The days after Lysander and Kylie uncovered the new coalition felt heavier than ever before. The city they had worked so hard to build, to protect, was under threat again not from visible enemies, but from those working quietly in the shadows, slowly weaving a web that could unravel everything they had done. It wasn’t just about control anymore. It was about the survival of the ideals they had fought for. And the weight of that burden had never felt more pressing.

Lysander sat in ...