Lyra’s POVI had known war, I had known pain. I had even known the madness of power unraveling in my bloodstream like wildfire through frost, but she had never known betrayal that felt this personal. The whispers started just after the Oracle left. Rumors, then fragments of truth, then, finally, a face.A face she trusted.Edgar.Her friend. Her reluctant protector. The only person who dared speak to her like she wasn’t the girl who broke the sky.And now, she stood in the middle of the war council’s chamber, a scroll in my hand, its seal broken, its contents damning. Kael stood beside me, unreadable. The Council flanked the walls, unsure if they were watching the beginning of a trial or an execution.Edgar was dragged in, wrists shackled with iron laced in vulmirite, a mineral meant to suppress divine blood. He didn’t fight it. He didn’t even flinch.“Tell me this is a mistake,” I said, voice hoarse.Edgar’s eyes, looked at me with something I couldn’t name, not guilt, not fear, but
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