Erengrad Empire Royal Palace
Dietrich didn't receive any news that day. No messenger, no secret letter, not even the faintest whisper carried to his ears. He had expected something—anything—by now. The Black Covenant had never failed him before, and this time he had even placed a fortune in their hands to make certain of it.
He had bribed, threatened, and commanded the Chancellor himself to oversee the matter to make sure the assassins understood that failure isn't an option. Gold flowed like water from his coffers, each coin meant to buy Roxanne's death and Vivianne's return to him. While his wedding with Liselotte de Rothschild is in just eight more days.
