FAZER LOGINChapter 128 "Reinforce the northern wall. That's where the scouts spotted movement""And leave the southern road open? That's exactly what they'd want."Kael crossed the muddy yard as the argument continued around him.Neither commander noticed him at first."Why are you certain they're attacking the northern wall?" Kael asked.The first commander turned."Scout reports, Your Majesty. Two separate sightings.""Two sightings of what?"The commander hesitated."Scouting parties. We believe.""Believe?""Possibly supply movement," the second commander admitted. "We don't know for certain."Kael stopped."Then stop treating an assumption like a confirmed attack."Both commanders went quiet."Get me verified numbers. What was seen, where it was seen, how many, and when. I want confirmation before we commit troops based on a guess."A soldier nearby muttered something under his breath.Kael turned."Say it again."The soldier froze."Louder."The young man's shoulders stiffened."How do we
Chapter 127 "No."Yssa stared at the two fragments in her hands."That can't be the same symbol."The archivist glanced up."Lady Yssa?"Yssa didn't answer.She placed the fragments side by side.One was brittle and dark with age.The other was newer, but parts of its text had been deliberately scraped away.She traced the surviving lines with one finger."If you're afraid you're wrong," the archivist said carefully, "why do you look frightened?""Because I might be right."Yssa set both fragments down."This phrase appears in a military chronicle."She moved to the second fragment."And here."Her finger stopped over a line from an old ceremonial First Moon text."Written centuries apart."The archivist frowned."Coincidence. Scribes copied phrasing constantly.""Not phrasing like this."Yssa shook her head."It's describing an encounter.""With what?""I don't know yet."She returned to the shelves.For another hour, she searched.Then she found it.A second fragment.Clearer than
Chapter 126 "A conventional pull-back to the second line of garrisons," the commander was saying. "It's the safest response to their border movements""That's exactly what they want you to do."Every head turned.Evelyne stood at the edge of the war table, several marked pages in her hands.She hadn't been invited to speak.She spoke anyway.Kael's brow lifted."Where did you get those?""The royal archive.""Studied what?""Every campaign record I could find going back two hundred years."She placed the pages on the table."I'd like to be part of this discussion."The older commander with gray at his temples folded his arms."You were raised for a crown, my lady. Not a war table."Evelyne met his stare."I wasn't asking for the crown."A pause."I'm asking for a chance to be useful."Kael watched her carefully."Why now?"His tone wasn't unkind.Just direct."Because I've spent months preparing for a future nobody intended to give me."Her fingers tightened slightly around the pages
Chapter 125 "What did she mean?"Kael asked the moment the door closed behind Ren."Older than the Wardens?"The seneschal didn't answer.Elara turned toward him.He had gone still in a way that didn't fit him. His hands were folded too carefully, his expression composed too deliberately, and his eyes were fixed somewhere beyond the room."You know something."The seneschal looked at her."I know a great many things, my lady.""That's not what I asked."Silence stretched.A moment too long."It's an old story," he said finally. "Nothing more.""You don't look frightened by stories."Kael's voice was quiet.The seneschal's jaw tightened."I was told never to speak of it casually.""When?""Decades ago."He looked toward the closed door."I assumed the warning would remain buried with the records."Elara stepped closer."Speak of what?"The seneschal exhaled.Something in his expression seemed to give way."The Hollow Court."The name settled over the room.It explained nothing.Kael f
Chapter 124 Ren set the parchment on the table."My territory will provide soldiers, scouts, supplies, and intelligence.""And in exchange?"Kael's tone made it clear he already knew the answer."Recognition."Ren tapped the second section of the document."Formal acknowledgment that my territory preserved the legitimate historical record of the First Moon Queen."Kael read further.His jaw tightened."This wording doesn't say 'acknowledge history.'"He lifted his eyes."It says Elara recognizes your territory's historical claim.""That's a meaningful difference," Elara said."It's precise language," Ren replied."It's political language," Kael said. "Precise enough to be used against us later."Elara leaned forward before he could continue."What exactly do you expect me to recognize?"Ren met her eyes."That the record my people preserved is true. That Silver Moon's version was incomplete.""Incomplete," Elara repeated. "Or wrong?""Does it matter which word we use?""It matters en
Chapter 123 "You can't go in there."The guard blocked the corridor with one arm."The king is in a military council.""Then tell him this is more important than whatever is happening in that room."Torin turned at the familiar voice.He was already moving before the guard could respond."Ren Katal."Ren didn't slow."Torin.""I wasn't expecting you.""I wasn't planning to come."Ren's expression was grim."That changed."Torin studied her. "You arrive without warning and expect to interrupt a war council?""I need Kael and Elara.""Now?""Now."Torin's eyes narrowed."What happened?"Ren stopped."Your enemy isn't staying inside your borders."That stopped him.Before Torin could ask another question, the war room doors opened.Kael emerged, Elara close behind him.His eyes immediately found Ren.He went still."You weren't expected.""I know."Kael's expression hardened."Which means something changed."Ren nodded."Everything."Her gaze moved to Elara."I need both of you somewher







