He still had pieces on the board. And he wasn’t about to lose his most precious knight without a war.
As Heiko began to address the Council, voice hard and resolute, Peter slowly took his seat again, every movement calculated, calm.
But inside his mind, a storm was already brewing.
A storm with no mercy.
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The silence that had settled after Crown Prince Thas was revealed in chains was shattered by Heiko’s voice, steady and commanding, ringing through the Royal Court like the toll of a death bell.
He stepped forward, his mate River standing calmly beside him, her gaze steady despite the tension suffocating the room. Heiko didn’t address the accused. Not yet. His eyes swept the court, then turned to the raised dais where the King, Queen, and Council sat in stunned attention.
He spoke
