MERIDA

It was late evening as my personal maids got me ready for the moon meeting and at the same time I felt fear and anxiety surge through me.

It was the night of the moon meeting, a significant event, but this one felt particularly heavy. I couldn't have attended if I had a say, going to the moon meeting — a meeting where some old men will have him replaced.

I felt angry and at the same time as if I was betraying him.

The council would be deliberating a possible successor for Lukan while he was in coma and I wished I could tell Lemuel that there was...