"I fought beside him in three battles," Axe continued. "Not once did he spill the blood of an innocent. He only struck those who raised weapons against others. And I never say he is a good man but he was a decent King."
"But innocents did die because of him," Hector snapped.
"You mean Sobis Village?" Axe's tone darkened. "That wasn't his fault. The rebellion torched that village. We hunted them down and burned their camps to the ground."
His brows furrowed, the weight of memory hardening his features. "We avenged them all."
Hector's hands curled into fists at his sides. He hadn't known… not about the retaliation, not about the justice carried out in secret. And the fact that this shifter had helped take that revenge, it rattled something deep in his chest.
As they neared the human Royal Guard's station, Axe turned to Rail. "You go meet the princess. I'll guard him."
