The formal farewell banquet held in the Grand Banquet Hall of the High Citadel was ostensibly organized to observe ancient diplomatic parley rites before the imperial delegation's departure. Yet beneath the soft candlelight of three hundred bronze candelabras and the melodic plucking of court harps, the atmosphere was suffocating with coiled, predatory suspicion. At the high table sat Queen Nyra and King Darius, flanked by King Alden, General Ronan, and…
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