The investigation moved with surgical, forensic precision. Under Lyra's direction, Elder Ignis and the royal audit scribes cross-referenced the alchemical requisition ledgers with the security logs of the western gate. By sunrise, the paper trail converged upon Lord Malakar's younger nephew, Baron Tarek of the Crimson clan. Tarek was a proud, debt-ridden young nobleman who had recently mortgaged his family's obsidian quarries to merchant banks in Solaria. Auren and Lyra,…
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