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Chapter 11: The Hidden Portrait

Author: Lyra Frost
last update publish date: 2026-06-05 00:18:13

The suffocating politics of the courtroom dissolved the moment the heavy iron doors of the Royal Archives closed behind me.

The archives were a breathtaking sanctuary of shadows, sprawling over three massive stories of dark, hand-carved mahogany shelving that held the literal memories of a thousand packs. The air was cool, quiet, and carried the heavy, calming scent of aged parchment and beeswax. It was a space designed for secrets, and I intended to strip every single one of them bare. I neede
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