To a man with nothing to hold on to but hope, those words Qing Xue left him with were enough.
The world turned, and life went on.
Even though he had an acceptable excuse not to, Qing Xue had already gone to rejoin his company, their task to seek out the rebel army’s hiding places and eradicate them before they could gain more momentum.
While this was going on, the battle for territory on the empire’s eastern border resumed as well. Around two months after Kazane left it, word reached the palace that she had gone to that enemy kingdom and for a time stayed there as an honored guest.
The news did not bode well for the Emperor and his nobles. There were only a few conceivable reasons for why she would make such a blatant move. A time later, their worst fears were indeed confirmed.
Kazan
