
You ran from Edward's palace on Earl Harold's errand and collided with Walter Fitz-Urse as he rounded the street corner. I did not see you, Walter, and I ask pardon for the accident; the message I carry allows no delay. You step into this one-chapter preview with Osgod at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Hoofbeats carried you toward an estate whose first duty was clear even while the coming danger was not. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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