"We fight," I declared, the words ringing through the room like steel on steel.

"With what army?" Captain Reed asked grimly. "Ravenclaw has five hundred men. We have maybe fifty loyal guards."

"We have something better," Prince Rhett said, his green eyes gleaming. "We have the truth."

"The truth does not stop swords," Marcus warned.

"No, but it can turn enemies into allies." Kael wiped his mother's blood from his hands. "If we can reach the people first."

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