Varian's hatred for the royal family was nothing new. He still wanted to destroy them. Everyone knew that, but now his army was well aware of the things he was willing to do to achieve his goal. Over the last couple of months, he had only been searching for one thing. Deep in the palace ruins was supposedly a place where the former Archambault king summoned the kingdom's strongest magic. It was so strong that the use of the magic had been forbidden by the noble council. Archambault worked a little differently from Cardiaire. Their king listened to his people, and on their command, he sealed the forbidden magic. It was because of their desire that he never once called it out. His child was occasionally brought to see it, but under no circumstances should it be activated. The king made su

