Oops, I Tamed the Commander Everyone Dreaded novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: The Last Price
The baton lay on an upturned barrel in the wagon yard, still in its black case.
Aldric sat on a sack of oats beside it with the writ open on his knee.
He had read it three times.
Evening had come down over Fort Karsk in blue and gold, and the first lamps were going up along the wall.
"High Marshal of Harrowmark," he said. "Seat at the capital. The council voted five days ago, nine to three, and the rider has been on the road since."
"Nine to three is a landslide."
"The three are the ones who owe the Crane estate money."
"Take it," I said.
He looked up.
"A man who can feel what an order costs is exactly who should hold the baton."
"If you don't take it, the next one will be a man like the last one."
"The capital is four days from the pass."
"So make the capital come to you."
"Seat the Marshal of the North at Fort Karsk, where the grain is. The Host will follow you into hell."
He was quiet for a while.
Then he took the pen from the little field desk Orrin had set up, and began to write.
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