Chapter 377: Secrets of the Forsaken Amulet

Nova's POV

The library was silent, save for the occasional crackle of the fire in the hearth.

A dozen open books surrounded me, their pages filled with old, faded scripts that blurred together in my tired mind.

Liora's journal lay at the center of it all, her precise handwriting guiding me through fragmented thoughts and cryptic hints.

The Rogue King. The Forsaken Amulet. The medallion Rowena had presented at the council meeting. All of it pointed to a larger puzzle, but the pieces didn't fit-

not yet.

I ran my fingers over one of the pages, my wolf restless beneath my skin. Liora had always been meticulous, deliberate. If she had left clues, they were here for a reason.

"Still no luck?" Drystan's voice broke the silence.

I looked up to find him leaning against the doorway, his arms crossed, his

expression soft but concerned.

"Not yet," I admitted. "But there's something here. I can feel it."

He walked over, pulling a chair beside me. His presence was grounding, his steady confidence a balm to my frayed nerves.

"What are you looking for?" he asked, his gaze scanning the pages.

"Anything about the Amulet," I said. "Liora mentioned it once, just in passing. But now..." I trailed off, my thoughts tangled.

Drystan reached for one of the books, flipping through it idly. "The rogues wouldn't be this focused on something unless it's powerful. And if Rowena's involved..."

than she's telling us," I finished

his jaw tightening. "She's stalling. Killian knows it too, but he's not ready to

what she'll reveal," I said softly, my chest

respond, but his silence

journal, flipping to a page where Liora's words were scrawled hastily, as if she'd written them in a hurry. My heart skipped a beat as my eyes caught

light meets shadow.

the words with

his brow furrowing. "The ruins?

to be there. The Amulet. The medallion. It's

scraping against the floor. "Then we don't have time to waste. If

journey to Emberwood ruins was tense, the weight of our discovery pressing heavily on all of us. Killian led the group, his expression grim as he barked orders to the warriors flanking us. Astrid was at his side,

The air was thick with the

we entered the ruins. The remains of ancient walls and

creeps," Astrid

not alone," I admitted, my wolf pacing restlessly

moved deeper into the ruins, the light fading until we were left with only the pale glow of the moon

as we

BUMS

feel that?" Drystan asked,

edge. The air felt

hissed, just as the first

brutal. Rogues poured

as

sharp and clear. "Hold

blade cutting through the first rogue that lunged for me. Drystan was

claws tearing through another as we fought

he

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