The massive double doors swung open with a deafening creak, causing everyone in attendance to startle.
Normally, the king's arrival was announced before he entered but his entrance was accompanied with the call this time.
His ebony cloak billowed behind him, and his eyes, like molten silver, glared with a menacing intensity.
King Frederick's presence alone sent shivers down the spines of everyone present. The air in the royal court room seemed to thicken with an aura of terror as he strode forward, towards his throne, his footsteps echoing ominously around the chamber.
He raised a hand, silencing the whispers that had begun to spread. "Silence," he boomed, his voice resonating with the authority of a despot, "I have a new proclamation, a decree that will reshape Clovera as you know it
