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    My heart sant “Whatissshine”


    “| believe your uganee what is known as a Celestial.”


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    kno


    “You...were aware of this airred??


    “If | had any idea of what a Colestatissid say yes sat down across from him again. This time, | drained that lemonade in a few


    greedy oulites


    Mchi leaned forward, hands on thishness, an intense expression twisting his youthful face. “Tell me


    what you do know.”


    ‘Not much. Ste told me she’d had addrer which a-in her words-silverdy’ visited her and said she was ‘Celestial.’ | mean, she


    didn’t pronounceautight at first. She was still very early in her speech. But


    that’s what | figured out it meant. And, with cheating and another, | just haven’t been able to find out what,


    exactly, that means.” | gave a relieved sigh Botypookknow. Right?”From N?velDrama.Org.


    “| know that I wish you''d told me this theamonnentryyouridiscovered it.” He sounded...not


    concerned, disturbed.


    ary. More


    Alittle...awed?


    | frowned. Sure, because you and | were chatting liked bestes every day, right? Just beca picture on your wall doesn’t mean |


    had any reason to reach post to you for anything, Mch


    kated


    i paused. Shuddered, closing my eyes at the memoryWhen i boot myself under control, | fo


    steady re.


    You killed my daughter’s grandfather. You broke the Treatyylitharesnother Great War, and e seems to think that’s likely, you''re


    the cause of it. But sure right att binne Land for not rushing to


    todo’er’s clean


    have my


    tened up his hands and pushed them gently toward ne kete vestastnyttarens in ar


    trenght very night, my dear I’m sorry


    Matachi got up to stare at the photos of me and my sister With trafowarsime he said. “Please.


    tommw what your little one shared with you about the dream


    kristy


    to you all know the silver tatly was the Moon ideas, of that pretty co onneen: Tast’s really all!


    Celtitials are rare, very, very precious and rare but | had no idea. H is voice tremble an


    Was he...weeping?


    In fact, his eyes were glistening when he turned, but he watcodia white hanky from his pocket and swiped is face immediately. |


    caught a glimpse of crimson on the cloch vatten no sucked it away again. So, vamos


    red blood tears?


    I''ve lived a long time, but Celestials are only born once every ten vernerations. By the time a new Celestial rrives, people have


    forgotten the one who existed before it they becoorgate stuff of fairy tales. The ones umans create, not the stories of the Fae,


    which is something else entry Maison shook his head, his


    noulders hunching.


    still couldn’t tell if he was upset or ovee with joy. Nor could lettresom. Not his thoughts or sentons. He wasn’t sending


    anything, and this only made me feel weirdan ooorchefect my child was


    Die to reach into his head.


    ...you know about them. The people here in Brightsky. They know?”


    From stones. Yes. But only Ancients...and there are so few of us left, Larne. Soused far apart. Again. raiet off to fight with


    whatever he was going through.


    waited as patiently as i could.


    Enaily Maiach seemed to rally himself. “Only the Ancients know about Celestials from secrpenence Kause everyone around


    them dies before a new one can be born. More used to know aboodamrootmany


    hese were smughtered in the Great Wars. And of course, your wolf-kind would have noodaamstaal since ur leaders basically


    rewrote your history to keep you all subjugated, subdued, and submiss


    i frowned. “What happened to thest one?”


    “I''m not sure what happened to him, but I can tell you his name was Ghad. He wrote the books


    rail supernaumis. A baxshould add, your leaders have also dismissed and ignored.”


    A book of luwe fail supernaturals shook my head, sagging.


    Mchi’s lips peeed back to expose his shining canimes. His voice was thick with barely restr


    iger That, could figure out.


    “You can me me for breaking the Treaty but the real fault lies with those who''ve been lying to.th


    ople


    | wasn’t going to argue that prom gow


    So why and how in my taught a Celestial


    me


    | expected him to say he didnt row but March wavednguid hand, like this was the least important


    “Well, she has the blood of an Am argue the of a pureblood wall and the blood of a watch”


    Awhat, now? Thinkod


    zangue, tuna