They had all assumed that the test was about bringing the rogue back alive, that the challenge was brute force and endurance. But what if it wasn’t? What if there was another way to complete the trial, one hidden beneath the surface, one that only those paying attention would uncover?
Raya’s heart raced.
If they had missed this, how many others had? More importantly, had Prince Andy figured it out too?
She met Kaius’s gaze, her breath shallow.
“This changes everything.”
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Kaius and Raya carefully carried the parchment outside the cave, letting the full morning light hit its aged surface. As the golden rays of the sun illuminated the ink, they both gasped. Sure enough, beneath the main map, faint yet unmistakable, was an additional text written in delicate, almost poetic verse. It wa
