#Chapter 124: The Rogue King's True Mate and Kane's Departure

The abandoned cathedral looked like God had given up on it. Broken stained glass windows sent hazy rainbow fragments scattering across crumbling stone floors. The air tasted like dust and forgotten prayers. This place must've been incredible once. Now it felt like a beautiful corpse, gorgeous in its decay but heavy with abandonment. I approached like I was walking into a trap. Which I possibly was. But I'd run out of options and allies. If Elsa had information that could stop the Rogue King, I had to roll the dice. My footsteps echoed in the cathedral's vast emptiness like gunshots. She emerged from shadows near the altar. The transformation was startling. Gone was that elegant political mask. In its place stood something primal and focused. "You came," she said with satisfaction. "I wasn't certain you would, given recent betrayals." The Kane reference made my chest tighten like someone was squeezing my ribs. But I forced myself to focus on why I was here. "You said you h