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.

need answers," he said. "The fragments of the Forsaken Amulet are missing. We believe the rogue king has

sigh, his head tilting back against the cold stone. "The amulet

that will make us

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

that destroying the amulet would stop whatever the rogue king is planning and end it all. We

know? Was there a way to fix the amulet?" Killian questioned straightforwardly, not bothering to hold

plans, but it's not enough to stop the

easily. Destroying his only weapon to defeat us won't discourage

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

"Do you think it's possible?" I pressed.

shook his

the rogue king does find a way to repair it, we will

least know something. How about the rogue king? Do you know his identity?

"I don't know his real name or his reasons. No

"You must know at least something about

the past,

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