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While the others study the artwork, Thessarian disappears into a chamber revealed by the stones’ activation. Her sharp intake of breath brings me around.
“Garrett,” she calls, her voice tight with controlled anger. “You need to see this.”
We crowd into the small space, and my stomach clenches at what the ranger had uncovered. Equipment that has no business being in these sacred spaces—surveying tools, detailed maps, mining samples carefully labeled and dated. But it’s the documents that truly reveal the scope of Aldwin’s ambitions.
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