Zoe shook her head, her eyes shining with unshed tears. “I don’t know,” she murmured, her voice trembling. “But my father was investigating something. Something dangerous. My mother used to say he was too brave for his own good. Maybe this… whatever this darkness is, maybe it’s tied to that.”
Cassius leaned closer, his voice low and deliberate, his silver eyes sharp with focus. “If your father was involved, then there’s a trail somewhere. Records, leads - something to piece this together. We need to find out what he was after. It could be the key to stopping Caelum.”
Zoe hesitated, the words clawing at her throat before she finally spoke, her voice hardening with a mixture of grief and determination. “Cassius… there’s more. My father wasn’t just anyone. He was Beta to Alpha Philip.”
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