Chapter 89

Chapter 89 Seraphina's POV The scroll Callista handed me was old—its edges frayed and darkened with age. But the wax seal, broken now, still bore a mark I didn’t recognize. A flame wrapped in a spiral, encased in a ring of thorns. "We found it in one of Cassian's locked chambers," she said. "There’s more. Letters. Maps. Codes. This one... it had your name." I sat down slowly at the war table, unrolling the scroll with trembling fingers. It wasn’t just a letter. It was a dossier. A full account of my life—where I’d lived, trained, the battles I’d fought in, my known allies, weaknesses, even emotional vulnerabilities. Whoever had compiled this had watched me for years. Even Kaelos, standing beside me, stiffened when he saw how thorough it was. "He wasn’t working alone," he muttered. Callista nodded grimly. "We believe he was connected to something older. Bigger. A group that calls themselves the Order of Embers. They specialize in control. In creating rulers and then destroying them." I