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chapter ninety

Author: Mac
last update publish date: 2026-08-02 02:16:55

Rowan's POV

The breach turned out to be less catastrophic than the alarm's terrifying resonance had suggested, the council explained hours later, exhaustion evident in every line of their ancient faces. Whoever had infiltrated the sanctum had fled before triggering the deeper wards, leaving behind no trace beyond a single disturbed seal-stone and considerably more questions than answers.

The Court, apparently unwilling to let such an unsettling breach dampen proceedings that had been planned fo
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