"Almera said Elfar failed in his duty to the council and that he needed to be punished," Garnarld told them.
"That’s not all she said, is it?" Xeon unexpectedly asserted.
"She might have mentioned using him as bait too.”
"To trick Maribel?"
Garnald hesitated at the ice edge of the demon’s voice. "She didn’t say I’m not specifically her confidant. More like her prey. Besides, I'm not the only one. "
"What do you mean?" Xeon asked, his brows furrowed.
"Well, my men saw her talking to Jasmine. I guess that she was behind Jasmine's plans. If I'm not mistaken, she was the one telling Jasmine what to do next, to lure Samuel, the bait Elfar, for Maribel to come out of hiding. After all, Maribel had been missing for many years since Samuel took hold of her. She vanished and just recently cam
