Absolution

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong><em>If cursed is the hand that kills then it wouldn't matter if that same hand stole would it? </em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Tulen feels doubly cursed forced to serve the bratty princess of Impian as punishment for her crimes. When said princess embarks on a pilgrimage Tulen grabs her only chance to offer a sacrifice at the holy city of Suci-and maybe finally feel clean again.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Sultan Mikal has set his face towards Suci-and certain death. Nothing about his Penance is clear except the fact that if he fails Terang will fall along with him. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p>When Tulen's pilgrimage intersects with Sultan Mikal's quest to fulfil the Covenant of Salt Tulen faces a difficult dilemma: What is her absolution worth in the face of the sultanate's very existence?</p>