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

his jaw tightening. "She's stalling. Killian knows it too, but

she'll reveal," I said softly,

didn't respond, but his silence

were scrawled hastily, as if she'd written them in a hurry. My heart skipped a beat as my eyes

light meets shadow. Emberwood will guard its secrets until

the words with

leaned closer, his brow furrowing. "The

quickening. "It has to be there. The Amulet.

against the floor. "Then we don't have time

discovery pressing heavily on all of us. Killian led the group, his expression grim as he barked orders to the warriors flanking

the horizon, casting the crumbling structures in an eerie glow. The air was thick with the

his presence a reassuring shadow as we entered the ruins. The remains of ancient walls and archways loomed

place gives me the creeps," Astrid muttered, her voice low but

I admitted, my wolf pacing restlessly

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

the hilt of my blade as we entered a wide,

BUMS

feel that?" Drystan asked, his

nodded, my senses on edge. The air felt wrong-charged with

hissed, just as

and brutal. Rogues poured

air as they descended

command rang out, sharp and

cutting through the first rogue that lunged for me.

tearing through another as

waiting for us," he

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