Overthrow- The Demon Queen 1 ❲LEGIT – Playbook❳

Kaelen held the figure’s gaze for a long moment, then nodded. “Good. Because the moment that stone breaks, the queen will know. And she will come for us. We will have perhaps thirty seconds to flee before her attention turns fully to our location. We split up at the second courtyard—Sera takes the east gate, I take the west, and you…” He hesitated. “You vanish. You have your own way out.”

The queen’s laughter followed him all the way. To be continued. Overthrow- The Demon Queen 1

They emerged into the lower kitchens at the height of the feast’s chaos. Cooks shouted orders. Spit-boys turned carcasses of strange, dark-fleshed beasts over roaring fires. No one noticed three extra bodies slipping through the steam and smoke, heading for the servants’ stair. Kaelen held the figure’s gaze for a long

“Now,” Kaelen breathed.

“Strike, then,” she said. “Let me show you what happens to heroes.” And she will come for us

The sky over Valdris had been red for forty-seven days.

She spread her arms wide. “Congratulations. You’ve earned my full attention.”