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(POV: Kaelor) I sat at my desk in the royal study, reviewing the final tribunal reports on Vane and his co-conspirators while the morning sun streamed through the tall windows, and I rubbed my tired eyes with my thumb and forefinger because I had been reading the same page over and over for the last ten minutes without actually absorbing any of the words written on the paper, and the silence in the room felt strange after weeks of constant shouting, fighting, and running across the capital. "You are going to burn a hole straight through that paper if you keep staring at it with that frown on your face," Zareth's voice broke through the quiet of the study, and I looked up to see her walking through the open double doors while carrying two cups of hot tea in her hands, and she wore a simple tunic and trousers instead of her usual travel gear, making her look more relaxed than I had seen her in months. "I am just trying to make sure the tribunal prosecutor has all the names of the und

(POV: Alexander) I stood straight and tall at the front of the main courtyard while the assembled rows of palace guards stood at attention in their polished silver armor, and I cleared my throat before delivering my very first formal address as the newly appointed commander of the palace guard, and I told every single man and woman standing in those ranks that our primary duty from this day forward was to protect the capital walls and ensure that no cult or traitor ever breached our defenses again, and James stood near the back row with his arms crossed over his chest, and he nodded approvingly and gave me a quick thumbs-up while the rest of the guards shouted their agreement in unison, and I looked over toward the stone steps where Mae was standing with a stack of updated security ledgers tucked securely under her arm, and she caught my eye and flashed a proud, bright smile that made all the lingering stress from last night's battle vanish entirely from my mind, and I finished my sp

(POV: James) I walked through the double doors of the palace armory and found Kaelor standing near the back tables inspecting a fresh shipment of silver-forged weapons that had just arrived from the northern blacksmiths, and I stepped up beside him and picked up one of the swords to test its balance in my hand, and I told him the new batch looked much sturdier than the ones we used during the amphitheater siege, and Kaelor nodded in agreement while running his thumb along the edge of a spearhead, and he told me we needed to make sure every guard unit stationed in the outer districts received a full set of these weapons before the end of the week, and I set the sword back down on the table and asked him if the council had finished discussing the updated security protocols for the city gates, and Kaelor let out a long sigh and told me the council spent three hours arguing about patrol routes this morning before finally approving every single measure we suggested. "They finally approve