Lucien paced restlessly around the study.
Buffy's return had brought terrible news.
He had sympathy for House Vale, especially after everything they had been forced to endure, but the failure of Buffy's mission meant that House Silver was now facing a problem far more serious than a failed attempt to kill the Spiritwind General. The balance of power within the House had been disturbed, and when a great aristocratic House began fighting among itself, the consequences rarely remained inside its walls.
Normally, internal disorder within House Silver would have been their own problem.
This time was different.
The food crisis had already affected millions of commoners throughout the Silver Duchy. If the struggle between the elders caused the crisis to worsen, the consequences would spread far beyond the nobles. Food prices could rise, businesses could collapse, and ordinary people would bear the greatest burden.
Kun sat quietly at the side of the room, his brow furrowed.
