Chapter 19 The Bloodline Key

• The stars had barely dimmed when the royal war room stirred awake with anxious footsteps and hushed reports. The scent of burning sage filled the air as Lucia paced the polished floor, her mind restless, her fingers twitching with residual fire from the night before.
• A single truth pressed against her ribs like a dagger: Bryan had betrayed them.
• He hadn’t just run away with a stolen scroll—he had risked everything. And for what?