Chapter 101 Grounding Lightning

• Morning light crept through the windows with hesitant fingers, as though even the sun feared disturbing the weight that had settled over the royal chambers. Bobby sat wrapped in blankets on the edge of their bed, staring at hands that still trembled with residual power. Silver light flickered beneath her skin like captured lightning, visible through translucent flesh in patterns that pulsed with her heartbeat.
• Gideon hadn't left her side since pulling her from the bath. He'd dried her with gentle hands, dressed her in soft cotton, and carried her to bed despite her weak protests. Now he stood at the window, one hand pressed against the glass, watching the kingdom wake to normal daylight after a night marked by blood-red moons and divine warnings.
• "I sent for Sarah," he murmured without turning. "She should be here soon."