Cassandra realized something was wrong a few days later, when, at dinner time, Lady Kareen barely ate anything, and looked extremely preoccupied. When she asked about it, the Imperial Concubine sighed.
"I don't like this. I haven't heard from the spy I sent to the Capital yet. He was supposed to be back last night, and he is never late. I sent another one to investigate, but I'm afraid Vrehan took this opportunity to purge his surroundings. I haven't received any non-official news from the Imperial Palace in a while and I don't like it. I don't like it at all..."
Missandra and Cassandra exchanged glances, worried. For Kareen to be this upset was not reassuring at all. What if something wrong had happened in the Imperial Palace? No matter how she thought about it, Cassandra knew the wor
