Mortes terror, a young boy only 17, training to become the world's best fighter, is on his knees in front of his mother's corpse.
"Why" he thought, "why did I let her die? I'm a citizen of the empire; I should risk my life to protect the queen!" His mind raced with thoughts on what his father, the king, would say. It all happened so fast.
One moment, a black cloaked man walked in.
The next, his mother was on the floor as pale as a ghost.
The knife left in her was inscribed with the assassin's name Tacet Sicarius.
"Tacet when I find you. You're dead"