The Luna He Gave Away
The decree sat between us, and we looked at it the way you look at something you need to solve before it solves you.
"Three options," Kael said. "We appear, which means walking into whatever she has prepared in the capital. We refuse to hand her the default void without requiring her to do anything further. Or we file the counter-declaration and force the noble council to choose sides publicly."
"The counter-declaration is already prepared," I said.
"Filing it in response to a forged document has different implications than filing it under normal circumstances," Gareth said. "If Isolde contests the counter on the grounds that the original decree was legitimate…"