Chapter Nine – Unveiling Shadows

DiCaprio:

The council room is too quiet.

Not that I mind silence. It’s the noise of fools I can’t stand. But today, the stillness has teeth — like the calm before a storm I didn’t see coming.

Scar-Cheek’s words won’t leave my mind.

“They mentioned a last wish. Her mother. Keya’s real one. Something about protecting her legacy... You were right — they know more than they’ve said.”

He'd overheard them arguing outside the suite. Didn't even mean to. But that’s the thing about secrets — they think walls protect them, but words always find cracks to slip through.

And I know how to listen....