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There was the sound of jingling ar up the hall A dozen Royal Guards burst into the rooan Gyre and Duke Wesseros and their guards pushed into the room In seconds, they’d formed a half circle around Kylar and the queen Dozens of weapons were leveled at Kylar
"Put it down!" a royal guard yelled "Put it do!"
"Help an shouted "Don’t do this Please!"
For the job, it was perfect Now dozens of witnesses had seen Logan co Kylar painted a desperate expression on his face "Luc tried to stop me, and he couldn’t," Kylar raved "And you can’t either!"
Kylar slashed the dagger through Terah Graesin’s throat, and all the world screa into the study, "how are the wedding preparations co?"
Daune Wariyamo raised her eyes from the papers spread all over her desk She loved lists "Our responsibilities are well in hand Everyone has been informed of their precedence and the expected protocols I only worry about Oshobi’s bird, except hubirds can hover for a moment or two I expect the Takedas’ half of the cereated disaster" She pulled off her pince nez "I heard so to be a Tofusin"
A Tofusin, she said As if there wereSo it away "Mother, I want your opinion An insult’s been done to our fao into this wedding, so I think I have to deal with it now One of the cousins cuckolded her husband She swears it was long ago and brief, but its effects continue What should I do?"
Daune Wariyamo scrunched her eyebrows, as if the ansere so obvious that Kaede was stupid for asking "A slut can not be tolerated, Kaede A whore dishonors us all"
"Very well I’ll see it taken care of"
"Who is it?"
"Mother," Kaede said quietly, "I’ to ask you a question, and if you lie to me, the consequences will be harsher than you can believe"
"Kaede! Is this how you to speak to your mother--"
"None of that, mother What--"
"Your tone is so disrespectful, I--"
"Silence!" Kaede shouted
Daune Wariyain the usual tactics
"Did you or did you not intercept letters that Solon sent to me?" Kaede asked
Daune Wariyamo blinked rapidly, then said, "Of course I did"
"For how long?" Kaede asked
"I don’t reerous
The e moment Then she said, "Years Letters came every month, sometimes more often"
"Every week?"
"I suppose"