Chapter 103 "You want the archivist's key to the sealed wing," the guard said uncertainly. "That wing hasn't been opened since your grandfather's death.""Then it's time it was."Kael took the key.Torin fell into step beside him as the heavy door groaned open."You're sure about this?""Yes.""Whatever is in there, you can't put it back once you've read it.""I'm aware."Torin studied him."Cassian's account could be incomplete. Fear does strange things to memory.""Then I'll find nothing, and we'll know that too."Kael's jaw tightened."I need to know what my own family did, Torin. Not a version filtered through fifteen years of guilt."They entered.Dust hung in the stale air.Boxes lined the shelves, most of them unmarked and undisturbed.Kael moved quickly.Correspondence.Old council reports.Financial ledgers.Nothing.Then his fingers brushed against something behind a false wooden panel.He stopped."Torin."The guard stepped closer.Kael pulled out a small leather journal.
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