The inner courtyard of the Royal Sun Sanctum stretched wide and open—marble floors gleaming under sunlight, ringed by tall stone pillars that climbed toward balconies and viewing platforms stacked three levels high.
Servants moved through the space in steady streams. Guards stood at attention. Nobles passed through on their way to chambers and meetings. Above, the upper walkways overlooked everything below like tiers in an amphitheater, and from those heights, eyes watched.
Someone—Wish suspected Aurex—had placed vision crystals at strategic points throughout the courtyard. Small, glowing orbs mounted on golden stands captured everything happening below and projected it onto larger screens mounted on the walls for anyone passing by to see. But that wasn't all.
