It had been five days since I left that place with Kieran—five long, tangled days since Lord Perth Otho told me my father’s debt was now mine to carry.Five days since I’d been dragged into this world I never asked for, forced under the weight of secrets I didn’t understand. And tonight, after burying my father, I should have been too tired to think, but my mind refused to quiet down. Within these five days, I’d learned the truth of how he died — a gunshot to the head, self-inflicted, apparently.I lay sprawled on my bed, staring at the ceiling, replaying everything. The service, the strangers’ whispers, the rose sinking into the dirt. And that note.That damn note.If you really want to know how your father died, meet me at Ashvale Square. Midnight.The paper burned a hole in my pocket all night. I’d read it a dozen times, folding and unfolding it until the edges were soft. It was vague, infuriatingly vague. Ashvale Square was massive—full of cafés, clubs, shops, and little alleyways
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