Kedral sat alone in his room, listening to the dark.
The room was expansive, big enough to host fifty people. He closed the bedroom door and sat on the four-poster bed, speaking to nothing.
The mana trembled a bit, and Kedral laughed wildly. "You should have seen their faces. Ah, I love jobs like this. Everyone is so confused. When will the Coldshades start moving… oh, I hope all things go according to plan then."
Kedral fell silent, nodding as he glanced out of the window. "Alger suspects something is happening, but he understands how little power he has over the situation. I have told him the empire won't move to attack the Red Keep for six months."
Without the help of the empire, the Lightcloaks would never conquer the Red Keep. All the Keeps were situated to block the void off from the rest of the Elaris Empire, so they were armed with the greatest magical defenses.
