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What He Did Not See
Oldwin leaned into the moss-covered edges of the balcony. It was so slick that one wrong move would send a man careening into the stones below. No second chances. Already, he saw the opportunities, and his reign had only begun. How many Rhiagains would get to find out before his time was done?
The balcony was small, an octagonal wonder that didn't match the design of the rest of the keep at Duncarrow. It was accessed from a corner of the apartment office, a key stronghold of the king’s chambers for every king except Eoghan. Eoghan had done it all differently, not from a nuance in his style, but the raw ignorance that comes from the failures of a father.
Eoghan had adopted a policy of not cleaning what was not in active use, evidenced by cobwebs as thick as human
