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By the time I finally decided to leave my room, I had already spent far too long going over everything I had learned in my head.
And somehow, in the middle of all of that, Jason was trying to deal with Conrad.
He had turned me down earlier, but I still needed to hear his side of it.
Not from my father.
Not from Elder Vincent.
And certainly not through whatever incomplete information had been circulating among the council.
I wanted to hear directly from Jason because he was the one dealing directly with Conrad.
I left my room and made my way toward his office. There were guards moving through the building. I noticed them without thinking much about it anymore.
When I reached Jason's office, I knocked. A few seconds later, his voice came from inside.
"Come in."
I opened the d
