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Chapter 109_The Council Beneath the Council

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Neris's POV

"The council we defeated was never the real authority."

Lucien says it quietly, spreading a set of recovered documents across the table, his expression carrying the particular grimness that means whatever he's found changes more than it explains.

"Explain that," I say. "We watched Kessel die. We watched Vashti's Council dismantled."

"We watched the public face of it dismantled." He taps the topmost page, old and carefully preserved despite its age. "This is a membership roster, cons
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