The Fall Of The King

Katherina sat across from him in the dim, dusty interior of the carriage, her posture rigid, her hands folded over her lap. Her gaze remained calm, a practiced mask forged through decades of ruling by his side, but behind those steady eyes hid a profound, agonizing pain. She hated seeing him like this. Yoren had always been a towering presence, a man of iron will and dominance, a king who commande