Chapter 262

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262 Terms of the Duel

Lucian

The office fell into silence after Darian’s suggestion. Everyone was running the same calculations in their heads-casualties, risk, the chance of ending this without drowning the land in blood.

He was right about one thing: a duel could spare lives. But there was no guarantee Alaric would take the

bait.

I turned to Martha. If anyone knew him well enough to answer, it was her. “Martha, do you think he’ll take