로그인Chapter 118 They found Halvern less than ten minutes after the chase began.He had abandoned the main street and slipped into a narrow building behind the old scribes' guild hall.Torin had followed the trail.Now he stood outside the door with Kael, Elara, and Yssa behind him.Torin raised his hand.Knocked.The door slammed shut before his knuckles finished striking the wood."He's in there," Torin said. "I heard the bolt."Kael stepped forward."Halvern."His voice remained calm."We only want to talk."Silence.Elara stepped closer."We know you're frightened."Nothing."We know why."A long pause.Then the bolt scraped free.The door opened an inch.A pale, sleepless face appeared."You shouldn't be here."Halvern's eyes moved from Kael to Elara."Any of you.""We need the truth," Elara said."The hearing is in hours."Halvern's face tightened.He started closing the door.Elara caught it."Please."Something in her voice stopped him.He stepped back.They entered.The room was
Chapter 117 "Read it again."Kael pushed the top letter across the table.Elara scanned it."Same wording. Same phrases about consolidating pack support.""Exactly."Torin folded his arms."They copied information you actually discussed with the packs.""Which makes the forgery harder to challenge," Elara said."I'll search the servants' quarters," she said suddenly. "Someone had to see who accessed the records.""No."Torin's answer was immediate.Elara turned."Torin""You're not doing this alone.""If someone sees me investigating, it looks like I'm hiding something."Kael stepped forward."If I'm seen investigating, I'm the king examining an accusation against the crown's own integrity."His gaze held hers."That's my responsibility."Elara's jaw tightened."This is my fight.""It stopped being only yours when you let us stand beside you."Kael's voice softened."Don't take that back now because it's dangerous."Elara stared at him.Then exhaled."Fine."She looked between them.
Chapter 116 "Open the doors.""On whose authority?"Torin stepped into the entrance, blocking the guards."Council authority."The lead guard held up a sealed order."We're here for Lady Elara."Kael was already moving."For what reason?"The guard's eyes flicked toward Elara."Formal charges.""What charges?""Conspiracy against the crown. Unauthorized coordination with foreign and pack interests. An attempt to build a political power base outside the crown's authority."The room went silent.Elara stared at him."That's absurd.""There's evidence, my lady.""What evidence?"The guard nodded to an official behind him.The official stepped forward and placed a sealed folio on the table."Correspondence."He opened it."Written in your hand. Discussing plans to consolidate support among the packs, remove political opposition, and eventually challenge the crown."Elara's stomach dropped.She picked up the first page."I never wrote this.""It was discovered among restricted records con
Chapter 115 "Where is Cassian?""He isn't invited.""Then this isn't a council meeting.""It is now."Marren, one of the remaining hardliners, didn't look up from the papers in front of her."Lock the door."The door closed.A younger councilwoman stared at her. "Three houses have withdrawn their support this week. Two pack leaders have bypassed us completely.""We are not losing anything we haven't already lost," Marren said."Then what are we doing here?""Deciding what we're willing to do about it."An older elder shifted uneasily."We are discussing an alliance with people who attacked mourners at a funeral.""We are discussing survival.""That is not the same thing.""It will have to be."Silence settled over the room.Marren reached beneath the table and produced a small sealed token."They accepted our terms."The younger councilwoman's face tightened."You already contacted them?""Three nights ago.""And they agreed?""Yes.""What do they want?""Access.""To what?""Restric
Chapter 114 “Did you hear?”A fishmonger called across the market stall, barely bothering to lower his voice.“She stood between them and the whole crowd.”“Who did?”“Elara. The First Moon girl. Silver light everywhere, they said. Stopped the attackers cold.”A woman further down the row shook her head.“That’s not what I heard. I heard she saved the old man from Fennit Street. Practically brought him back from the edge.”“They say the light covered the whole square.”“That’s impossible.”“That’s what people are saying.”The woman hesitated.“Well… I saw the barrier.”“So did I.”“And you still think she’s dangerous?”“I didn’t say that.”“You didn't have to.”The conversation died beneath the sound of passing carts.Near the palace gates, two guards spoke quietly.“My cousin was there,” one said. “Says she didn't even hesitate. Just stepped in front of them.”“The Traitor’s Daughter?”The other guard’s jaw tightened.“Don’t call her that.”“You used to.”“I was wrong.”His compani
Chapter 113 "Move!"A healer shoved through the crowd."Give him space!""His pulse is dropping!"Another healer pressed hard against the old man's chest."Elara, step back," Kael said, gentle but urgent.She didn't move."I can't."Her hands were already glowing.Silver light pulsed faintly along her fingers.She stared at them."I didn't do that on purpose."Yssa dropped to her knees on the man's other side.Despite her exhaustion, her eyes remained sharp."Don't touch him yet."Elara looked at her."I need to know what that is before you do anything else.""I don't know what it is."The silver light trembled across Elara's palms."It just started."Yssa checked the man's breathing."It's been healing your own wounds for weeks."Her gaze returned to Elara's hands."This is different.""He's dying.""I know."Yssa's jaw tightened."Which is exactly why we can't guess."Elara swallowed."Then tell me what to do."Yssa hesitated."Don't force it."She pointed toward the wound."Don't







