He gave her fingers a squeeze. “I said I was curious about what was out there, not that I wanted to be like them.” Serenna stared at their entwined hands before blinking up at him when he spoke. “In my mother’s library, my brother and I stumbled on an ancient text disclosing the Aelfyns’ folly—the cause of their downfall. Instead of coexisting with other magics, our ancestors harvested dragons for their elemental power…or tried to.” Serenna stiffened, not daring to breathe when Vesryn brushed the back of her hand with his thumb. She assumed he didn’t realize what he was doing. “History has
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