Scales of Judgement
In a wintry, enchanted city, a forbidden trial unfolds when a court is called to pass sentence on a colossal fire-breathing mermaid. Magic, morality, and loyalty collide as unlikely allies seek justice for both sea and land.
Language: English
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Snow shellacked the eaves of the High Court like candle wax gone cold. I stood beneath its bronze scales—mocking balance—while the summons burned my palm through my glove. Lord Magistrate wanted me in his hall because I was the only Advocate who spoke the tongue of monsters. Or because no one else would defend the thing we dragged from the harbor ice, chained and steaming, a sin against winter. They called her Akugyo. She called herself nothing, only breathed gowns of heat that made frost weep and men swear. Her horns were blunted by iron hoops. Her scales flashed gold and pewter through brine. When I touched the sigil on her shackle, the cit...