Raven was screaming, and tears wet my eyes at her pain. Her mother was crying, holding Raven tightly to her chest. ‘Please let me have her,’ I heard a man say. I blinked my eyes, trying to focus on who it was. My forehead creased as his face came into view. King Leonidas. ‘Celestina, please. She can reign over Seolia.’ There was anguish in his words as they tumbled out of his mouth. Celestina shook her head, stepping away from Leonidas. ‘She is the key, Leonidas. Don’t you see?’ Celestina spoke through her sobs. ‘We can control all four kingdoms with her. Rudolf has a nephew. They can marry.
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