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.

Velda’s pivotal role in turning the

led troops into the Western

set fire to their arsenal, while Velda

that forced the Western

signed in Snowdeer did

no mention of massacres or killing

mean either my grandfather deliberately concealed

he, as the commanding officer on

fury, replaced the documents, and swiftly exited the

at Frostfang, Beata

a word, she handed me a note

I felt a chill–it

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Western Tribe soldiers, disguised as Dragon

the Western Tribe

moment and said to Beata, “Beata,

outfit. I’ll meet Lycan

to see

Erasmus tomorrow.”

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

“You rest to

my voice slightly hoarse from

arrived at the palace and requested an

My voice, still rough from last night’s tears, held

night, after Beata left, I’d cried into my pillow for hours. The pain of my family’s loss

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