The blue flames above Caelan's head suddenly intensified.
He stumbled backward.
"Get it off me!"
Lucien rushed forward, but an invisible force threw him across the chamber.
"Lucien!" Seraphina shouted.
He caught himself against the stone wall.
"I'm fine!"
The crown continued hovering above Caelan.
The voice beneath the throne echoed again.
"The shadow has returned."
Caelan clenched his fists.
"I...