Kyren's POV
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When he felt the energy surges coming from the Alpha king, he had a vague idea why.
The revelation he overheard while spying on the Alpha king and Luna Queen was still ringing like a time bomb in the back of his mind, even during his alone time with Elian.
Garrick Ironclaw, his father, was alive.
And not only was the bastard alive after all these centuries, but he was also the very leader of the Dark Hand. A plague of an organisation that had begun from Lunaria but was now apparently spreading into Arcadia.
And possibly the Dark Lands next if they hadn't already.
As Kyren stood at the entrance of the throne room, Elian standing close by his side, his fingers twitched with barely contained restraint.
"You put the entire Empire in jeopardy when you chose to sponsor the Dark Hand!"
As soon as those words left Lucian's lips, the pieces of the puzzle began falling in place.
