Previous chapter: 
                                    
                                        Chapter 6: The First Wall
                                
                                                                                        
                                    Next chapter: 
                                    
                                        Chapter 8: The First Blood
                                
                                                    PREVIEW
... gold bathing the fortified settlement in an almost mocking tranquility. The manor towered at its core, surrounded by triple-layered stone walls that gleamed with Mara's handiwork. Barracks bristled with armed warriors, granaries swelled with cured meat, and the forest's edge bore the scars of relentless harvesting. Thirty thousand subjects moved with quiet precision, their Perks humming in unison. Kael stood atop the manor's balcony, hands in his pockets, a flirty smirk playing on his lips as h ...
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
                                
























