Chapter 16
Chapter 16
Issa and Leandros face the full Senate as Gaius Valerius presents forged letters claiming they stole the scrolls. Their testimony, supported by Marcus and the prefect's statement, sways the commission, but Valerius produces a final witness whose arrival shifts the balance and forces an ultimatum.
The litter arrived before dawn.
Issa was already dressed when she heard the horses in the street. She had not slept. The scrolls lay on the table beside her bed, tied with cord, and she had read them through twice more by lamplight. She knew every word. She knew the weight of them.
Leandros met her in the courtyard. He wore a clean tunic, his hair combed back, and there was a stillness in his face she had not seen before. Not calm, exactly. Something quieter.
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