Chapter 127 The Mask That Shattered

• It should have been a day of celebration.
• Espen, radiant and round with the weight of their child, stood before the newly built gates of their kingdom—hers, rebuilt from the ruins of Avaris. Mikko at her side, the people cheered as their Queen and King returned from Holden. The alliance now fully cemented by the crown she wore and the loyalty in her stride.
• But beneath the gold and marble, the air still crackled.