Kael POV
I don’t even bother asking how he knows where I’ve been. My father has eyes and ears everywhere in this palace; nothing happens without him being informed within the hour.
“In a manner of speaking.” I close the door behind me and move to stand before his desk. “I need to ask you about a bloodline called Eclipse Born.”
The change in my father’s expression is immediate and dramatic. The casual authority he always carries shifts into something sharper, more alert. His pale eyes stare at me with sudden intensity, and I see his jaw tighten almost imperceptibly.
“Eclipse Born,” he repeats slowly, like he’s testing the words. “Well, that’s a term I haven’t heard in ages. Where did you encounter it?”
“Came up during my questioning of Magnus Blackwood.”
The King leans back in his cha
