The Royal Gambit — Episode 2

300 vows all mended but mine when does someone choose me Julian! Vera's gone! She emptied our accounts!

It's bad, Julian. Vera borrowed 300,000 crowns under Vale Oathworks and forged your signature. Forged? Can I report her to the Royal Magistrate?

Yes. But even caught, the money's likely gone. Her ledger's show it left the realm. What happens to Vale Oathworks now?

There is worse. Two months ago, your Atelier signed the Eclipse Covenant. The once-a-century Eclipse Covenant secures a three-kingdom truce. It is worth 800,000.

You've taken half up front. That deposit... Vera took it. If you default, the Thorns can claim twice the deposit, 800,000, plus your 300,000