Chapter 81: Coldspire’s Secret

POV: ARIAI sat by the narrow stone window of my inner bedchamber, staring out into the grey, snow-dusted valley below.For two years, I had built a thick, impenetrable wall in my mind around the memory of Coldspire. I had deliberately refused to revisit the freezing stone pits, the heavy iron collars, or the endless taste of silver-ash in my mouth. To survive, I had treated the quarry as a raw, ugly nightmare, a terrible punishment engineered by Vance’s greed and Gavin’s cowardice."Aria," Kaelen said softly, his deep voice breaking the quiet room as he stepped away from the heavy oak desk. He held the yellowed parchment pages retrieved from the Directorate archives. "You need to look at these entries. The timeline of your transfer to Coldspire doesn't align with a simple local trial."I didn't turn my head away from the window. "I do not care about their timelines, Kaelen.""The records suggest your imprisonment was connected to far more than Luna Elena's tea glass," Kaelen pressed

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Chapter 82: The Ledger

POV: KAELENThe smell of burnt parchment and oil smoke filled the narrow storage room behind the northern garrison vault.I stood beside a heavy iron desk, my silver sword resting unsheathed across the dark mahogany wood. Under the dim, flickering light of a single tallow candle, I unrolled the faded, leather-bound volume I had retrieved from the deepest vault shelf: The Coldspire Special Intake Registry, Year 16.This was the official prisoner ledger Master Harek had mentioned before he was dragged away.My fingers traced down the yellowed pages. Dozens of names had been heavily crossed out with thick black iron-gall ink, the standard mark for prisoners who had perished in the deep stone quarries. But when my eyes reached the bottom of the fourth page, my breath caught in my throat.Aria's entry had not been crossed out.Instead, her prisoner number, Convict 409-B, was bordered by unusual, intricate symbols drawn in red alchemical dye. They were obscure alchemical notations used exc

最終更新日 : 2026-10-26

Chapter 83: The Family That Wants Me Back

POV: ARIAThe private audience chamber inside the royal capital’s lower embassy was paved with polished marble and framed by tall arched windows overlooking the grand plaza below.Outside, the bustling noises of the capital filled the afternoon air, the rattling of carriage wheels, the sharp calls of street vendors, and the marching boots of the King’s sentinels. Inside, the quiet was heavy, cool, and suffocatingly tense.I stood by the marble balustrade, my dark woolen cloak draped over my shoulders, watching the heavy oak doors open.Alpha Gavin stepped into the room.He did not walk with the arrogant, unyielding stride of the Frostwood Alpha I had known for years. He wore simple, dark traveling clothes stripped of his silver pack braids. His face was drawn, his eyes rimmed with red, and his heavy shoulders were slightly slouched, as if carrying the weight of his own broken pride had aged him ten years in a matter of weeks.Two of Rowan’s winter guards stood by the threshold, their

最終更新日 : 2026-10-27

Chapter 84: Vance’s Doubt

POV: VANCEThe damp smell of dried belladonna, powdered silver-ash, and old parchment hung heavy in the quiet sanctuary of my private apothecary study.I sat at the dark walnut desk, the yellow flame of an oil lamp flickering against the rim of my spectacles. Before me lay the original investigative ledger from two years ago, the record that had condemned Aria to the stone quarries of Coldspire.For two years, I had held my head high, convinced that I was the righteous steward who had saved Luna Elena’s life and purged a dangerous poisoner from our midst. I had told Alpha Gavin, the elders, and the border tribunal that the case was absolute.But as I turned the brittle, yellowed pages under the lamplight tonight, a cold, prickling sweat broke out across the back of my neck.I looked at my own handwriting in the margin: “Subject possessed extensive herbal knowledge; suspected catalyst prepared in guest quarter.”I stopped. My fingers trembled slightly against the paper as a terrifying

最終更新日 : 2026-10-27

THEIR REJECTED DAUGHTER WAS THE LOST HEIRESS のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 81 - チャプター 84

Chapter 81: Coldspire’s Secret

Chapter 82: The Ledger

Chapter 83: The Family That Wants Me Back

Chapter 84: Vance’s Doubt