ROYAL ALLEGIANCE

{"We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our people"}

One day later, we assembled at the Royal army base beneath the central citadel deep within the heart of the Paradise Coven. The air was still and sharp with incense. Smoke coiled from silver braziers positioned in a circle around the open stone courtyard. Moonlight streamed through the high archways, pale and solemn, casting long shadows across armor and ash.