s of night. Not the kind of silence that brought peace, but

loor. Shadows danced against the walls, long and shifting. Queen Akerele sat alone, her back straight, he

for mourning. No time

oji would be buried. But tonigh

knock s

ked up.

ji stepped in, holding a small box

mething els

he box on the table and slowly removed the cloth. Inside w

the new seal

changed the design," Morounkeji replied. "And it

ked at e

changed," Akerele said. "

outside the shrine chamber, speaking quietly with a m

est is about unity," the m

nd they will die

to his robe and ha

one. You have eleven days. If they

. "It will begin. And n

eyes flashed. "Do not fail. Th

a quiet roof, 1st Prince Adebayo

ch since the feast. But t

ey will cheat u

"I don't believe

"Then why do

y, I lose my right. If I

from an old priest today. He said, 'The child

rowned. "

warn

threads. Her heart was heavy. She held a small wooden pendant that Kabiyesi had given her when she

ed, "I miss

It was 5th P

sleeping eit

can't. What if... what

I don't know. But I'

You have to protect

l," he

shoulder. "I feel like some

ke a shadow. He carried a small folded note under his tunic. He

tside the west gate," he w

odded. Ades

hink this quest

t just with treasur

red. He had no interest in titles or fights. But

n passage. It led to a forgotten storage roo

oll sto

rned against one another, and the l

y the heart that carried

lowly. "Strange," he m

ts highest point, the

et si

tes would beg

wake, some planni

ence, only one

no longer pa

be won...