Chapter 9

“Either he is a great fool, or he is trying a trick on us. When I spoke to him earlier, he seemed not to know what I was talking about. The things he said were utter nonsense.”

Seven wasn’t sure what else to say, but now that he thought about it, something odd had happened near the end of the King’s capture. The other rebels had seemed very distressed, but anyone would be distressed after being ambushed in a place they assumed was safe. Maybe there wassomething more? They had all been forcefully ejected from the domain, and it had been unpleasant, but they had captured the King. That was all that had mattered at the time.

Perhaps Eighty-Eight had left it out of his report?