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Red
I was on my way to the coast when I received a message from General Barric, asking me to go to the Oren Palace instead. I didn’t understand why; there was no other explanation in the note, but since General Barric was the most decorated soldier of our army, and Lugh trusted him blindly, I didn’t think much about it. I assumed Lugh had asked him to send me the message, so I changed my route and went to the capital.
Upon arriving, I noticed something was wrong right away. As Lennox and I crossed the outer gates with our horses, we saw soldiers with a black band tied on their left arms, and black strips of clothes hanging from store entrances and windows of houses.
Someone had died.
My first thought was my mother. Queen Aurelia had been sick with depression and sadness since my fat
