Selene's POV

The sun rose over the capital, painting the sky in shades of gold and crimson, but the beauty of the morning could not quiet the storm inside my mind.

I stood on the palace balcony, watching the first rays of sunlight spread across the rooftops while Rowan's revelation continued to echo through my thoughts.

Lyra had not died to save Lunaria.

She had died trying to save the Night Mother.

The Moon Goddess's own sister.

For five hundred years, everyone had believed that Lyra had fallen while fighting the darkness, that she had sacrificed herself because the Shadow Queen had threatened our kingdom, but the truth was far...