Death. It was an end that everyone reached at some point. And for many, it was an inevitability that was more frightening than the uncertainty of life. Some dedicated their lives to finding a way to cheat death, but their efforts were for naught. Death came for everyone. It was one of the few things that did not distinguish between good or bad, young or old, men or women. It was both fair and unfair, just and unjust. It was finite and to be feared.
Following our near brush with death, the assassins had been taken to the dungeon. Father had taken charge of their interrogation. Since they had been targeting me, a member of House Rhosyn, King Caesar had allowed my father jurisdiction over the investigation. I thought that would be the last I would hear of them. However, when Prince Rylan
