“As you know, things escalated when Esmeray reemerged and killed the Fae Royals. We learned Alaric had found a way in and was bringing more. Tethys and I knew we needed to do something, and I spent many decades searching for answers. We wanted to leave. To draw the war from this world, hoping the Maraans would follow. I was what they were after. Me and my own. But we could not leave without the lock. The day I learned you were growing in my womb was the day we became desperate. Your father would have given anything to keep you and your brother safe. He did give everything.”
