#Chapter 91: The Strategy

Third Person POV It was set. Alaric was going to kidnap his uncle, poison him, and then dump his body down the pits deep in the tunnels. The thought was surreal. All of those years had passed, leading to these next few days. A decades worth of work, soon to pay off. Alaric glances out the window of one of the guest rooms, no longer feeling safe in his own quarters. This wasn’t just any guest room, either. It was one of the few rooms in the palace that granted one way access to the tunnel system. Once you were in, you couldn’t get back into the palace from the same way — you’d have to go to the access point closer to the King’s quarters or one of the west or east side exits. That was exactly how they were going to enter the tunnels and get to his uncle. There’s a soft knock at Alaric’s door, one in a pattern he and Lucius had always agreed on, especially during times where people couldn’t be trusted. He cracked the door, letting Lucius