MATED TO MY BROTHER'S ENEMY
Because, of course, nothing’s ever simple in this job.
Grace snapped the seal and skimmed the letter, her face turning stormy, line by line. “Camps, way out in the woods. Not rebels, not refugees either, something weirder. People wearing symbols, same ones we dug up at those foul old ritual sites.”
“A cult,” Master Ahldric growled, practically spitting. “The Keeper’s originals, back at it again.”
“Or leftovers,” Nara muttered, brain already sprinting down threat pathways. “Old believers, the ones who slipped through the cracks when we tried to clean house. Either way, they’re organized, headquarters, recruitment, the whole nine yards.”