The Price of Disrespect

DANE

The hall did not recover immediately after Alden spoke.

"My support will be granted to the Grimshaw Bloodline."

The words continued to echo beneath the vaulted stone ceiling even as silence settled over the gathered nobles. From the upper terrace, I watched the shift move through the crowd in real time. Heads turned, voices lowered, and every gaze eventually drifted toward the Drakos side of