The traitor has been living among us all along.
The disappearance of the servant who had delivered my poisoned dinner cast a shadow over Moonspire.
No one spoke above a whisper anymore.
Every servant feared being accused.
Every guard watched the others with suspicion.
Whoever was helping our enemies had covered their tracks perfectly.
And that frightened everyone more than the poisoning itself.
Because it meant the enemy wasn’t outside the palace walls.
They were already inside.
Three days passed without any sign of the missing servant.
It was as if he had vanished into thin air.
That morning, Kael gathered Rowan and his most trusted generals in the war room.
I stood quietly beside the large map of the kingdoms while Rowan reported his findings.
“We searched every chamber.”
“
