Both Lucien and Martina, who had been in one of the manor's rooms suddenly felt the powerful spell being cast over their heads.
They glanced at each other with alarm on their faces.
"What was that?" Lucien asked, quickly moving toward the nearest window.
When he looked out across the property, he saw multiple figures who had only just crossed through the front gate and were now advancing toward the house in a loose formation.
Then his gaze settled on one figure in particular who stood out from the rest.
A young man dressed in formal royal attire, with a sword strapped at his side. That distinctive style of clothing, that bearing… that had to be royalty.
"The Imperial Guard?" Lucien said, genuinely uncertain as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing.
Were these members of the King's elite force? He knew the prominent faces but not these ones, and was that even the Prince himself leading them?
It didn't even make sense. How had they found this location?
