Chapter 521

Vessia covered her mouth, tears silently streaming down her face.

It wasn't sadness. It was the hope she'd been waiting for all this time.

Dredge put his arm around her shoulders, his eyes reddening as he fought to keep his tears in check.

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In the coral palace, the banquet hall was unlike anywhere else in the royal complex. It was a rare pocket of air, completely free from seawater.

The air w