Jack’s POV
“Gold? King Seb agreed to stop sitting on that pile and actually give some of it out?” My father chuckled. “I very much doubt that.”
Aaron seemed a decent fellow, but he wasn’t Knox. The Crown Prince of Erupting Eclipse apparently wasn’t man enough to come negotiate with my father himself.
To his credit, Aaron didn’t flinch. “As Crown Prince, Knox is guaranteeing the gold himself. The projects in our new lands are far too important for anyone to be, as you say, sitting on that pile.”
“True, true.” My father tilted his head, regarding Aaron. “You do have a lot of gemstones we would be interested in. I hear a rich deposit of amethyst was just discovered in the desert.”
Aaron’s eyes widened. “How did you know about that?”
“I’m King of Winter Harvest, son. I have a way of find
