Chapter 410. There Goes the Last Adult Supervision

“It needed to be,” Ann answered firmly, “The longer we wait, the more people die needlessly outside our walls. Lord Brarthroroz has assured me that these are genuinely civilians, and regardless of where they came from, they still deserve to return home safely.”

“I understand,” he said, pausing as he considered his next words, “But don’t you think that you’re taking a great risk. The people here already barely trust our new allies and adding daemons too? I think it’s a dangerous move. Are you sure they aren’t seeing this as an easy opportunity to infiltrate the palace?”

Ann shook her head.

“No, they’ll see it as an act of mercy. Eromaug’s dead and they answered to him previously. These people aren’t his soldiers or his tools or his experiments anymore.”

Bartholomew studied her carefully.

“Mercy? Or perhaps they’ll see it as weakness…” Bartholomew held his hand up in an effort to calm her as Ann frowned at him, “Hear me out, my Queen. Some of these daemon