Anatoria POV
Nero was growing stronger. Far too strong. That beast in the arena… the one we had counted on to tear him apart .. had been ripped to pieces instead. And now the blood moon was feeding him even more power. It made my skin crawl.
Victoria paced like a caged cat, her heels clicking sharply against the marble. “How did he do it? That thing was supposed to be unstoppable..”
I sat on the high-backed chair, fingers drumming on the armrest. “He’s becoming something else. The moon is changing him faster than we anticipated. And Kade… that boy is still too attached to his brother.
If we move openly against Nero now, it will fracture the entire court. We need another way.”
Victoria stopped pacing. A slow, satisfied smile crept across her face. “We finally have something. The right
