The Silver Sheen Chronicle - Emblems of Power

by C.L. Patterson

  Part of the blame is with the Three Brothers. They have too much power over the people, over the trade, and horde away their excess so they can charge higher prices. I have seen their grain stores and reported my findings to the Seer. Once the Syndicate is destroyed, those stores will be ours to distribute to the people. But our strike against them had to wait until the opportune moment.

  We have been listening to the people. We know they are preparing a revolt to raid against the capital and tear down the oppressors. The fire in the Tangle and at the syndicate school was just the right size of chaos to start the revolt. After the Guard suppresses the people, the Council will open the grain stores that belonged to the syndicate. The people will appreciate our great efforts. This should incentivize craftsman and artists to stay, as we would be feeding them, and people would have to come to Noiknaer for their fine wares. It would be the rebirth of a great city again.

  I was expecting my own betrayal and set a plan in motion so that, even though I would have no memory of this school, my revenge would still take effect. Chances are that you, the one reading this, are Kosai, Wolf of the Capital Barracks. I purposely left a key on my desk and left momentarily, expecting Shàn or one of his friends to take it. I knew that if the Teachers betrayed me, I would become Nameless and I would have no direction to aid you.

  Daius, Viktor, Xidan and Isaac are all with the Seer in the betrayal of the caravan routes to the nomads, though I am unsure why. They have worked closely with the Council in their dealings and betrayal, but all my due diligence has led me to this. Let Emalee, Jacqueline, Wysen, Faeris, Chaerell, and Alkine know what you now know and let them help you exact my revenge. Lastly, know that Mearto will stand against you in the end, no matter what she has told you. Train hard and destroy the Seer.

  Kosai shut the book and tucked it away in his shirt. The Head Teacher and the Seer were against him, as he suspected, but it bothered him that Theo would accuse Mearto of betrayal in the end.

  “Only if I fail,” Kosai whispered. Mearto was his mentor. Though Kosai suspected her in the beginning, he knew now that she protected him during those long hours in her office. She watched out for him, taught him, and even healed him after his first encounter with the Dark One. She aided Kosai and the Captain to discover the betrayer of the routes, and together, they made a case against the Council. Kosai promised himself that he would kill the Seer and free her from whatever hold he had on her, it would be the least he could do in return for her work and effort.

  CHAPTER 22