Malory’s POV:The heavy oak doors of the chamber creaked open, and a towering figure stepped inside. His sheer presence was magnetic, radiating an ancient, quiet power that instantly made the vast, high-ceilinged room feel suddenly intimate, almost cramped.“Alright, Elara. Don’t embarrass yourself in front of the children,” he murmured softly.He approached the weeping woman, wrapping his broad arms around her trembling shoulders and murmuring words of comfort that gradually quieted her sobs.Once she had calmed, his dark, piercing eyes held a tempest of unspoken emotions as they locked onto mine. With a hand that trembled despite his obvious efforts to appear stoic, he reached into his pocket and withdrew a folded sheet, handing it to me.“Hello, daughter,” he said, his voice thick with a vulnerability he tried desperately to mask. “I know this is impossible to believe, but it is the absolute truth. I had the DNA test run at three separate facilities, and the results are identical.
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