Nyra’s boots echoed on the marble floor as she stormed from the Council chamber, her cloak billowing behind her. Outside, the torchlight danced on the stained-glass windows, casting fractured rainbows across the empty corridor. Every footstep pounded against her heart, still reeling from the news: Kaelia’s own sister, Maris, had been found among the cultists devoted to Iris.Selene fell into step beside her, concern in her moonlit eyes. “This cuts deeper than any betrayal we’ve known,” she murmured. “Family… how do you fight that?”Nyra clenched her fists. “You don’t. You survive it.” She pushed open the heavy oak doors to Kaelia’s solar. Inside, Kaelia stood before her desk, trembling as she confronted Maris’s empty seat.“My sister,” Kaelia whispered, voice cracking. “She was my blood… my blood.”Nyra stalked forward. “Then we’ll hunt her, root and branch, until she stands before us. You’re not alone in this.”Kaelia raised her head, eyes rimmed with tears. “She always stood in my s
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