[HELIA]
"The king is gone. The consort is sick, and even if the consort survives, he is headed back to Kiyoto as the king commanded.
"This is our chance to take over the kingdom," one of the rebels who had gathered in a house west of the Helia palace said as he looked at his friends. They had suffered enough at the hands of the king for his consort's happiness.
If they were being honest, most of them were glad the consort was dying, because at least the king would never be the same again. They were happy because the king would be distracted.
They had thought of this since morning.
This was their fifth meeting since the day had begun and the second since Agust had left Helia. They were happy for the unfortunate fate that had befallen the king, and frankly, they were right to be happy.
The king had massacred two thousand five hundred Lycans in the name of the dying consort. This, to them, was divine karma, and they were not about to interfere with it.
