119 Negotiating Surrender

By the time the sun rose, the city of Innsbruck was fully in the hands of Berengar; the only part that had yet to fall was the Castle that contained the Count's family. Berengar intended to capture them and leave their fate to Linde; after all, they were her siblings. Nevertheless, when Liutbert, who was Count Lothar's son, and Heir, as well as Linde's older brother, realized that the city was taken within a single night, he could not believe his eyes.

In a fit of fury, the young man, who was a couple of years older than Linde, lashed at his advisors who were trapped within the Castle's walls alongside him.

"How did this happen? How was Berengar the Accursed able to take the city in a single night?"