Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Issa presents Thalia's scrolls before the Senate commission, facing accusations and scrutiny. A surprise witness shifts the hearing's direction, and a new demand from Rome forces Issa and Leandros to choose between submission and defiance.
The scroll felt heavier than it should have as Issa placed it on the table before the commissioners. Her fingers lingered on the papyrus for a moment, as though she could draw strength from the words Thalia had pressed into it.
The senior commissioner leaned forward. "Unroll it."
Issa obeyed, spreading the scroll across the polished marble. The ink had faded in places, but Thalia's precise hand was still clear—columns of dates, measurements, observations recorded over three years.
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