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Chapter 28 – Echoes of Power

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The Council Chamber was colder than Aria remembered. Not from the temperature—it was always chilled—but from the way the room seemed to reject her presence. Stone walls rose high and silent, lined with ancestral banners from each family of the Elite. Behind the semicircular dais stood the Twelve: the ruling heads of the Blood Empire, cloaked in shadow and sanctimony.

Damien stood beside her, tall and unreadable, but his grip on her arm was firm—protective, or possessive, or both. Aria couldn't tell anymore. The file she carried weighed heavier than its pages should allow. It held secrets meant to stay buried.

"You come before the Council with accusations," said Councilor Malric, his voice echoing through the chamber. His long silver hair gleamed in the firelight, his robes stitched with runes that pulsed faintly. "Yet your blood is... suspect."

"My blood is exactly why you should listen," Aria shot back, lifting her chin. "Because your empire is built on lies. And I am one of them."

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