Chapter 152: A Mother’s Legacy

The corridors of the royal palace felt cold and distant as Conor made his way through the maze-like hallways, his mind preoccupied with the revelations from Celia the night before.

He couldn’t stop thinking about the Valtas bond, about Kerrigan, and the growing weight of their intertwined destinies.

But as much as the future pressed down on him, something deeper had begun to surface—questions about his past, specifically about his mother, Priestess Rainna.

Rainna had always been a towering figure in his memory, a woman of grace and power, but also one who carried the burdens of the kingdom’s spiritual well-being.

Now, with the trial underway, Kerrigan’s parents and his mother had been brought up more than once, Conor’s curiosity about Rainna’s connection to Kerrigan’s family gnawed at him.

He needed answers.

And there was only one person left who could provide them: the Duchess. She had been apart of things all those years ago, if the letters Kerrigan had found where genuine.

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