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Chapter 72 KadeThe moment the gates opened, I knew something was wrong.The guards at the entrance weren't standing in their usual positions. Two had moved closer to the road, weapons drawn but lowered, while another was speaking rapidly into his radio.I pulled the vehicle to a stop.Sera looked through the windshield."What's happening?""Stay here."She gave me a look.I sighed. "Fine. Come with me."She opened the door before I could finish the sentence.We crossed the grounds together.Rowan was waiting near the administrative building. His expression was controlled, but the file in his hand was already telling me this wasn't a routine security issue."You said someone broke into the archive.""Attempted to," Rowan corrected. "They didn't get far.""Where are they?""Gone."Sera folded her arms. "Convenient."Rowan looked at her. "They didn't leave empty-handed."My attention moved to the file."What did they take?""One document.""What document?""That's the problem."He open
Chapter 71 SeraI read the last line again.Then I read it a third time, because my mind refused to accept the words sitting in front of me.If you have found this, then you are finally old enough to know that I survived.The paper trembled between my fingers.Not because of the cold.Because my father had just told me, in his own handwriting, that he had survived the day I watched him die.I lowered the letter slowly.Kade was still beside me, his shoulder warm against mine. He had been watching my face instead of the paper, as though he was waiting for me to either break or speak.Neither happened.Not immediately."Three years," I whispered.Kade looked at the date again. "Yes.""He wrote this three years after the execution.""I know.""My father was alive."Kade's jaw tightened.I looked at him. "You watched him die."His eyes stayed on mine."I did."There was no hesitation in his answer.That was what made it worse.For years, I had carried one memory so clearly that I had nev
CHAPTER 70SERA POVMy father's grave had been opened three days ago.I kept reading the sentence until the words stopped looking like words.Kade took the letter from my hand and read it again.“Who told you that?” I asked Adrian.“The men who took the box.”“What did they say about the grave?”“They said the letters were hidden there.”I looked toward the road.“Then why would they need the letters if they already had the box?”Adrian shook his head.“They didn't know what was inside the box. They were looking for anything Mathis had left behind.”That made sense.For once, it was one problem instead of ten.Someone had searched my father's old hiding places, found the box at the warehouse, and taken it because they believed it contained something important.The grave was simply their next stop.Kade folded the letter and put it inside his coat.“We're going there.”I nodded.Adrian tried to stand on his own, but his knees gave way.Kade caught him before he hit the ground.“You're
CHAPTER 69KADE POVThe gun went off before I could reach Sera.I caught her around the waist and pulled her down as the bullet tore through the shelf behind us, sending old files across the floor.She landed against me, her breath catching as I covered her with my body.“Stay down.”“I am not—”“Please.”The word stopped her.I raised my head just enough to see the Silvermoon guard standing in the doorway with his gun still pointed toward us.He had fired at me.Not Sera.That mattered.I pushed myself up and fired once.The bullet struck the gun in his hand, knocking it across the room.He stumbled backward.Helena rushed toward the old man and pulled him behind the table while Sera grabbed my arm.“Kade, your shoulder.”I looked down.A thin line of blood ran from the top of my shoulder where the bullet had grazed me.“It is nothing.”“You are bleeding.”“I know.”She reached for the torn fabric.“We need to stop it.”“Later.”The guard was already running.I chased him.He reached
CHAPTER 68SERA POVI stared at Helena as if I had stopped understanding the words she was saying.“But they didn't.”Her voice remained calm, although her face had lost the color it had carried only moments ago.I tightened my fingers around Kade's hand.“What do you mean?”Helena looked at me for several seconds before answering.“I mean the Council believed they executed your father, but they never confirmed the body.”The relief I felt was almost worse than the fear.My mind went straight back to that day.The crowd.The guards.My father's hands tied behind him.The blade.His face.I had seen him fall.I had heard people around me crying.I had watched the blood spread across his clothes.“You're lying.”“I am not.”“I saw him die.”“I know what you saw.”“No, you don't.”My voice shook despite my effort to control it.“I was there.”Helena stepped closer.“I know.”“Then don't stand there and tell me it wasn't him.”“I am not saying you imagined it.”“Then what are you saying?”
CHAPTER 67KADE POVI kept my gun pointed at Helena.She did not move.The little black device rested in her open palm, no larger than a coin, and for a moment I thought about the note on the driver's seat.DON'T TRUST HELENA.Then I looked at the device again.It was the same size and shape as the tracker we had found on Mara's pendant, but that did not mean it served the same purpose.“Put it on the ground,” I said.Helena slowly lowered her hand and placed the device on the ground.Sera stood beside me.“Why do you have that?”Helena looked at her.“Because I was told to keep you safe.”“By whom?”“Your father.”Sera's eyes narrowed.“My father has been dead for eight years.”“I know.”“Then stop using him every time you want me to believe you.”Helena accepted the words without arguing.“I understand why you don't trust me.”“That isn't an answer.”“No,” Helena said quietly. “It isn't.”She bent down, picked up the device again, and held it between her fingers.“This was given to







