Godless Prince
"Palace whispers suggest the offering was made without the prince's knowledge or consent, my Empress."
"Even better," Ysoria purred, eyes gleaming with predatory satisfaction. "Unwilling offerings age so much more exquisitely in captivity. Fear seasons the blood like nothing else."
"They say," Velis continued, his voice dropping to a conspirative whisper, "this sacrifice was orchestrated to silence her own people. A final, theatrical display to prove her unwavering loyalty to our treaty."
"Loyalty," Ysoria repeated, the word rolling off her tongue like wine gone sour. She began a slow, predatory circle around him, silk whispering against marble. "Such a tediously mortal concept. Loyalty is w
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