Silas Pov: The masked intruder crossed the threshold with a blade raised, and I tightened my grip around Elara’s hand as I moved between her and the attacker, refusing to let the chaos inside Gideon Vale’s study reach her. The room smelled of smoke, splintered wood, and fresh blood, while the sounds of fighting from the corridor suggested that the men who had followed us here had planned their entrance carefully enough to divide our attention before taking what they had come for.“Get behind me,” I ordered, keeping my eyes on the stranger’s weapon.Elara’s fingers tightened around mine, but she did not retreat immediately. “Gideon has the packet, and those men know it. If they take him, we lose the only person who can explain what happened to my identity.”“I am aware of that, Elara, which is why I need you to move before someone gets close enough to hurt you.”The fear in my voice was apparently more convincing than the command, because she finally stepped
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