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CHAPTER 126 – THE HAND BEHIND MAGNUS

Author: Joy James
last update publish date: 2026-09-19 23:54:59

I had believed Magnus was the man behind everything.

Now I wondered who had been behind him.

I stared at the message in my hand.

MAGNUS WAS NOT THE BEGINNING.

“Kael,” I whispered, “how many more secrets are there?”

He looked at the paper.

“I don't know.”

“That answer is becoming too familiar.”

His eyes met mine.

“I know.”

I folded the message and slipped it into my pocket.

“We need to go back.”

“To Ironfang?”

“Yes. There may be something in the old Council records.”

We returned before nightfall
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