What the Kingdom Sees

Sophia's POV

Three days after Leonidas died, the castle filled with lords.

They came from across the kingdom — some traveling through the night to arrive in the shortest possible time, which told me something about their priorities. The ones who arrived within twelve hours of receiving word were the lords whose priorities were genuine. They came because the King was dead and they were genuinely grieved by it, or genuinely alarmed by what it meant, or both. Lord Brynn was ...