Sieges are never pleasant, for attacker or defender, but the ending can often be worse, as angry soldiers sack their enemies and extract petty vengeance for their discomfort. There’s a reason that surrender is common, but when the besieged are monsters, what kind of surrender can be accepted? Whisper, the Duke’s spymaster, must find one if he is to save everything he cares about from the Princesses’ wrath and his liege’s pride.