Chapter 201

Caleb read it once. Then again. Then he handed it to Kaia without a word.

A Formal Censure.

Suspension of Trade.

Revocation of Council Recognition.

Authorization for “Corrective Intervention” should instability spread.

Sanctioned violence, dressed in careful language.

“So that’s it,” Selena said quietly, reading over Kaia’s shoulder. “We’re official.”

“Yes,” Kaia replied. “We exist now.”

Caleb folded the parchment and burned it in the brazier by the ...