AT THE SAME TIME
EMPEROR LIANWEI POINT OF VIEW:
I sat back on the edge of the cot, letting my eyes take in Richard's battered form. Every bruise, every slash, every scorched mark told a story I hadn't fully understood until now. He had fought battles I could barely imagine, stood in wars where death circled like vultures, and yet he had returned scarred, broken, but still standing. Henry leaned in, voice low but heavy with respect.
"You don't understand… Lianwei. He was at the Siege of Korrath. The eastern wall held because of him. I thought he'd died in that last charge."He said.
