The Red Cloak

"You need to leave. Only a few hours are left in your coronation ceremony." Oli tried to push him away but he did not budge.

They were laying on the bed for hours with him rubbing her bare back softly lost in his own thoughts or not in a mood to talk about anything.

"Are you sure about the plan?" he asked instead when she sighed and nodded. They have talked about it over a hundred times since she had made the plan.

"What if she realized that it was a trick? Or worse, what if she did not have a guilty conscience at all. It had been ages since she had killed my mother." he said with a sigh when she pursued her lips.

"Then we will find another way. What choice do we have except trying? You know that Sally and Schoder's statement would not work, right?" he took a deep breath and nodded.

He knew that it was the only choice but that did not make it a safe choice. He was worried!