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I expected a council chamber, maybe something like the Guild’s—formal, cold, orderly. Instead, the hall was alive with flame, crystal, and shadow. Great braziers burned with silver fire that gave off no heat. Tall windows let in the moonlight, cutting across the floor in sharp beams. And seated across a long, crescent-shaped table were six figures—each radiating a pressure so heavy my knees almost buckled when we entered.

Bram whispered behind me, "Well... they look friendly. ...

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