Chapter 34: [Devil of Veilspire]
He spat the tea all over the floor.
Selene cursed loudly from across the room.
Kael waved a hand apologetically. "Sorry... guess the tea wanted to get out too."
He bent down, scooping up the soggy pages, scanning the words with mounting disbelief:
BOUNTY OF 100,000 GOLD COINS ON THE PERSON NAMED ’DEVIL’
’WTF?!!!’
Selene scrubbed harder, muttering about careless hands and ruined floors, but Kael’s eyes were frozen on the front page, the headline stark and damning.
DEVIL IN VEILSPIRE: MYSTERIOUS FIGURE SLAYS NORTHERN DUKE’S SON ADAM — KINGDOM IN PANIC
He read on, his heartbeat rising with each line:
"Eyewitnesses claim the figure emerged mid-battle, cloaked in shadows, bearing no sigil. He aided our elite students — only to turn on them. His blade was cruel, his movements monstrous."
"Wore a red mask, carved like a devil’s grin. His cloak was black, edges burning as if it hungered."