The Luna's Defiance

MAEVIA

A knock came at my chamber door just after dawn. I had barely slept. The night had passed slowly, my mind turning over the same thoughts again and again until the first light reached the narrow windows of the stronghold.

The knock came again.

I stood from the edge of the bed and walked to the door.

When I opened it, Talia stood on the other side with her hands folded in front of her.

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