Henteria Chronicles Ch. 3 - The Peacekeepers -u... 💯 🏆

"And where the Coalition claims sovereignty," Maela asked, "does the Assembly not have historic rights? You were formed to ensure coastal stability; we existed to maintain inter-city counsel. There is overlap."

The Peacekeeper's pen paused. "Inspection is an option," he said. "But salvage rights complicate the claims. If the chest is allied to contraband or to a disputed cargo, then the Coalition must determine ownership before we can sanction recovery." Henteria Chronicles Ch. 3 - The Peacekeepers -U...

Finding House Kestrel was a matter of paper and patient observation. The clues were small: a contract signed in the dead of night, a manifest with a false stamp, a ship that had taken the wrong turn. When Mara and Lysa found the door to a warehouse that was used by Kestrel proxies, they did not find the gilded conspirators they expected. They found young men in work shirts and old women who knew a smile could stop an argument. But in a back room lay a ledger—thin, careful, and honest enough to break a few men. "And where the Coalition claims sovereignty," Maela asked,

"It isn't just salvage," the Silver Strand man added, and he wasn't the same neat-voiced trader who had spoken earlier. His fingers trembled as if the ledger in his coat had shifted its weight. "Inspection is an option," he said