The Silver Moon's Betrayal

oorway, her breath caught in her throat. His presence was commanding, yet strangely familiar, as though his mere existence

aped her lips before she could stop herself. She had never met this man, yet he see

subtle smile, but his eyes

with an air of certainty. "I've come to speak

spot. There was something about Kael that held her in place-a presence that de

words escaping her more cautiously this time, as she

life is about to change in ways you cannot yet comprehend. There are things you must kno

his words. It sounded like he knew more about her th

main composed. Her world, already fractured by Selene's cruelty and the strange relations

rs, and lowered his voice just enough to make her

th something unspoken. "Not the one you think, but one that hold

t of his words pressed agains

incredulous. "I'm

e, a flicker of something unrecognizable fl

the air, thick wit

ete sentence as confusion mixed with the creeping sense o

out her. This is about you, Aria. There are things about your heritage, about your bloodl

m everyone dismissed as weak and insignificant. The man Lila was to marry. But Kael was s

e desperately needed to know. She could feel her world tipping into uncertainty,

gs to come," Kael replied simply, his words he

turned just in time to see Selene and Lila appearing at the end of the hall, t

s voice was sharp, lik

Selene and then back to Aria. "A messenger of fate," he said

oes he want with Aria?" she asked, her voice

l answered, his tone cool. "This

something greater than herself. She opened her mouth to ask more questions,

e matters to attend to," Selene ordere

deny that something deep inside her was stirring. Something that told her Kael was right. That her life

ed reluctantly, stepping back from th

ed away, her heels clicking sharply against the floor. Lila, still

eant by his cryptic words, nor did she understand why he seemed to know so much about her. But one thing was c