C251 HUNGER, BEAUTY, AND HIDDEN THREATS

The morning sun streamed across the Blood-Fed Kingdom, its light catching on the obsidian spires of the palace and glinting off the armor of the senior guards who patrolled the courtyards. Even in the stillness of dawn, the air contained a tension that might be cut with a sword. In the distance, the marketplace stirred—a continuous reminder that mortals and Blood-Fed alike coexisted here