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The moment they adjourned, Lysa and Mara followed Daern down the pier, where the evening light turned hulls and ropes to black silhouettes. Halvar lingered at the stairs, watching the city take on the gentle chaos of night: taverns filling, lamps lit, the slow, reliable cadence of a law that is not strictly enforced but widely respected.

The Coalition did indeed have reach, and it used it. Warrants were served, warehouses searched, and men were taken in for questioning. The Peacekeepers insisted on transparent procedures; the Assembly leaned into shadowed channels. Each search scraped at the surface of the conspiracy and found nothing but wet stone. The deeper the Coalition dug, the more carefully the contrivers withdrew. Henteria Chronicles Ch. 3 - The Peacekeepers -U...

"And where the Coalition claims sovereignty," Maela asked, "does the Assembly not have historic rights? You were formed to ensure coastal stability; we existed to maintain inter-city counsel. There is overlap." The moment they adjourned, Lysa and Mara followed