Crystal
I stood at my bedroom window, one hand resting on my swollen belly as I watched the palace guards rushing across the courtyard. Something was wrong. I could feel it in the air, in the urgent whispers of the servants passing by my door.
"Something's coming," Gem, my wolf, whispered in my mind. "Something that could destroy everything we've built."
"Hush," I murmured, stroking my belly as our pup kicked. "Nothing can take this from us. We're too close."
The memories of that night - the ascension ceremony - flickered through my mind. Luna collapsing on the marble floor, the accusations of witchcraft flowing so easily from my lips. It had been almost too easy, really. The council had been eager to believe the worst of her, and Blade... well, Blade's hatred of magic had done most of the wor……
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