Chapter 20 - The Throne That Waited Three Hundred YearsThe palace was silent.
At the far end of a long chamber stood a throne surrounded by broken mirrors.
Above it floated the shadow of an ancient crown.
Noah approached cautiously.
Every step awakened another memory.
He remembered the queen holding him as a child.
He remembered the night the sky turned black.
He remembered Thomas opening the glowing doorway.
And he remembered someone calling his name from inside the palace.
"Elian."
A boy emerged from the darkness.
He looked exactly like Noah.
But his face was older with grief, and a dark crown rested upon his head.
For a long moment, neither spoke.
Then the crowned boy smiled.
"You finally came back."
Noah tightened his grip on the silver coin.
"What do you want?"
The other boy stepped aside.
Behind him stood a vast mirror.
Through it, Noah could see his modern home.
His parents were sitting at the kitchen table.
But something was wrong.
A stranger stood behind them.
A stranger wearing King Aldric's crown.
Noah turned toward his double.
"What did you do?"
The crowned boy's smile disappeared.
"I didn't send the king into your world."
He looked toward the mirror.
"Our grandfather did."
The silver coin shattered.
The palace doors slammed shut.
And across two different centuries, every clock struck thirteen.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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