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"The last two floors are royal apart hallway Sunlight glitters like a firestorht down on us "The lift will take us down to the ballroo next to a metal wall It reflects us dully, then slides ahen he waves a hand

The Sentinels usher us into a box with no s and harsh lighting I force h I’d rather push out of what feels like a giant metal coffin

I ju asps as I look around in wide-eyed fright, expecting to see the others reacting in the same way But no one else see Only Lucas notices my discomfort, and he slows our descent a little

"The lift moves up and down, so we don’t have to walk This place is very big, Lady Titanos," he host of a smile

I’h of relief when Lucas opens the lift doors WeThe brokenever happened

When Queen Elara appears around the corner, her own Sentinels in tow, Lucas sweeps into a bo she wears black and red and silver, her husband’s colors With her blond hair and pale skin, she looks downright ghoulish

She grabsme to her as alk Her lips don’tin my head This time it doesn’t hurt orI want to screa I can do except hate her

The Titanos family were oblivions, she says, her voice all around They could explode things with a touch, like the Lerolan girl did at Queenstrial When I try to ree of her directly into irl in orange blow up rock and sand like military bombs Your mother, Nora Nolle, was a storm like the rest of House Nolle Storms control the weather, to an extent It’s not common, but their union resulted in your unique abilities to control electricity Say no more, if anyone asks

What do you really ith hter bounces inside et

Remember the person you’re supposed to be, and reto be raised Red, but you’re Silver by blood You are now Red in the head, Silver in the heart

A shiver of fear shoots through me

From now until the end of your days, you irl

TEN