Chapter 26

Adelaide’s POV

I slipped into the royal archives, shielded by Frostfang’s stealth cloak.

It masked my scent and muffled my steps, allowing me to glide through the high–security area like a wraith.

No need to search–the Bloodscar Campaign reports were neatly arranged on the upper shelf of the left oak bookcase.

I retreated to a dim corner of the archive room and, by faint light, began reviewing the dispatches one by one.

By the time I finished the last report, my blood felt frozen, and a bone–chilling dread spread through me.

Tears welled up uncontrollably, blurring my vision.

Ulrik and Velda, as reinforcements, rushed to the Bloodscar Border and plunged into the fray.

Their inexperience on the battlefield soon became apparent.

In the first battle, my uncle lunged to save Ulrik, his left arm severed by an enemy blade–a scene so visceral, it played out before

my eyes.

My youngest uncle, ever–vibrant and dashing in my memory, fell heroically before reinforcements could arrive.

My grandfather, struck by an arrow, was left critically wounded, leaving Ulrik to command subsequent engagements.

and Velda’s pivotal

led troops into the

their arsenal, while Velda

leverage that forced the Western Tribe’s

treaty was signed in

reports made no mention of massacres or

omission could mean either my grandfather deliberately concealed it, or he was

way, should the truth come to light, he, as the commanding officer

my grief and fury, replaced the documents, and swiftly exited the

Frostfang, Beata awaited

she handed me a note from

I felt a chill–it

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Dragon Ash wolves, were en route to

the Western Tribe had allied with

reflected for a moment and said to Beata, “Beata, help

outfit. I’ll meet Lycan

needed to

Erasmus tomorrow.”

You should rest now. It’s late,” Beata replied as

“You rest to

my voice slightly

I arrived at the palace and requested an audience with

Majesty!” My voice, still rough from last night’s

pillow for hours. The pain of my

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