Chapter 63
Annalise
Last night, sleep eluded me. Every possibility regarding the mark on my nape plagued my thoughts, swirling endlessly in my mind, none of it making any sense. Sylus had told me that today my father and his family were to be summoned to the palace. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to face him, to see the man who had cast me aside so easily. But it was high time he saw the truth—what Petunia had done to me and to him. She wasn’t a woman; she was venom itself, a poisonous force that seeped into everything.
Still, the mark wasn’t the only thing preoccupying my mind. My thoughts drifted to the Fallen Stars. Creatures said to hold power greater than the Moon Goddess herself. Their strength was unparalleled, and King Wolfric was now the last living entity with that kind of power
