Kai POV It was late evening, and the walls of the chamber flickered with the glow of a single lamp. The three of us—Rowan, Damien, and I—sat around the circular table in my quarters, each of us with a cup of untouched wine in front of us.Five days.It had been five days since we arrived in Darkfire clan, and we had barely gotten any closer to the answers we came for. Every move we made, every conversation we had, felt like it was being watched—monitored. The guards assigned to us never left our sides, the handmaids never blinked at the wrong moment. Even within the safety of our quarters, we kept our conversations brief, careful. Controlled.But tonight was different.“The phase of being pleasant guests is over,” I said firmly, leaning forward. “We didn’t come all this way just to enjoy the views and drink watered-down wine.”Rowan gave a short, dry laugh. “No, we came to be stalked by guards and spoon-fed half-truths by their council.”“Then we agree,” Damien said, his arms f
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