Vesper's boots are wearing thin, and so is his patience. Without a guild seal means the former assassin must personally deliver every order, settle every dispute, and walk every mile across the city himself. From weavers' quarrels to substandard iron shipments, the new Guildmaster drowns in administrative chaos he was never trained to handle. But when a suspicious document from Merchant Guildmaster Karch surfaces among the endless paperwork, Vesper realizes that his exhaustion might be exactly what someone is counting on.