Chapter 59 Beneath the Robes of Silence

The moon was swollen, its silver light pouring over the palace like a witness unwilling to blink. It hung low, an eye of judgment, casting long shadows across Akun's sacred courtyards. Within the inner chambers of the Ogboni sanctuary, the high priest-Orimolade the kingmaker-sat alone, draped in his ceremonial robe, the deep indigo folds hiding the