Chapter 39 "The Velkan She-wolf Returns! The Red Phantom Lives!"

• I couldn't move, couldn't breathe. If this law was real—and the royal seal suggested it was—then everything I'd fought for, everything I'd inherited from my father and built for myself, would belong to Elian the moment our divorce was finalized.
• "Sera?" A familiar voice broke through my spiraling thoughts. Kaelan stood before me, concern etched across his features. "What happened? You look like you've seen a ghost."
• I opened my mouth to respond, but no words came. Instead, I thrust the scroll at him, watching his expression darken as he read.