The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and..

Atlantia. The group that had traveled with Hisa carried extra
supplies.
We climbed the stairs and made our way over to where
Kieran and Delano stood by the crates. They and the crew
were dressed similar to us, cloaks and caps shielding their
faces. I looked over my shoulder to where ramps had been
placed on the deck of the ship, connecting it to the pier.
With a cap pulled low over his face, Perry spoke with
someone dressed in black. They were guards from the Rise.
Beyond them, the pier was a mass of controlled chaos. Men
hurried from ships to the brick warehouses and wagons.
Street vendors hocked food and other goods. My gaze swept
up to the deep gray walls of the Rise, constructed of
limestone and iron. Guards patrolled the wall, stood on the
battlements, and were perched in their nests like birds of
prey. I saw no black mantles, but there were…a lot of
guards. More than one would expect to see at Oak Ambler
on a normal day.
But today was not any other day.
The Blood Crown was within those walls.