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Chapter 97

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THE GATHERING STORM

Council Chamber—Morning Light, Cold Walls

Elder Galrin (reading a scroll aloud):

"Valemont has raised the banner of secession. They claim the Queen no longer acts in the interest of the borderlands. They've declared independence, Your Majesty."

Council murmurs.

Blythe (coldly):

"Valemont has twenty horses and a drunk general. Let them bark."

Vito (smiling slightly):

"Barking can turn to biting when it finds teeth."

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