The week following the trial moved at a strange pace—simultaneously too fast and too slow. Draven found himself caught in a whirlwind of political meetings, legal proceedings, and strategic planning sessions that seemed to blur together into an exhausting montage. But beneath the chaos, he could feel the tectonic plates of power shifting in the kingdom, and he was the one standing at the epicenter.
The first order of business was dealing with the Corvus assets. House Corvus had been one of the wealthiest families in the kingdom, their fortune built on maritime trade and shipping networks that spanned half the continent. Now that the House had been dissolved and Lord Marcus exiled, all those assets were being liquidated by the crown to recover the stolen treasury funds.
