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He tossed it in front of the table, the body landing with a heavy, wet thud against the frozen ground. Then he dropped into the seat at my left without so much as a glance at the elders' reactions.
"Sorry I'm late," he said, leaning in close enough that only I could hear the rest. "Anisa found something on him. You're going to want to see it before Alaric does, or he'll talk for an hour before you get to the point."
I rose, circled the table, and crouched beside the body. My eyes immediately fell on a mark that had been circled by Anisa, just beneath his collarbone — a jagged, angular symbol burned into the skin rather than inked. It was the kind of mark that belonged in old stories about frozen coastlines and gods who ruled many, many years ago.
I furrowed my brows as real
