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The High Council arrived at SilverMoon Pack exactly two weeks after we destroyed the temple.

They came with formality and ceremony—nine members in their official robes, accompanied by an entire contingent of guards and advisors. But three of those nine seats were empty, marked with black cloth to indicate disgrace. The three conspirators who'd been exposed at the temple were awaiting trial in High Council prisons.

The remaining six members looked at us with expressions ranging from ...