Chapter 43 A Foreboding News

• Ajax slammed Kai across the floorboards of his own ship. Blood splattered across the deck as the king crashed into the wood, groaning in pain. The crew stood frozen in place, eyes wide with fear as they dared not move. No one stepped forward. No one helped. They simply watched.
• “What the fuck are you all looking at?!” Kai spat, blood dripping from his mouth, his pride shredded in front of his men.
• Ajax loomed over him, turning his cold gaze toward the silent bannermen. “Ah,” he said mockingly, “it seems they think of you as less than a king.”