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Chapter 138 - Shackles and Secrets

Rowan's worst fears came true.

The sight that greeted him rooted his feet to the ground.

No wonder he had never liked this space!

Rowan's voice cracked as he stumbled forward. "What… what is happening? Why is he even in a cell?"

Queen Rhiannon turned her head slowly, and the look she gave him made his stomach sink. Her eyes blazed with betrayal, her expression livid and raw, her entire face a storm of fury and disappointment.

She flung his question back at him like a blade. "Why? Why, Rowan? What did you expect when you left me with no choice?"

He staggered back, his lips parting in disbelief. "No choice? Mother, what are you talking about?"

"I heard it," she snapped, her voice rising to a manic pitch. "All of it! You," she said, pointing at him, "you encouraged the human! You told him a way to hasten the search. You even gave him a suggestion!" Her laugh broke sharp, twisted, nothing like the dignified queen he knew. 

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