isa

o my cheeks as I hurried along the damp sto

ust collided with still clung to my cloak, but my mind was too

imber door open and

e hearth. The moment she saw me, she rushed over to

y the Clan Lord brought a female general back and wants to make her his equal. How cou

stel silk gowns-clothes Clan Parrish had specifically chosen to

opped to my knees, reached into the deepest corner u

creaked open, releasing the familiar, m

top item-a scorched, bloodstained mithril crest be

roperty deeds and a tarnished silver

he pale glow of the moonst

yssal Rift. They were the proudest First-Tier Warlords of this kingdom

htmare didn

t a rogue pack of Abyssal assassins slipped past th

secret rune-cellar beneath the floorboards just before

f flesh being torn apart. They butchered my mother,

wo-year-old nephew's blood seeped through the floorboards and dri

harity. They claimed they were honoring my father's heroic memory

harity. They took me in solely to siphon off the massive Silverdew death compensations my fath

. The agonizing grief that used to choke

ers," I said, my voice co

he hidden wall compartment, and pu

ws of ink recording thousands of phials of Silverdew

all supplies of refined Silverdew to

vindication lit up her face. "Good! Let th

e Blood-Tempering Elixirs for Dowager Lady Beulah? Without your seal, the Apothecary Temp

ledger shut wi

heir glorious new g

dy! I will inform the apothecary and

n the hallway outside, followed by a shar

ger Lady is furious about what you did in the grand ha

ithril crest. The old woman clearly couldn't swallow th

you into accepting that woman," Molly whispered, s

ve and stood up straight, my green eyes flashing with a predatory

ed guard, and walked briskly along the suspende