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Chapter 93

Author: Marva
last update publish date: 2026-07-27 17:21:23

The Price Of Silk

POV: General Vesh (Elara Vance)

It took twenty minutes to walk from the gates to the palace, and we didn't have to draw a single sword the whole way.

The city was in shock. The mercenaries we hadn't already burned to ash had dropped their shields in the mud and run for the hills. The Vanguard moved through the lower streets fast and quiet, tearing down the starve-out barricades the Dukes had put up against their own people.

Kaelen and I walked straight up the middle of the mai
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