At a cost, the Saltfire rogue faction would threaten no one further. Their followers had been dealt with or captured throughout many dozens of encounters. Dangerous artifacts secured by Guild authorities. But explanations would be required to many about how it had come to this.
Difficult conversations also lay ahead for many, detailing the cost. Such as the occupant of a carriage that rolled toward the Goltbred estate. Sitting motionless as the evening sky outside toiled toward darkness and dreading the knock on the door they would perform. Rather, the reaction that came after from whoever answered.
How would the family react to learning of the price of their safety? Would they understand the necessity of the Dame Goltbred's actions… or would they focus only on what had been lost, rather than what had been preserved?
