"After attacking the seat of Coven power, survival seems optimistic."
"Pride promised support," Maude said.
"Inside help, additional forces. If he delivers on that, we have a chance."
"And if he doesn't?" Katerina asked.
Silence answered her.
They returned to the carriage and continued their journey, each lost in their own thoughts. They'd crossed a line today, committed to an action that would brand them as traitors and enemies. There would be no forgiveness if they failed, and questionable mercy even if they succeeded.
But they'd made their choice.
For power, for ambition, for the promise of something greater than what the current order offered.
Now they'd see if that choice led to triumph or destruction.
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While traitors plotted and storms gathered, Mother Supreme Wendelina walked through a garden that shouldn't exist.
It appeared in the middle of nowhere—literally.
