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Chapter 30

Lex

I tried working with Amadeus to access his memories and restore his spirit, but he was so lost to the chaos of his own mind. I hoped his amnesiac state was only temporary. It was strange that he had retained some of his memories, but not all. He referred to me as if I was still a child, even calling me by my father’s name on occasion.

“Come on now, Helix, don’t indulge the boy,” he scolded me as I brought him into his workshop. “With the queen pregnant, you can’t have him running about like a wild stallion. He might topple her over in the halls unexpectedly.”

I led him to where a comfortable bed had been arranged for him.

“Prince Cheyenne was born twenty-one years ago,” I said, trying to jar Amadeus’s memory and remind him of where he was. But whenever I did, he just looked at me as if I was the crazy one.

Then, as if things weren’t bad enough, my wolf felt that Aria was in dire distress. Every nerve and muscle in my body had pulled taught, and I stilled my mind to try