For a long moment, nobody moved.The warning remained open on the desk between them, its words seeming to grow heavier with every passing second.If Kael ever learns what she really is, he will be forced to kill her.Lyra stared at the sentence until the letters blurred.She had spent years searching for answers about her mother. Years wondering why she disappeared, why so many records had been erased, and why every trail seemed to end in silence.Now she finally had a message from her, and she wished she didn’t. Because of all the things her mother could have written, this was the last thing Lyra expected.A warning about Kael.Slowly, she lifted her eyes.Kael stood on the opposite side of the desk, his attention fixed on the journal. His expression was calm, but she knew him well enough to see the tension beneath it.A part of her wanted him to dismiss the warning immediately. To call it nonsense and move on. Instead, he was taking it seriously.“You don’t believe that,” she said q
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