Wed your allies


    shower them in gilded promises.


    Bed you enemiesThe tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    the blade stills closeby and secrets make


    for the most companionable of bedfellows.


    — An excerpt from a letter from Empress Ayuan Akota Ashiphiex


    To Prince Atesh Ayuan Ashiphiex.


    Year 3 of the Conquering