The second Vivienne burst into the training yard with that sealed ledger I knew the real fight had just grown ten times bigger.Sweat still dripped down my back from morning drills. I lowered my practice sword as she hurried over, her silver robes dusty and her face tight with urgency. Garrick stood beside me wiping his blade, his scarred brow already furrowed."Logan, Captain, you need to see this right now," Vivienne said breathing fast. She held up a thick leather bound book with strange glowing runes on the cover. "I took a small team to Malakor’s seized estate before the high mages could strip it clean. This was hidden behind a false wall in his private study. Encrypted financial records."I took the ledger from her hands feeling its heavy weight. "Encrypted how? Can you read it?"She nodded glancing around to make sure no noble pages lingered nearby. "I broke the cipher this morning. It is worse than we thought. Malakor was not running the show. He was a hired blade. A very well