Chapter 41. Winterhelm Castle

Cassian POV

‘Arrest that fucking piece of shit King Chez of Maelie.’ Even in the mind-link, my orders to my Royal Guard are delivered with a holler.

‘Aye, Alpha King,’ Kellen answers. ‘And your instructions for his men?’

‘They are all under arrest,’ I confirm. ‘Throw Chez in our brig. The rest can stay aboard their ship as we escort them back to Oceana. Not one of them is to leave the ship for any purpose.’

‘Aye, Alpha King.’ This time it’s a chorus of the men responding.

Unrestrained rage has my blood boiling. The man is guilty of the greatest crimes in the kingdom, and he will rot in my dungeon for the rest of his days. Even that is too liberal a punishment, but death is too quick for the suffering he inflicted on Lyra and her mother.

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