Chapter 61 The Forgotten Rite

• The palace corridors were quiet, too quiet for a capital city that had just welcomed its King and Queen home. Guards patrolled with stiff posture, nobles whispered behind closed doors, and the air itself felt as though it held its breath.
• Lucia slept at last, her body spent from the night’s visions. Kelvin had refused to leave her side, his hand clasped around hers even in slumber, as though sheer will could tether her soul to the waking world.
• But in the libraries below the palace, three others searched desperately for answers.