[I'm sorry for the mix-up with yesterday's chapters. I forgot to upload Chapter 321, but the issue has now been resolved, and chapters will be published as usual. Thank you for all your support!]
Felix's palace looked substantially less threatening in daylight.
Liam found that disappointing.
He stood outside the security gate with his hands tucked into the pockets of a dark burgundy coat, studying the pale stone building beyond the walls. Long balconies crossed the upper floors beneath carved screens darkened by age. The gardens had been allowed to grow wild during the decades of isolation, shrubs swallowing old paths and climbing plants reaching toward the lower terraces.
Patrol formations still covered the perimeter in thin lines of gold.
Two soldiers checked their authorization despite recognizing Arik immediately.
Liam approved of that.
Arik did not comment.
