A Crown for Cold Silver, Part II, Chapter 1

This chapter is the first chapter of Part II of A Crown for Cold Silver. It focuses on Zosia's point-of-view.

Summary
The chapter picks up where Part 1, Chapter 23 left off, with Zosia sucker punching Singh after being challenged to a duel. Though Zosia is a skilled fighter, Singh easily overpowers her to the point of unconsciousness. Even though Kang-ho had instructed Singh to kill Zosia, Singh allows her friend to remain alive and converses with her after the fight. The two enjoy a smoke and are served tea by two of Singh's children. Singh tells Zosia of her life since Zosia's presumed death as well as her family, including the efforts of her eldest son to foment a rebellion in a neighboring dominion. Singh shows Zosia a "Zosia lives" flyer, and suggests that Kang-ho's scheming has something to do with the new rallying cry of discontent peasants. Zosia and Singh deduce that Kang-ho aided in his daughter's abduction, but enlisted Zosia's help to maintain relations with his husband, planning to have her killed once she had departed. Singh promises Zosia her support and the support of all of Raniputri if Zosia were to lend her tactical genius to aid her son's rebellion.

Characters

 * Anklelace (mentioned)
 * Bang Lin (mentioned)
 * Choplicker
 * Fennec (mentioned)
 * Hoartrap (mentioned)
 * Queen Indsorith (mentioned)
 * Ji-hyeon (mentioned)
 * Jun-hwan (mentioned)
 * King Kaldruut (mentioned)
 * Kang-ho (mentioned)
 * Keun-ju
 * Leib (mentioned)
 * Maroto (mentioned)
 * Masood (mentioned)
 * Singh
 * Sriram
 * Udbala
 * Umhur (mentioned)
 * Urbar (mentioned)
 * Zosia