LUCAS POV (BACK TO PRESENT)
After a long, suffocating ride of silence from the gala to the airport, we arrived just in time for our flight.
A few hours later, the wheels touched down in Carcassonne—the central, beating heart of the Monarchs.
To understand how this place operates, you have to understand the protocol.
They call it the Train Station. It isn't a physical platform with tracks;
it’s a mandate. Anyone visiting the Monarchs must pass through the Train Station in a completely unconscious state.
You go under in the outside world, and you wake up in front of the gates of Calvary.
It is their ultimate security measure. No one leaves a trail.
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"My father doesn't know where I am, and neither do the Calvary Monarchs," I said, l
