Chapter 281: How Much I Hated You Chapter 281: How Much I Hated You His jaw was tight.

His eyes flickered with something heavy, something painful.

“This…” he began, voice low, “is a letter from Ruth.” Everyone stilled.

He held it up like it weighed more than it should.

“She sent this to me just before they were imprisoned.

Before communications were cut off.” Nnenna moved quietly to his side.

She didn’t say anything, but gently placed her hand on his shoulder.

Just a touch.

That was all.

But it was enough.

The trembling in his hand lessened as if her calm had transferred to him.

No magic.

No system cheat.

Just her presence, solid, unshaken.

“She wrote down everything,” Abuchi said, straightening slightly.

“The positions of remaining loyalist soldiers, the weak points in the occupation routes, a few supply locations, and even some hidden pathways they used when evacuating the palace.

If the Council had approved sending reinforcements sooner… if our second brother hadn’t stalled…” He didn’t finish that thought.

He didn’t need to.

Everyone could hear the anger buried beneath his calm.

And the guilt.

After a moment of silence, he inhaled sharply and continued, his voice more composed.

“Anyway… I’ll read it out.” The group leaned in, even Karen, grudgingly so.

Whatever tension had been in the air, it was now replaced by something else.

Hope.

Or maybe desperation dressed up as hope.

Nnenna stayed close to him, her hand slipping back to her side as she listened.

She wasn’t just a tagalong anymore.

She was part of this.

Abuchi, From Ruth (Read in a safe place only) Abuchi,

Every second.

Every breath.

how long we have before everything

closing in on us faster than

we’ll be imprisoned,

not just for me,

rush, so please

couldn’t wait

I need your help.

Lionara’s help.

I believe in you.

one else has, not even the

come,

Promise me that.

can’t use

already tracking major

faster route or fly in directly,

spreads quickly here, and someone on the

Board a commercial flight to Ruby, then take a land

and then head

tracking

forgets the shape of the falcon in Marka, remember that rivers can

I mean if things

Jupp, cross the southern border

the Black Forest Zone begins, the one people now call the Forest

strong lights, heat patches, and if you can get

forest doesn’t just swallow paths…

edge near Purlit, find the

it is a hidden entrance to a

straight into Purlit’s

No guards, no cameras.

narrow, dark, and

Watch your footing.

town hall… you’ll

Patrols are everywhere.

But I know you.

You’ll find a way.

come soon,

it’s

I’ll still understand.

that I

Always.

No matter what happens.

Ruth P.S.

letter

Or eat it.

I’m serious.

is it, guys,” Abuchi said, spreading the map on the

sad

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