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Chapter 67: The nameless attackers:
"Only one thing?" Sablen said, a small attempt at levity that didn't quite land, though Thorne appreciated the effort."If the nameless clan is planning to discard Darius eventually," Thorne continued, "why help him hunt me specifically?" “Why put this much effort into finding one exiled nephew? A dead scaffolding king doesn't need to worry about a rival claimant. Unless…""Unless they're worried about the same thing Darius is worried about," Cael finished, understanding dawning in his voice. "You're not just a threat to your uncle's throne. You're a threat to their whole plan.""The clover mage bloodline," Sablen said, her face laced with shock and bewilderment. "You're the last of it. If the nameless clan is trying to reorganize every city, strip away every old bloodline with a legitimate claim to power…you're not just inconvenient. You're proof that the old order still has a rightful heir standing and breathing.”"As long as you exist, every person under Darius's rule has a reaso
Chapter 66: The Long Road North:
The night swallowed them whole the moment they left the heart river behind, the fortress of Lord Darius reduced to a smear of torchlight against the horizon before finally disappearing altogether behind the tree line. Thorne Valtor walked at the front of the group, his father's book still pressed against his ribs beneath his coat, the weight of it far heavier than its size should have allowed."We should keep off the main trail," Sablen said, falling into step beside him. "Varek will have scouts combing every road leading north within the hour, once he realizes we're not doubling back toward the capital.""Agreed," Cael Dross said from behind them, his single eye scanning the tree line out of old habit. "We cut through the Hollow Vale. Slower, but nobody patrols it. Too many stories about the place.""What kind of stories?" Breck asked, adjusting the strap of his pack."The kind that keeps soldiers from asking questions when their commander tells them not to bother searching there,
Chapter 65: The Hard Truth, Face it:
"There's a version of you," Cael Dross went on, "quieter now, "who marches back into that fortress tonight, clovers blazing, and burns Lord Darius where he stands. And maybe…maybe…you succeed." “But Varek survives, or the nameless clan slips away into the shadows they came from, and in six months a new tyrant wears your uncle's face and speaks with his rhetoric, and you've spent everything you have proving a point nobody needed proven.”"Restraint isn't weakness, Thorne. Restraint is knowing that some victories are worth losing so that you can win the war." Cael Dross immediately said, his voice was laced with intelligence.Sablen tightened her grip on his arm. "Cael's right. And there's something else. You said you wanted to rescue Lirael, take back the throne, expose the nameless clan for what they are…all of that requires people to believe you. Not just the soldiers who already follow you.”"The farmers. The merchants. The nobles are sitting on the fence right now, waiting to see
Chapter 64: The Weight of Restraint:
The wind coming off the heart river carried the metallic scent of old blood, and none of them moved for a long moment after Cael Dross finished speaking. Thorne Valtor stared at the man who had just told him that his own vengeance had been deliberately withheld…for a prophecy Thorne hadn't asked to be part of."You're telling me," Thorne said slowly, "that you sat on power capable of ending my uncle, and you chose a story instead.""I chose the future of this kingdom," Cael Dross corrected, unflinching. "There's a difference, even if it doesn't feel that way to you right now.""It doesn't feel like a difference at all.""It will." Cael Dross folded his arms, the empty socket where his other eye had been catching the dying light off the river. "Let me ask you something. If I had struck down Lord Darius three years ago, in secret, from the shadows…what would the people of this kingdom have woken up to?"Thorne said nothing."They'd have woken up to a dead tyrant and no explanation," Cae
Chapter 63: The forbidden path:
The entire situation was intense as Thorne Valtor immediately took a deep breath and gazed askance at Cael Dross who hadn't yet finished his statement.“You mean my wicked uncle, Lord Darius, actually killed your father and your brother for standing up to him?" Thorne Valtor immediately asked, his face was now etched in shock and bewilderment as he took a deep breath.Thorne Valtor had actually known his uncle, Lord Darius to be Ruthless, almost demon possessed and all that, but he had never expected him to be this cruel and heartless.This exact level of cruelty was what had actually made Thorne vow to take out his uncle by all means possible, even if it meant taking him down with him."Yes, your uncle did all that.” Cael Dross immediately said, his voice was now barely above whispers at the moment, but he wasn't about to give Thorne the talk which he would want to hear at the moment."My point is…” Cael Dross immediately said as he stared closely at Thorne Valtor."My point is that
Chapter 62: The next door is open:
Thorne Valtor was immediately touched by words that Sablen had just said, ever since he left the mine and found out that his evil uncle, Uncle Darius had married off his betrothed, Lirael to Voss, his son, Thorne hadn't been himself.“But…we actually….” "No but this time around.” Sablen immediately interrupted him almost immediately as she stared at him intensely.The situation was intense as the footsteps of Varek, Lord Darius and the Pale Scribes were now getting closer than before.“Are we going to escape now or are you two just going to stand there and kiss!" Cael Dross and Breck immediately said at the snap time as though they had planned it out.Sablen immediately looked at Breck and Cael Dross and smiled.“Let's go, we are not going to kiss, dweebs." Sablen immediately said as she held the hand of Thorne."I think they went this way.” One of pale scribes who was with Varek, Lord Darius and his men immediately pointed towards the exact direction where Throne Valtor, Cael Dross,
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