Deadly Bargain

Ren, flanked by Elias and Thorn, followed the lead of the palace servant as they were escorted through the corridors of the palace. 

Everything around him, he'd seen before. But this time, they would be moving past the place to one where even nobles with more authority than he had not entered before.

Thorn and Elias had returned a few hours later with the Prince's reply. They'd been invited to the inner palace.

He followed quietly, none of them saving nothing until they reached

They reached a set of beautifully carved double doors, where a small contingent of palace guards waited. But the one that caught their attention was a tall man dressed in dark clothes with a blank, almost stone-like expression on his face.

"I am Lars, guard of Prince Anders. Follow me." The guards opened the door and Ren, along with Thorn and Elias, stepped into the inner palace.