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Chapter 190: The First Betrayal

Author: Sam K
last update publish date: 2026-03-29 23:40:19

Rylan’s POV

I didn’t believe in coincidence.

Not when blood had already been spilled and patterns had begun to form where there should have been none.

So when things started lining up too neatly, I stopped trusting what I was being told. And started watching instead.

The palace hadn’t settled since the ambush.

It looked intact. Guards rotated. Messengers moved. Orders were given. But beneath all of it—

There was a fracture.

And I intended to find it before it split us apart completely.

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