"The greatest threat to a kingdom is not always a sword in the dark but a secret too absurd to believe."
I left Luna Seraphine's chambers with a strange, dizzying cocktail of relief, amusement, and renewed strategic focus. The mythical Syra taint was merely Shadow Musk, and the looming magical attack on my Mate Bond was, in fact, a deeply embarrassing, politically advantageous affair between a Luna and a Silverfang Beta. I now had two powerful assets, Seraphine and Syra bound by blackmail, and the true threat of Vorath's shadow magic remained.
