Chapter 258

“So be it. She will make the ledger lighter.” Those words were not a promise of mercy.

They carried a different weight: a test, a fact declared to unsettle.

Alessio stepped in smoothly. “The audience will be in the council chamber. You will be escorted. Your men will camp beyond the river. No weapons beyond their belts.”

Drakon bowed distantly. “Very well. If I must be judged, let it be on neutra