“Killed them and trapped their magic? Why both?” “Because the bastard’s smart,” Falcon spits, coming back around the carriage. “Because the guild leaders were Descendants,” Rune answers as Hart rejoins their group, too. “They were directly descended from the gods, Fellie. Either Erebus, Selene, or Luna. Any Magie who sat that throne was born of one of their lines. Ruling was their birthright—they had god magic in their veins. And Osiris couldn’t just kill them. Descendants’ magic is immortal. If they died, their magic would pass to their kin—the next in line—and they’d ascend the throne.
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