Chapter 21

Zyra's pov ~ The thing about having a life that is consistently and aggressively complicated is that you start to really value the moments that aren't. Even small ones. Even ones that only last forty minutes in a coffee shop before something ruins them.It is Saturday morning and Tamsin texted us both at eight AM with an address and the message "girls morning or I will combust, non negotiable, be there at ten." Lyenne responded with a single thumbs up. I stared at my phone for a moment, thought about everything currently happening in my life, and decided that a girls morning was either exactly what I needed or a reasonable place to have a breakdown, and either way I should go.The coffee shop is small and warm and not the same one Lyenne took me to for the prophecy conversation, which I appreciate because I would like at least one location in this city that doesn't have significant emotional weight attached to it. Tamsin is already there when we arrive, which means she got he

Last Updated : 2026-05-29

Chapter 22

Zyra's pov ~ I don't respond to Aldric Calder's message. I screenshot the message, put my phone in my pocket and go to the study. Soren is already there. Kaelen is standing near the window very still with his jaw set. I sit down. "The petition got accepted," I say. "I saw your message. What else?"Soren looks at me and then at Kaelen. Kaelen nods once."I've been running a secondary verification on the communication records from the file," Soren says. He has a folder open on the desk in front of him. "Cross referencing the dates of each update sent to Virek's contact against our own internal communication logs. Meeting dates, call records, site visits." He pauses. "Every single update in that file aligns within twenty four hours of a direct interaction between this family and the investigator.""That was already the working theory," I say."Yes," Soren says. "This is the confirmation." He opens the folder and turns it so both Kaelen and I can see the page inside. It is

Last Updated : 2026-06-03

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