Defy the Night

Arella visits Corrick, concerned that someone will steal the Moonflower on Wes’s body. Corrick says he’ll execute would-be thieves. He asks why Arella has been spending time with Consul Roydan Pelham, and if they plan to oppose Allisander and Lissa. Arella doesn’t disclose anything, but says people are suffering and desperate. Corrick claims he’s doing his best to prevent death, but Arella points out that he just killed people yesterday and this morning. She argues that the public nature of the execution resulted in people rushing the stage and calling for revolution, reiterating that the smugglers should have pardoned. She says his role shouldn’t just be that of an executioner.

Tessa grieves Wes and has lost track of time since his death. She continues working, but is distracted and ruins a batch of products, which her boss charges her for. Mistress Solomon then sends Tessa to deliver products to the Royal Sector.

Now, instead of just Wes’s body, there are six bodies hanging at the gates. Tessa delivers the package, then passes the palace. She’s heard that the doses given to the royals are even stronger than what she used to steal, so she decides to try stealing from the palace.