"Rest is a luxury that only those without a knife to their throat can enjoy. Never let your enemies rest." - Renth Vhen, First Emperor of Kem.

Ghreman Vhen jerked awake like he’d been touched by live wires, and struggled to throw off his sheets in a panic. Alarms sounded through his bedroom, merging with the nightmare he’d been having. It took his brain a moment to register that his flesh wasn’t burning, and for the bodies on the floor to resolve themselves into simple shadows. . . .

"Rest is a luxury that only those without a knife to their throat can enjoy. Never let your enemies rest." - Renth Vhen, First Emperor of Kem.

Ghreman Vhen jerked awake like he’d been touched by live wires, and struggled to throw off his sheets in a panic. Alarms sounded through his bedroom, merging with the nightmare he’d been having. It took his brain a moment to register that his flesh wasn’t burning, and for the bodies on the floor to resolve themselves into simple shadows. . . .