Lesson in Loyalty: Chapter 3 – The Breaking Point and the Silent Vow
"No," Elara agreed. "It is about not giving up. Even when every voice tells you to."
Elena had done nothing. She had stood frozen, her own hand on her hilt, her heart screaming one thing while her body obeyed another.
Aris rose to his feet, his chair scraping against the stone floor. “I’ve served under Commander Lira for twenty years. I’ve seen her take an arrow for a wounded private. I’ve seen her give her own rations to the sick. I’ve seen her stand alone against a charging cavalry to buy time for a retreat. That woman does not betray. She endures .” Lesson in Loyalty -Chapter 3-
She had not returned.
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The tension stretched, pulled taut like a piano wire. Kael watched in horror, his aim shaking as he tried to track the silhouette on the catwalk. If Jarek fired now, Silas was dead. This was reckless. It was stupid. It was against every regulation Kael had sworn to uphold. Lesson in Loyalty: Chapter 3 – The Breaking
The consequences of staying or leaving become severe.
Kael flinched, instinct telling him to return fire. He aimed his weapon toward the silhouette on the catwalk. "Sir, I have a shot."
A specific crisis forces hidden motives into the light. She had stood frozen, her own hand on
By midnight, the atmosphere in the citadel had grown toxic. Kaelen knew that the Duke would not act directly. He was too cowardly for a public confrontation. Instead, he would send his spymaster, a weasel of a man named Lord Harven, who dealt in whispers and poisoned wine.
"Chapter three," she murmured.