The King's Table

POV: Cassian

King Viktor talks without taking a single breath, his baritone voice echoing off the vaulted stone ceiling of the private dining hall. He pauses his endless rambling about the grand retirement gardens he plans to build next year just long enough to take a slow, deliberate sip from his jeweled goblet. I mirror his movement, lifting my own cup to my lips. The metallic tang of fresh blo