Gideon led the way through the mining passage, his broadsword drawn, its blade giving off a faint, steady amber light. Behind him, Captain Vane and four elite trackers dragged Seline in her heavy suppression chains. Seline’s gag had been tightened, her dark eyes glaring through the gloom with quiet, murderous rage as her boots dragged along the ancient iron rails.I walked directly at Gideon’s side, my fingers lightly resting on the grip of my daggers. My core felt completely steady now, the four seals humming in absolute, quiet harmony with the warm Earth aura Gideon had poured into my spirit during the blizzard."The inner gate to the council chamber is twenty paces ahead," Gideon whispered, his voice dropping into a low baritone that barely carried past my ear. "If Hector placed the High Chamber under martial lockdown, he’ll have his shadow-mercenaries posted at every formal entrance. He won't expect us to breach from the old ancestral crypts.""We need to be surgical, Gideon," I r
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