Ice

One of them?

Who would kill their brother for a throne? she wondered.

But then, the thought hit a bit too close to home.

Eden wants her dead. And she was not even a threat to his Dukeship and ruling powers. Tryphon's siblings had a better reason.

"Don't trust anyone. Lay low. Keep him safe. Stay strong." Rihro said.

"Now go! We don't have time."

Rihro turned to make his way up the tunnels, back to Tryphon's bedroom, where death would be waiting for him.

An image of him getting stabbed in the heart just like Traig, came to her head. She wanted to shove the thoughts aside, to have hope that he'll survive. But it was the reality, there is no survival for someone who runs into the enemy's den. And at the moment, Tryphon's chamber and the whole palace was enemy territory.