Chapter 270

• Elysia
• Denzel sat in the interrogation chamber beneath the Stormridge council hall, stripped of his usual polish, the arrogance that had carried him through years of scheming finally cracking under the weight of a capital charge he had no way to talk his way out of.
• "Poisoning a sanctioned Challenge carries a mandatory execution sentence," the presiding elder informed him, flat and formal. "Unless you provide information the council deems valuable enough to warrant leniency."