Ford’s POVThe oak doors of the grand meeting hall felt heavier than usual as I pushed them open. The air inside was already thick, smelling of old paper, cold stone, and the sharp scent of four council members who had lived long enough to watch entire generations burn out.They were already seated at the stone table. Four old men, none of them a day under a hundred years old, their faces carved into severe lines of ancient authority. And right there with them, sitting near the lower pod, was Bree.The moment she saw me enter, she scrambled up from her chair and rushed toward me, her heels clicking frantically against the stone. Her face was a mask of pure panic. "Ford, I don't know why they came," she whispered breathlessly, her hands shaking as she reached out toward my arm. "They called me here without warning. I don't know what's going on, but they look incredibly serious. They are talking a lot about old decrees, ancient rules, and laws from the reformation era. I don't know...
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