Chapter 84 The New Order

• Three days after the battle, the first of many difficult conversations began.
• King Magnus Blackthorne arrived at the castle with a full retinue, his face grim as he surveyed the dimensional damage that still scarred the ancient stones. Behind him rode King Aldric's father, King Roderick Thornfield, who had arrived within hours of receiving word about his brother's death.
• I watched them approach from the battlements, my enhanced senses picking up the tension in their body language, the way their hands stayed close to their weapons despite the truce flags flying from their banners. These were men who had spent decades as enemies, and recent events hadn't erased that history.