The city had started to breathe again. The air, once thick with tension and distrust, now held a sense of tentative optimism. The summit had been a turning point in an agreement, forged in the heat of conflict, that slowly began to change the way people viewed their rulers. Lysander and Kylie, once seen as powerful but distant figures, were now beginning to emerge as the leaders of something truly transformative. But the work was far from done.

The weeks following the summit were ...