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CHAPTER 62: THE FORENSIC HARVEST

作者: ZOE E. PEACE
last update publish date: 2026-10-19 13:14:35

The sunlight filtering through the tall glass windows of the Royal Academy's High Laboratory illuminated rows of brass retorts, silver scales, and crystal vats.

Standing around the central granite examination table were Queen Elira, High Warlord Dorian Vask, Prince Julian of the Southern Sun Empire, and Dr. Hana.

On the table lay three wooden crates lined with damp velvet, containing dark, blackened stalks of wheat and soil samples gathered from the southern border provinces. The leaves were wi
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