Born From The Ash
To give her this information was to betray my father’s legacy, to declare war on the very institution I was sworn to uphold.
“I don’t know who the mastermind is.” I began, and I saw the immediate flash of disbelief in her eyes. I held up a hand.
“I speak the truth. It’s a cancer within the Council. A faction. They don’t meet openly. They communicate through proxies, dead drops, and magic I don’t understand. My father was part of it, once. He helped orchestrate the lie about your father shielding rogues. It was the perfect excuse to get to the Ashborne Alpha, to dismantle the one bloodline that could threaten their control.”