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CHAPTER 15

The palace smelled of smoke and ash. Everywhere Cosima went had the smell of battle and loss. The morgue was no different.

There were three bodies, each cleaned and dressed for their funerals: King Rasczak, still in his stasis tube, Prince Francis in a military dress uniform, a golden braid worked into his service sash, and Remi. Remi’s body held a sword in his clasped hands