"Keep me updated by the hour," he said. "If the situation escalates, I will be there. Until then, I am staying with my family."
"Understood. I will handle security at the estate as well. Full rotation at the nursery, no one approaches Lin Yue or the child without your approval."
Uriel nodded. "Good. And Magus, find me their weakness. There is always something they want more than war. I just need to know what it is."
The call ended.
Uriel stood alone in his study, the afternoon light fading toward evening. Somewhere in this house, his son was waking up, and the woman who carried his name was learning to be a mother. He could not give them the life he wanted if he was always looking over his shoulder.
He opened his tablet and began to work.
The King's study in the palace was a room of old stone and older books, shelves rising to the ceiling with volumes that had been collected over centuries.
