Overthrow- The Demon Queen 1 (2027)

The ceiling had been replaced with a dome of polished bone, and the floor was polished obsidian that reflected the three of them back as distorted, screaming versions of themselves. At the far end of the room, on a throne made of fused armor from a hundred defeated knights, sat the demon queen.

The doors swung open on silent hinges.

Her voice came from everywhere—from the bone dome, from the obsidian floor, from the very air in Kaelen’s lungs. It was amused. It was patient. It was the voice of something that had lived for millennia and would live for millennia more. Overthrow- The Demon Queen 1

For a moment, everything stopped.

“Tomorrow night,” Kaelen continued. “The queen hosts a feast for the remaining noble houses who still bend the knee. The palace will be drunk and distracted. We enter through the old cisterns, breach the lower kitchens, and ascend the servants’ stair. The throne room will be guarded, but not heavily—she believes no one is left to challenge her.” The ceiling had been replaced with a dome

The hooded figure climbed onto the pedestal, unwrapped the God-Killer, and raised it above the Heartstone. Her voice came from everywhere—from the bone dome,