Fifteen days later, Corveth's envoys finally arrived.They did not bring a ransom for Cedric. They brought a state decree stripping him of the crown.Corveth's royal house placed responsibility for the war on Cedric and House Fairfax in order to secure peace with Thalenor.A new king, Alistair, had already been enthroned, and his first decree condemned the remaining Fairfax household to death for treason against the realm and confiscated its estates.As for Cedric, Corveth's message was blunt: the former king was abandoned. Thalenor could keep him as a permanent hostage and dispose of his status as its court saw fit.I carried the decree into the cold lower prison beneath the palace.Cedric and Rosamund had already been left permanently crippled by the punishment imposed under Thalenor's old wartime code, and neither of them could do more than lie on the prison straw."Corveth sent people?" Cedric's eyes filled suddenly with hope. He dragged himself toward the bars. "They're her
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