Elder Jian stepped forward, his brows drawn together as he looked at Loken.
His voice was calm, but there was clear displeasure in it.
"Lord Loken," he said slowly, "didn't your subordinates inform you that we wanted to renegotiate the terms of our deal?"
Loken stopped smiling and turned his eyes toward Elder Jian, but he did not interrupt.
"At the start," Elder Jian continued, "we did agree to take only ten percent of Kalingoot's treasury. But that was before we knew how much this plan would truly cost us. You wanted to deceive both sides, Kalingoot and the Alliance, especially Lord Aksai Everwood. Meanwhile, you left us to deal with all the risks and details on our own."
He took a breath and waved his hand toward the broken vault behind them.
