Chapter 10

Months had passed since Cecilia was last seen. She looked haggard and frail. Hearing the others' mocking remarks, her face turned deathly pale. With Kane beside her, she dared not shout. Instead, she muttered under her breath like a madwoman, "Impossible! This can't be! I was supposed to bear the black-tailed merbabies! How could Serene and Lior produce black-tails?! She should have red-tails!" A consort recently chosen for Kane by Rylan shot her a look of disgust. "Fool! Your own incompetence,...