Hale stopped.“Your crown is not yours.”He turned his head.“Come and take it.”The doors rattled.A deep impact struck from within.Chloe tightened her hold on Lyra.Hale placed a hand against her back.“Keep walking.”They did not look behind them.The royal vault lay beneath the eastern wing, beyond a corridor that had been closed since Hale's coronation.Two iron doors guarded its entrance. The royal crest was engraved across both, its crescent and three claws still intact.Hale approached the lock.Seraphine followed, carrying the recovered scrolls.“This vault was built before the northern palace,” she said. “The oldest records were transferred here when the first royal residence was abandoned.”“Why was it closed?” Chloe asked.“King after king added to the collection. Eventually, the cou
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