Chapter 10

• “You don’t understand,” I whispered, my voice trembling as I backed away from the door. “This can’t be happening.”
• The man standing before me—him—was not a stranger. He was everything I had been running from, everything I feared. The Kings’ power, their legacy, their fated connection to me.
• Lowan was standing behind me, his gaze fixed on the door, on the man who had entered my life in a way I never expected. I wanted to turn to him, to ask him why he hadn’t prepared me for this, but I couldn’t. My heart was pounding too hard, too fast.