Riley’s POV

My heart dropped so hard when he said that name that I actually felt it in my chest.

Aemoria Morvayne Emberwyn.

For a second, I could not even breathe properly, because everything in my head went quiet, like my thoughts had just stopped working all at once.

I stared at him, my lips parting slightly, but no words came out immediately because I was trying to understand what I had just heard and what it meant.

“That’s…” I started, but my voice came out uneven, so I stopped and swallowed before trying again. “That’s her name?”

Gunnar did not answer right away.

He just kept looking at me...