“Tell me everything.”
Kael looked at me from across the room.
“About the Council?”
“About everything.”
He was silent for a moment.
Then he pulled out a chair.
“The Moon Council is older than any kingdom you know.”
I sat down.
“Who are they?”
“They were once the keepers of the Moonborn bloodline.”
Adrian, who had been standing near the door, frowned.
“Keepers?”
Kael nodded.
“They governed the old Moonborn territories before the kingdoms were divided.”
I looked at the letter in my hands.
“And my mother was their Luna Queen?”
“Yes.”
“Then why was she running from them?”
Kael’s expression darkened.
“Because the Council stopped protecting the bloodline.”
“What did they become?”
“A group of people who believed power should belong to whoever could control it.”
Adrian crossed
