Chapter 42 Secrets, Secrets

• I had spent weeks chasing down every whispered clue and coded message, my mind constantly in a state of heightened alert.
• At last, I decided to follow through on that mysterious call that had haunted me for days. I had nearly forgotten the details in the chaos of my daily life until I found an envelope tucked under my door, sealed with an unfamiliar insignia. With trembling hands, I opened it. Inside was a single, neatly typed letter, its contents both cryptic and chilling.
• The letter warned me to tread carefully and hinted that my search for the truth was about to expose secrets far darker than I had imagined. But the final sentence, written in an unfamiliar hand, left me reeling: “Aria is Holvaster’s daughter.”