“And that is why you are now here in the forest?”
Trey nodded. “We do not want to become vigilantes like them. They said they would destroy our houses and our stores if we did not join them. We could not risk our children’s lives. And so we fled.”
“So, Your Highness, what about the misery your brothers’ rivalry is wreaking on sorcerers across the country?” demanded Varga. “If you do not want to challenge the king on your own behalf, do you not care for the people of Eskuzor?”
Tarkyn took a deep breath. “I do care about the suffering that is being caused by my brothers. Most deeply. But if I throw myself in front of a poorly organised makeshift army of supporters, Eskuzor will have civil war, not between two factions, but between three. I am not so vain that I think the entire nation wou
