The Message

Ying Weishu reached into her storage and produced a wooden chest. She put the wooden chest on the sand below her and produced two talismans.

Her eyes shifted to Long Huan in the back and she looked a little conflicted at that moment. "Your Highness, His Majesty wishes for you to return to the Empire. Will you follow me?" she asked.

"No!" Long Huan stepped forward. "Tell Father that I do not wish to aid him in his atrocities."

The woman sighed. "Then I have a message to deliver to you as well," she said and threw the talisman in their direction.

Zhou Linfan moved forward and caught the talisman, quickly checking to make sure it was not something harmful. Once he confirmed that it was not a threat, he let Long Huan have it.

"And this one is for you, King Alex," the woman said, handing off the other talisman.