“Five hundred and eighty pages,” Locke said, tapping the treaty. “That’s what this peace costs. Five hundred and eighty pages of lies, exceptions, and secret clauses. The nobles call it the Accord of Golden Threads. I call it a receipt for a murder yet to happen.”

“No.” Locke’s grin was thin and sharp as a letter opener. “A better war.”

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