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    It is the final day of the siege of Suchdol. Judgement Day, some would call it later on. The Praguers' camp had been razed to the ground by reinforcements arriving from Rattay: with Markvart dead, the rest of their forces flee.

    Yet, despite being taken back, no victorious hymns echo through the fort. Mortal silence falls upon them: in the heart of the inner courtyard, Sir Hans Capon of Pirkstein kneels, unmoving, on the blood-soaked ground. No words reach him—no hands are strong enough to pull him away. Those who try to approach him cross themselves: the young lord is blind to the world.

    It is only Father Godwin’s prayer that breaks through; his palms shaking, spread over Hans’ head: Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificetur nomen tuum; adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua.

     

    Fiat voluntas tua, he repeats, and waits.

     

    Sicut in cælo et in terra, Hans finishes, his voice breaking. He raises his eyes for the briefest moment—as Godwin kneels down to gently pry his hands away.

    Henry’s body in his arms is already cold.

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    It's 1437. The Hussite Wars had ended, but Bohemia remains fractured, its future uncertain.

    Caught between Catholic ambition and fragile alliances, Heinrich Capon fights for control—but holding power had never come clean. As power shifts and influence turns to quiet battles behind closed doors, Heinrich must compromise where he once fought, and trade principles for survival, all while clinging to the love he refuses to lose.

    As he continues to hold Bohemia together, the cost rises—and even Hans and Henry are no longer safe. The question is no longer what he stands for. It is what he is willing to sacrifice for the greater good.

    Because war is a nasty business - but who said peace is any better?

    Sequel to We Who Waited, I recommend reading that one first but I suppose all context will be provided.

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