Dragon Blood Curse (Emperor’s Assassin #4)

Three

In some other life, when the Lakeshore Palace had been owned by the Krustavian king and held his Shadow Throne, perhaps the audience chamber had been intended as a meeting place for all of the guilds of Krustau.

Perhaps it had been set with long tables for feasts, or maybe it was intended for artisans to do their work, the large glass windows letting in streams of light that would make the delicate work of jewelry or clockmaking easier.

Instead the Imperium had placed a throne carved from the dark rock of the Krustavian Mountains in front of an enormous stained-glass window with a portrait of the One Dragon.