Chapter 186 Eryndal

• Sargis took the phone from Lupercus with a calmness that was more command than gesture.
• “Your Majesty, to what do I owe the honor?” came the voice of Jaramelin, the Head Scholar of the royal archives. His face appeared on the screen, hollow-cheeked, and sleepless rings bruising the skin beneath his eyes, yet behind them burned a mind that missed nothing. Curiosity gleamed like steel under the low light, sharp enough to cut.
• “I need you to dig into Aeryna’s history,” Sargis Instructed. “With immediate alacrity. Soraheneth uncovered something… a portrait in the archives in their possession." His thumb swiped across the device. " I’ve just sent you the screenshot. What Soraheneth uncovered cannot wait.”