They let us go back to castle after Trial, but they count days differently now.
Council says Day 10.
Not Day 29. They reset count from when I first shifted stable in front of them, not from Choosing. Council law says thirty days from proven Original to marking, or death.
Elder Miriam said it loud in Hall so everyone heard: "Thirty days from today. Mark or death. Article Twelve."
Caelan argued. Said law says thirty from first shift, which was Choosing, so tomorrow is death. Miriam smiled and said, "We are generous. We give ten days already passed as grace. You have twenty left. Be thankful, King."
Generous. Like Alric saying for safety.
So new calendar. Day 10 today. Twenty days left.
We get back to castle at night. I still wear Caelan's shirt over torn slip. Shoulder wound closed, s
