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“We’ll need to position teams here,” I said, circling the spots on the map. “Team A will cover the north side; Team B takes the south. I’ll lead the assault from the east. No one moves in until I give the signal. We’re not just rescuing Finn; we’re taking the fight to them.”

I turned to Amelia, who was standing nearby, still looking worried but trying to hold it together.

“I’ll get him back. I promise you that.”

She nodded, though I could see the lingering concern in her eyes. The weight of everything hung heavy on her too.

“Everyone ready?” I asked the vampires. They nodded, a quiet intensity filling the room. They knew what was at stake, and they knew I wouldn’t stop until Finn was safe.

“Aidan, Damon is here with the diary,” Amelia said.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Amelia

Damon arrived shortly after the call ended, ushered in by a guard. His usual confident stride was replaced by an unusual intensity, and I could see the weight of the situation in his eyes as he entered the living room.

“Amelia, Aidan, Sienna,” Damon greeted us, his tone gruff, his gaze flickering from me to Aidan before settling on Sienna.

Damon handed the diary to Aidan, who quickly flipped through the pages.

“Have you gone through it?” Aidan asked.

“No, I just picked it up and brought it here as fast as I could,” Damon answered.

His brows furrowed at the empty first page, and a frustrated growl escaped him.

“It’s just a waste of time,” he muttered, tossing the book down on the table in exasperation.

Sienna picked up the diary, scanning the pages and her eyes lit up with realization.

“It’s written in invisible ink,” she said, holding the book closer to her.

“What?” Aidan asked, his voice laced with disbelief.

Sienna nodded, her fingers brushing across the pages carefully.

“We need heat to reveal it.” She glanced over at Aidan, then me. “Do you have a lighter?”

I handed her a lighter, and she held it under the pages. The words slowly appeared, faint at first, then became clearer.

“That's incredible,” I said in awe.

Sienna looked up from the book, her face lit by the glow of the lighter.

“My grandmother was a writer. She taught me a lot of things about old tricks like this.”

I nodded as Sienna handed the diary to me and I began to read.

“I have committed a grave sin against my kind and vampires, I admit that greed swallowed me, and I wanted only werewolves to live on earth. I met Vera, a ruthless vampire who told me she wanted to end vampires because they committed an atrocity against her.”

“What could vampires have possibly done to her?” Aidan muttered under his breath, his tone hard and full of disbelief.

I couldn’t shake the unease as I read on, my eyes scanning each word carefully. Aidan remained silent beside me; his jaw clenched as I continued.

“I thought I could use her to achieve my goal, but she used me instead. She plans to wipe out both vampires and werewolves, and I don’t know what to do or how to stop her.

I paused, looking up at Damon, who was visibly shaken.

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