal on my power wasn't placed by an enemy. She and my father placed it themselves, to hide me until I was strong enough to survive being found."
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