He turned the coin over in his fingers and smiled without warmth. He did not belong to any of the factions that had argued in the Hall of Ties. He belonged to an older secret—one that kept its truth in the dark. Someone had lost a chest and a ship and perhaps more. Someone would come looking.
Henteria Chronicles Ch. 3 - The Peacekeepers begins six months after the previous ceasefire. The protagonist, now a ranking officer in the newly formed , is tasked with a near-impossible mission: patrol the borderlands between human and beastmen territories, enforce the truce, and root out rogue factions from both sides who profit from continued conflict. Henteria Chronicles Ch. 3 - The Peacekeepers -U...
"Treasure?" Alden repeated, raising an eyebrow. "It looked like a box of brass to me." He turned the coin over in his fingers
On the pier, Daern's boat rocked gently. He ran his fingers along the wood as if finding comfort in the familiar grain. "I'm glad you were there," he told Lysa. "You saw the marks." Someone had lost a chest and a ship and perhaps more