A Shift in Command

PRIMUS VALERIUS'S POV

They felt the shift.

My Kyrexeis. My Lykois. My Syntagmas. They moved without my command.

Without my permission.

The moment I left the room, the courtyard had turned into chaos. I could smell the unrest before I even got there. Dozens of them, trained men, elite guards circling like they were answering an alarm only they could hear.

One of the Syntagmas stepped forward, che