Aria’s POV
The betrayal came from a direction none of us anticipated, surfacing three weeks after the fourth fragment's containment, when Kael's intelligence network intercepted correspondence suggesting one of the five coalition territories had been quietly sharing information with Magnus's network.
"Bram," Kael said, laying the intercepted letter across the council table where I sat with Ines and two of his most trusted advisors. "The northern territory's Alpha has been feeding details about our security protocols to an unregistered contact for the better part of a month."
"You're certain," I said, though the careful evidence Kael presented left little room for doubt.
"Certain enough," Kael said. "The correspondence matches patterns we've seen before, similar to what Selena's exchan
