The Ember's Pulse

POV: Zarek

"Did you see exactly what your precious, favorite future Luna is up to? Cuddling with a gamma in my presence?" I laughed. The bitter sound scraped against the stone walls. I was appalled that these blind elders were binding my supreme bloodline to an unapologetic adulterer.

Brida remained unmoved, her wrinkled face set in stone.

"Zarek, give her time," she said calmly. "She will lear