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The final confrontation between Rena and Alicent’s faction became inevitable. As Rena strategized to reclaim her throne, the need for alliances and the fear of bloodshed guided her rhetoric. Not wanting to rule over the bones of the fallen, she appealed to honorable principles, yet was met with disdain by those unwilling to accept a woman on the throne.
A simmering conflict reached a boiling point as Demon rallied support, his ambitions igniting old rivalries and rekindling arguments about lineage and honor. Rena, knowing her cause was justified, sought to protect her family against insidious plots that aimed to undermine her claim.