Chapter 525: The Price of Ambition
One Month Before
The courtyard fell silent after Victoria's question.
Tobias only nodded at her question.
A sharp intake of breath rippled through the warriors standing behind him. Several of them exchanged stunned looks, while others muttered beneath their breath.
"Is he mad?"
"Did he just nod?"
"He's got balls, I'll give him that…"
One of them snorted softly. "A recruit asking the Luna for a promotion? He must want to die early."
The murmurs rolled through the group like a low wave, but Tobias ignored them. His attention remained fixed on the woman standing before him.
Victoria's expression did not change, but her eyes sharpened slightly as she studied him.
"You truly believe," she said slowly, "that you deserve one?"
Tobias scratched the back of his neck again in that same awkward, careless gesture he had used earlier.
"I like the pleasures of life," he said honestly.
A few warriors chuckled at that.
He continued.
