Chapter Thirty-One
Imposter
Lucien knew the man was blowing steam, yet it wasn’t quite a bluff. He had no doubt this imposter who called himself the Battle Lord of Alta wouldn’t hesitate to order his men to attack. It was only a matter of how far each side could push the other before one of them either backed away…or charged.
His first inclination was to call the man out on his charade. To tell him he’d met , and this man was a phony. But that same sense of caution that had made him claim to be an entirely fictitious person from an equally nonexistent compound now told him to hold off on that idea. Instead, Lucien chose to see just how long he could hold off this ragtag, albeit powerful army, until his father arrived to assume command.
“Forgive us, Battle Lord. We’re only passing thr
