The halls were a cacophony of color and sound, eager servants flitting through the halls in preparation for the king’s appearance this afternoon. After their return from the royal estate on the outskirts of Sippar’s leisure district, the king and queen were set to address the city and announce the beginning of the post-eclipse festivities. As soon as the royal couple—the true royal couple—set foot back in the palace, Nirah would be sent back to the temple, Ahsan would be executed, and Sippar would carry on, forgetting that he’d ever existed. The sun would turn about the world as it always had, then set on a world with one less good man.
trueBut not if Nirah had anything to say about it. It was a reality she couldn’t accept. She would seduce a key off someone, beat the lock with a stone, d
