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Chapter Six: The Groom in White
By now the Grand Hall of Skyfall Palace was already packed with guests.The hall was massive — even set up with the finest single-table arrangement for every guest, it could easily seat hundreds.For the princess's engagement, nearly every person of consequence in Morrow had been invited: high officials, merchants whose fortunes rivaled a kingdom's treasury, and famed masters of combat.Everyone who received an invitation came gladly. Morrow had hitched its fortunes to the Starlight Order, and who wouldn't want to witness an event like this firsthand? As long as the Order's protection held, Morrow's borders would stand secure for the next hundred years.No one in the hall needed reminding what the Starlight Order meant to an ordinary kingdom like Morrow. It was a titan across the entire continent of Cloudreach. If Morrow was an anthill, the Order was a mountain looking down on it from the clouds.The hall itself rose in tiers from the entrance, climbing toward a gilded throne at the v
Chapter Five: The Little Tyrant Strikes Again
Skyfall Palace sat at the very heart of the royal grounds, the core of the whole capital. It was named after King Cassian Skyfall, and it was where every major event in Morrow was held.Today marked the engagement of the eldest princess to the prodigy of the Starlight Order, and the entire kingdom was celebrating. An occasion this grand had drawn every important figure in Morrow. No one of consequence was missing, from the high nobles of the capital to the kingdom's most powerful ministers.Gideon had shed his old uniform. Dressed in a violet robe, his hair bound beneath a jade crown, he looked up at the sky with the bearing of a much younger man.Dark brows, sharp eyes, a strong jaw set with quiet confidence, sun-bronzed skin carrying an air of iron resolve — every motion he made spoke of quiet authority.He walked with the stride of a warrior, standing out on the crowded streets of the capital like a hawk among sparrows. His bearing, his posture, the sharpness in his eyes, and his s
Chapter Four: Sweet and Sharp
"Young Master, what should we do with Thorne's body?" Wren looked down at the dead man.Gideon gave a sly smile, touched the ring on his finger, and with a wave of his hand, pulled the body into it.It was called a Void Ring, a storage item. Ordinary people used plain storage bags, but a Void Ring was rarer, easier to carry, and held far more inside it.Across all of Morrow, no more than three people owned a Void Ring. It made sense that Gideon, as the Champion Marquis, second only to the King himself, would own one this fine.In truth, the Eternal Temple inside him would have made the perfect place to store his treasures, but Gideon barely understood what it was capable of. The old man snoring away inside it cared about nothing but his own sleep and ignored him completely."Tomorrow I'll send the King a gift he won't forget."Coldness filled Gideon's eyes. He felt nothing for the Ashcroft royal family anymore, only a hatred without end.The King's power was cold and without mercy, an
Chapter Three: What Use Is a Dog's Loyalty?
Enjoying his twilight years? He was only twenty-two."Cruel."Red flame flared from Wren's head, born of her strange, fiery energy. Thorne's words had rubbed salt straight into a wound that was already raw."Of course, the Champion Marquis is a man of loyalty and honor, and he won't give us the names easily. In that case, I'll have to use my own methods."Thorne's gaze slid slowly over to Wren."Your methods?"Gideon sneered. He wasn't sad anymore. He was filled with anger and hatred. The entire Ashcroft royal family was his enemy now."I'll kill this remarkable Scarlet Wraith in front of you, frame her for treason, and hang her body outside the capital gates. I hear the four Wraiths are close as brothers. With the Champion Marquis brought down and the Scarlet Wraith dead, I doubt the other three will be able to sit still."Evil filled Thorne's eyes, and his words were enough to send a chill down anyone's spine."A fine plan. A fine method."Gideon clapped his hands, mocking him, the
Chapter Two: A Complete Transformation
On the outskirts of town stood a run-down old house behind a crumbling wall. A cold wind swept through the yard, and the whole place felt empty and forsaken.Gideon pushed open the gate, and a stench of decay rolled out to meet him. He frowned. This was the new home the King had prepared for him, the place where he would be kept as a prisoner from now on.He stood before the gate, and an endless sorrow welled up in his chest. He could no longer hold it back, and he spat out a mouthful of blood."Young Master!"Wren rushed to help him up, her face full of worry."Wren, how many years have you been with me?""Seven years."Her thoughts seemed to be pulled back to that winter, bitterly cold, when she was eight years old and nearly froze to death in the snow. The young master had found her and raised her with care. She had taken the surname Hale, and even the name Wren had been given to her by him."Seven years. Time flies."Gideon looked up. The night was as black as ink, just like his h
Chapter One: The Champion
The Kingdom of Morrow, its capital at Morrowgate.The Marquis's manor in the eastern district.The autumn winds had just died down, and heavy snow was falling.Gideon Hale stood in the doorway, gazing north.The war was over. The northern clans had surrendered. It was time to lay down his sword."Cough, cough."Gideon coughed twice and pulled the thin blanket tighter around his shoulders. He had won an unprecedented victory at the Battle of Broken Sky Mountain, but the cost was the wellspring of power inside him, shattered beyond repair. His strength had drained away with it, and now even a small cold was more than his body could bear.Looking back on seven years of glory, he had risen high while still a young man. At fifteen, he made his name in the army. At sixteen, he put down a rebellion in the south and wiped out three thousand bandits. At seventeen, he led an army east, crushed a rebel vassal state, and destroyed a hundred thousand enemy soldiers in a single stroke, earning the
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