Chapter 58 The Roots Beneath The Throne

• They moved under the moon’s dying light, cloaked in shadows, crossing the outer ruins of Castle Moonclaw with only the faintest glimmers of warded runes to light their path.
• Lucy Hamilton pressed her palm to the stone—her family’s stone—and felt only cold. The once-living pulse of her bloodline’s castle had dimmed. She could feel her father’s absence like a broken note in a haunting melody.
• Behind her, Jacobs motioned the forward unit to halt. Kael, Elira, and Jessica crouched nearby, listening to the silence.