“I had already lost Veyrith. I would not lose you, too.” My throat tightened. “And now?” I whispered. “Now that this protection is broken?” Pain flickered through her gaze. “Now, my love,” she murmured, ”your father will do everything in his power to claim you as his own. He will do the very thing that our magic rioted against that forced the kings to bind it to the vessels in the first place.”
