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Chapter 55 : The First Lead

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Kiera

Ten minutes later, I was sneaking quietly through the dark, shadowy corridors of the eastern portrait gallery. The palace was mostly silent, save for the faint, distant sound of patrolling guards marching their rounds down the main halls.

I slipped quietly behind a massive, dusty oil painting of an ancient Lycan king, pushing open a hidden door that revealed a narrow, winding stone staircase heading down into pitch blackness. The air grew instantly colder and heavier, smelling strongly of
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