CHOSEN BY THE CURSED ALPHA KING
“No, Your Majesty. Milandra was killed, yes, but her curse… her gift of eternal youth meant that though her body died, her spirit could never be destroyed. It finds vessels. Hosts. Women of power. And now—”
Her eyes lifted for the first time, meeting mine. Terror lived in her gaze. “Milandra’s spirit lives inside Emilia.”
Silence.
The words echoed through the chamber like thunder, but I couldn’t accept them. Wouldn’t.
Emilia?
No.
Not her.
The thought was poison in my mind.
I rose slowly from the couch, my chest tight, my jaw clenched so hard I thought my teeth would shatter. “You dare speak this filth in my presence? You dare accuse her?”