Arsam had once commanded a thousand men, but his arrogance lost them in a foolish battle. Now he wanted revenge — not just on the king who dismissed him, but on the entire kingdom that had forgotten his name.
Arsam sat on the throne, but the book’s final chapter was empty except for one line: "The swarm always eats its master last."
Arsam tried to burn the book, but the pages were cold as iron. He tried to throw it from the tower, but it floated back into his hands.
The last line anyone saw him write, in shaky ink on his own arm: "No one rules the swarm. The swarm rules the one who thinks he rules."
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