Truce?

"They want to talk to me?" Yllana glanced at Theoden. Her inquiring gaze made his forehead wrinkle. 

Lucien saw her uneasiness as she shifted from her seat and look at Theoden. The Spirit Master sent a messenger into their territory.

The imperial Holy Knight was kneeling in front of them. He noticed that the soldier was not trembling nor was he showing any signs of fear when he asked for an audience and saw him, the black-horned Demon King and the masked Accursed One by his side. 

"How come they only want to talk to us now when the Grand Circle has already trespassed the Northern Kingdom?" His domineering voice silenced the hall. Yllana noticed how the atmosphere somehow became tense, she tapped his hand.