“Regner happened. He learned that the hybrids had made it a sanctuary of their own—your mother had made that happen. Even the priestesses were hybrids, and all of this was happening in his own kingdom. After the events the night my family was killed—and the way residents had found me on the outskirts of Valtana—Regner had been sure to keep rumors of the Bloodthirsty Prince alive. “He fed stolen power to one of his own people who could harness lightning. It didn’t matter that Regner’s puppet couldn’t use other elements like I could. Those who lived in Crawyth just saw buildings exploding. They
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