The Regent's Secret

, my fierce protector, was there to sw

by a rare, ancient Soul-Link-a sacrifice I'd made wit

m with my li

I saw

n in Kael's study, a cloaked figure

swore I was dreaming, soothing my fears with familiar warm

g, not when our ver

ain, stepping out of a gilded carriag

for years, uniting t

temporary amusement,

my chest, amplified by the Soul-Link-a

found emotional agony, yet sha

diction to

rry, yet continued to lie, cont

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this bo

a b

not in his words,

brother, a calculated decepti

; I was a fully separa

rt sha

ily wasn't a cure for the Soul-Link's pain, but

link, twisting my s

own heart, severing the Soul-Link, and sending h