Chapter 37
Begin the Trial
Trunculin had not slept. He had gone to meet with the mystic earlier in the morning so that he would be fresh for the damned trial.
But he didn't feel any better after the session.
Since yesterday, the palace grounds had filled with more citizens than Trunculin had ever seen. There was no way to stop people from coming, but he had been working for the last three days to turn the trial to his advantage.
The little king still wouldn't see him, and Asa was still surrounded by Brenddel's closest men. He deeply regretted not killing the boy when he had the chance, but he couldn't go back and do it now. He had tried to bring Asa's family to his interrogation rooms, but Brenddel reported that the family had moved away. They were just gone, he said. This news did no
