the story

, already turning toward the

ran said sharply. "Until we figure o

"You rejected the bond. You

hed. "I'm the

a bad night." I gave him my best curtsy, which was terrible becaus

ands were shaking. The crowd parted for me like I had the plague. I cou

ou bel

miliat

or thi

the Goddess

before I let myself lean against

had been

hilarious when you

weak. Meanwhile, I could probably kill all of them in their sleep if I wan

s Va

woman in palace servant clothes standing there with a worried e

artle you. I'm Mira. I've been assigned to... w

quar

he palace tonight. There's a room

Kieran couldn't just let me l

ay," I said

palace corridors. She kept giving me these sympathe

o you," she said softly as we climbed a st

s fi

posed to be our leaders and

pplied. "Because according to e

y. "The Blood Moon chose

s the Moon Goddess has a

out of her, which mad

g in for the past fifteen years. There was an actual bed, not a cot. Windo

ira said. "And some clothes for tomo

no idea,"

middle of the room and tried to

by an ancient

has had rejected

e full of people who thoug

om the Demon King without revealing that I was

Just

e Blood Moon. It was still hanging there,

to choose me," I told it.