Chapter 73
- Chapter 73: A Fractured Crown
- The banquet glittered like a poisoned jewel.
- Golden chandeliers spilled firelight across the cavernous hall, turning polished silver into mirrors and crystal glasses into rivers of red wine. Music threaded faintly from the quartet in the corner—violins straining against the weight of the room—but it couldn’t smother the whispers. Nothing could smother them tonight.