Chapter 130 The Gem Of Silvercrest

• ~Lucian~
• Tobias slumped against the tree where we had him restrained, the dim light of dusk casting long shadows across his face. His eyes—once sharp and calculating—now seemed empty, hollowed out by years of bitterness and resentment. Yet, beneath that emptiness was a twisted satisfaction, as if he had finally achieved what he had been waiting for all these years.
• I took a step forward, fists clenched at my sides. The weight of everything he had done was pressing against me, threatening to crush the control I was barely holding onto. He had betrayed Silvercrest. He had put lives at risk. He had targeted my leadership, my family. Elara had nearly been killed because of him.