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Chapter 51:The Name They Tried to Erase

Author: Juliet writes
last update publish date: 2026-08-03 16:22:53

Kael's POV>>>>>>>>

I carried the ledger and the chest back to my study myself, trusting no one else with either. I told my captain to speak of this morning to no one, not the council, not Elias, not even the guards who had stood beside me in that room. Only the two of us knew what waited inside.

I set the chest on my desk and worked the old clasp free, the oilcloth inside brittle with age. Most of what I unwrapped had rotted past reading, pages fused together or crumbled at the edges. I worked
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