Chapter 405: Another Spy

Astrid's POV

The air in the dungeon was damp and heavy, clinging to my skin like a second layer.

The faint flicker of the bright light painted uneasy shadows on the stone walls, casting long, distorted shapes that felt as restless as the questions swirling in my mind.

Killian and I stopped outside Andros's cell, and for a moment, neither of us spoke.

Andros sat against the wall, his posture slouched, his gaze fixed somewhere distant, as though we weren't there.

His face was pale, worn, and etched with the weight of regret he had carried silently since Rowena's death.

"Andros," I said, my voice softer than I intended. It was impossible to ignore how different he looked now, like a man who had already resigned himself to whatever fate we would decide.

His dark eyes flicked toward me briefly before dropping back to the ground. "What now?" he asked, his voice hollow, lacking the defiance I used to know.

he said. "The fragments of

away. He let out a soft, weary sigh, his head tilting back against

had warriors left behind to investigate the area, to find clues that will make us better understand what the rogues are planning, but the rogues risked getting caught by going back just to retrieve it. Why would the rogue king go through

bound hands resting on his lap. "I don't know," he

rogue king is planning and end it all. We thought

we didn't know? Was there a way to fix the amulet?" Killian questioned straightforwardly, not bothering to hold back his thoughts and concerns

the amulet is the only way to stop the rogue king's plans, but it's

so easily. Destroying his only weapon to defeat

expected that he wouldn't give up even after we destroy the amulet. He will not stop until he achieve his goals. I just don't know what he

twisted at the thought. "Do you think it's possible?" I pressed. "Can

shook his head,

mystic. I only know that if the rogue king does find a way to repair it, we will all be

waves. "You must at least know something. How about the rogue king? Do you know his identity? Maybe if we find out who he is and why he is doing

is," Andros said, his voice flat. "I don't know his real name or

carefully, "You must know at least

worked with him in the past, we weren't close. He didn't trust me enough because of my

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