They waited in tense silence for several minutes before finally creeping out of the servant's passage.
"Did you hear that?" Elaria whispered as they hurried back toward her chambers. "Tomorrow. They're going to try something tomorrow."
"Then we move tonight," Draven said. "We take what we know to your father and expose the whole conspiracy."
"He won't believe us without proof," Elaria argued.
"He'll believe me when I show him what I can do to traitors."
"Draven, no. Violence isn't the answer."
"It's the only answer I know."
They were arguing so intensely they almost didn't notice the figure step out of a doorway ahead of them. Martha grabbed them both, pulling them into an alcove.
Selene walked past, dressed in a dark cloak, moving quickly. She didn't see them, but they heard her m
