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 the Forsaken Amulet are missing. We believe the rogue king has

back against the cold stone. "The amulet is broken. What could he possibly want with pieces of

the area, to find clues that will make us better understand what the rogues are planning, but the rogues risked

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

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

fix the amulet?" Killian questioned straightforwardly, not bothering to hold back his thoughts and concerns from

plans,

been raising his army for years. He wouldn't stop so easily. Destroying

up even after we destroy the amulet. He will not stop until he achieve his goals.

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

shook his

a mystic. I only know that if the rogue king does find a way to repair it, we will all be in serious trouble and Rowena's sacrifice would all

king? Do you know his identity? Maybe if we find out who

or his reasons. No one did. He keeps his secrets close, even from

"You must know

him in the past, we weren't close. He didn't trust me enough because of my identity," Andros answered with no hint of

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