Chapter 20 Blood Oaths and Brutal Truths

Selara summoned no guards. No witnesses. No war horns. The betrayal was too personal for politics. She stood alone in the moonlit chamber, the letter clenched in her hand, as Lord Merek entered through the shadowed archway unguarded, confident. His expression didn't change when he saw the letter. No excuses. No denial. "So, you finally opened the d