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CHAPTER 13: UNANIMOUS

Author: Frank Cannon
last update publish date: 2026-01-03 07:42:58

They voted without hesitation.

"Aye," Elder Frost had said.

"Aye," Elder Chen had agreed.

"Aye," Adrian had confirmed, his voice steady and cold.

"Aye," my father had finished, sealing my fate with a single word.

Not one voice dissented except Hawthorne's, and his objection meant nothing against the unified front of the others.

Four votes for execution. One against. The decision was final.

I stayed pressed against the wall in the corridor, my chains cold against my wrists, listening as they dis
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