Whatever color was left on Kirex's face, vanished. His eyes opened wide. "But the code-"
"I'm sorry, did I stutter?" Venira smiled.
Kirex's body shook slightly. He was prepared for death, yet the idea of dying never really was that pleasing. "But you know there'd be consequences, right?"
Killing a Regent's army and taking over their land was problematic enough, but killing the Regent was much, much more trouble.
A trouble no one would willingly choose to partake in.
"My dear, every action has a consequence. It is up for us to decide what's worth it and what's not."
"Even so, killing me here, despite the fact I've surrendered would mean you'd break the code, and that'd mean, you'd be abandoning your post as a Regent, meaning you'd be at war with the rest."
Kirex broke the whole thing down for her. This was the original plan and he was perfectly happy to see it through.
But- there was a catch.
